STEM Winter Challenge In this self-paced, girl-led exploratory challenge, all are invited to try their hand at experiments, origami, engineering, kitchen chemistry, moon journaling, coding and more! As you explore the world of STEM, show us what you have done! Whether you are working alone or have your whole troop involved, tag GSTOP on social media and use the hashtag #stemwinterchallenge. All completed forms are due by the end of the day on February 1st, 2023. Buy your STEM Winter Challenge patch and rocker at the end of February 2023 in your local shop. If you have questions, please contact Megan McBurnett, STEM Specialist, at mmcburnett@gs-top.org.
Number of Activities Required to Earn the STEM Winter Challenge Fun Patch:
5. Use Experiments with Google to SEE music in action: experiments. withgoogle.com/seeing-music. 6. Construct your own 3-D snowflake. 7. Kitchen Chemistry - bake something with your trusted adult; discuss how the ingredients changed. 8. Engineer a homemade water wheel.
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9. Build 3 different types of paper airplanes and test them! Predict which will fly the farthest. Measure the distance each one flies.
1. Use your math skills to create a NASA Origami Starshade.
10. Dancing Gummy Worm Experiment: https://www. playdoughtoplato.com/kidsscience-dancing-frankenworms/
2. Design and build an igloo with cubes of ice.
11. Create a watercolor salt snowflake painting.
3. Download the Sky View app and explore the night sky. Look for constellations and planets!
12. Scientists want to understand the world around us. Write 5 WHY or WHAT questions to learn more about something in nature & go find the answers.
4. Build and decorate a gingerbread house (you can substitute cardboard for gingerbread.)
13. Make an asteroid you can eat. 14. Build a home for a toy figurine. Add rooms for all their needs! 15. Create a zipline 4 feet off the ground for a small toy to travel down. Time the toy! How long does it take to go down? What about a different toy? Does size affect speed? 16. Practice and play while you try out coding! hourofcode.com/us/learn. 17. Explore photography points of view – take a photo from high up, at eye-level and from ground level. Compare the angles - what is the difference? What do you see? 18. Go outside and build an upsidedown snowman! 19. Send a postcard to space: https://www.clubforfuture.org/ missions/. 20. Create your own marble maze and test it! Use materials from around the house. See next page for more STEM activities!
21. Engineer a foil boat that you can float in your sink or tub.
35. Research and play a Math game using dice!
22. Explore sight and sound with this sound canvas: https:// experiments.withgoogle.com/ sound-canvas
36. Use geometric shapes to create your own unique snowflake.
23. Keep a moon journal for a week. Track the way the moon looks at the same time, in the same position each night by drawing pictures or taking photos. Write down anything you observe. 24. Explore careers at NASA: nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/ careers/index.html 25. Design and build your own insect. What would you name it? 26. Kitchen Chemistry: create your own pizza dough and have a pizza party with your family! 27. Try Frosty’s Magic Milk Experiment. 28. Measure your heartbeat for 10 seconds. Move around as fast as you can for 10 seconds and measure again. What is the difference? Compare the data. 29. Create a marble run with household items. 30. Play Monopoly and practice your math skills! 31. Play the roll a snowman game. https://www.playpartyplan.com/ roll-a-snowman/. 32. Make a hoop glider using a straw and paper. Challenge your family – who’s can go the farthest? 33. Go on a virtual tour of a science museum. 34. Look up and test out the tongue map theory!
37. Participate in the Exploding Baggie experiment. 38. Create an obstacle course. Calculate the time it takes you to complete it. Have your family try it out! 39. Make your own invisible ink using lemon juice. 40. Listen to a podcast from Fun Kids Science Weekly. 41. Check out and play a coding game on: https://blockly.games/ 42. Make a Grinch fruit kabob. 43. Download the JigSpace app to learn how a quadcopter works. 44. Kitchen Chemistry – make a breakfast with 3 different types of food. What ingredients did you need? What food groups did you use? 45. Check out and try a coding project with scratch! https:// scratch.mit.edu/ 46. Build a catapult using things from your home. 47. Create your own life-size candy land game at home! 48. Explore an adaptive musical instrument with Google. https:// experiments.withgoogle.com/ clarion-lite. 49. Read about other winter celebrations on Kids National Geographic. 50. Learn how and create your own 3-D design on Tinkercad. https://www.tinkercad.com/