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    Winter STEM play – Magic Milk! ⭐ 🥛 You will need Winter STEM play - Magic Milk! ⭐ 🥛 

You will need:
- milk
- washing up liquid
- A cotton bud
- Food colouring

🧊 INSTRUCTIONS: pour a layer of milk into a bowl. Squeeze different coloured drops of food colouring onto the surface. Dip a cotton bud in the washing up liquid and then place it in the milk and hold. Watch the magic unfold!

🧊 STEM LEARNING: Milk is mostly water but also contains vitamins, minerals, proteins and tiny droplets of fat. Washing up liquid is designed to break down fat. When we add milk and washing up liquid we see a chemical reaction.

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Winter STEM play – Arctic Engineering! 🧊 🐧 You w Winter STEM play - Arctic Engineering! 🧊 🐧 

You will need:
- marshmallows
- cocktail sticks
- a plate or tray

🧊 INSTRUCTIONS: use the cocktail sticks to secure the marshmallows together closely. Build up your igloo into a dome shape. Is it structurally strong? How could you improve it?

🧊 STEM LEARNING: An igloo is built from blocks of compacted snow.  Snow is a good material for an igloo because air pockets trapped inside act as an insulator. This means it prevents heat from escaping.

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Winter STEM play – Frozen Fishing! 🎣 🧊 You will Winter STEM play - Frozen Fishing! 🎣 🧊 

You will need:
- a bowl of water & food colouring
- ice cubes
- string
- Salt

🧊 INSTRUCTIONS: add food colouring to the bowl of water for contrast. Then drop in the ice cubes. Position your fishing rope (string) across the ice, sprinkle with salt and leave for 1 minute. Then it’s time to go ice fishing!

🧊 STEM LEARNING: Salt lowers the freezing point of water, helping to dissolve it faster. As it melts, the string sinks into the ice cube. The water dilutes the salt/water mixture, causing the ice on the top to refreeze, trapping the string. 

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Winter STEM play – Shadow Play! 🔦 You will need: Winter STEM play - Shadow Play! 🔦 

You will need:
- shadow puppets
- a torch

First create your shadow puppets in whatever designs you’d like. A lolly stick with a paper image stuck to it works well for this. Then wait for it to get dark and find a large wall to project your puppets onto. Point the torch towards them and explore the different shadows that you can create. What’s the biggest shadow you can make? What’s the smallest?

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Winter STEM play – Dancing Snowflakes! 💃🏻 ❄️ You Winter STEM play - Dancing Snowflakes! 💃🏻 ❄️

You will need:
- a whiteboard marker pen
- a ceramic plate
- a jug of water

Draw your snowflakes onto the ceramic plate using a whiteboard pen. Then slowly pour water onto the plate and watch the snowflakes lift off and ‘dance’ around. 

Whiteboard pens have minimal adhesiveness (stickiness) so we can wipe them off surfaces when we’re finished with them. The ink inside them can’t be dissolved with water and it is less dense than water. This means that when we add water to the plate our snowflakes slowly float to the top for a jiggle. 💃🏻

For more activities like this check out the 15-Minute STEM books. Link in bio! 🔗 

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    STEM Stocking Fillers! 🎁🎄 Here are my ‘must have’ STEM Stocking Fillers! 🎁🎄

Here are my ‘must have’ gift ideas to spark curiosity and open-ended STEM play. These items that will be used time and time again! Links in the bio.

What STEM gifts will you be buying this year?

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    Autumn STEM play – Fireworks in a Jar! 🎆 You wil Autumn STEM play - Fireworks in a Jar! 🎆 

You will need:
- a clear jar or glass
- water
- cooking oil
- food colouring

Fill your jar with water, add a layer of oil to the top and leave to settle for a few minutes. Squeeze some drops of food colouring onto the oil and stand back to watch the display!

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Autumn STEM play – Spiderweb Engineering! 🕸️ 🕷️ Autumn STEM play - Spiderweb Engineering! 🕸️ 🕷️ 

You will need:
- a hoop
- string
- spiders and ‘prey’ (balls)

Here’s a spooky autumnal activity for you. Create your spiderweb using a hoop and some string. How much ‘prey’ can you catch in your web? How could you improve your web to hold more prey? 

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Autumn STEM play – 15-Minute STEM! 📖 You will ne Autumn STEM play - 15-Minute STEM! 📖 

You will need:
- 15-Minute STEM books 1 & 2

Did you know the 15-Minute STEM book series is packed full of seasonal activities?!
Link in bio 🔗 

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    Summer STEM play – Tin Foil Cargo Boats! 🚤 You w Summer STEM play - Tin Foil Cargo Boats! 🚤 

You will need:
- tin foil 
- a bowl of water
- cargo (e.g. coins)

Create your boat by folding tin foil at the edges into a boat shape. Test it on the water to see if it floats. Then begin to add your cargo. How much cargo can your boat hold? Can you adapt your boat design so it can hold more?

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Summer STEM play – Natural Colours! 🎨 You will n Summer STEM play - Natural Colours! 🎨 

You will need:
- a colour chart
- a camera

Try this activity in your garden or when you’re out for a walk. Hand your child a colour chart and challenge them to find natural materials that match the different colours. You could take a photo of each colour match you find. Which colours are the most common in the natural environment? Which colours are harder to find?

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Summer STEM play – Number Hunt! 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ You wil Summer STEM play - Number Hunt! 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣

You will need:
- a number checklist
- a pencil or pen

This is one of my favourite activities to do when out and about with children. Challenge them to find the numbers 1 - 20 in different contexts in the outdoor environment. Older children could look for the numbers 1 - 50 or even numbers etc.

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Summer STEM play – Flag Symmetry! 🇦🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 You w Summer STEM play - Flag Symmetry! 🇦🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You will need:
- examples of real life flags
- a piece of paper/card in a flag shape
- a ruler
- colouring pencils or pens

Take a look at examples of flags (e.g. in the back of an atlas or ones you’ve spotted in real life). Which ones have lines of symmetry? Is the symmetry vertical, horizontal or diagonal? Now create your own flag, making sure it is symmetrical.

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Summer STEM play – Water Capacity Challenge! 💦 Y Summer STEM play - Water Capacity Challenge! 💦 

You will need:
- containers of different sizes
- a measuring jug
- a large bowl of water

Challenge your child to estimate and find the capacity of different containers by filling them with water. Encourage the use of mathematical and scientific language such as ‘more and less’, ‘millilitres and litres’ and ‘capacity’. Which container holds the most water?

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Summer STEM play – Wiggly Worms! 🪱 You will need Summer STEM play - Wiggly Worms! 🪱 

You will need:
- a whiteboard pen
- a China plate
- a jug of warm water

Draw your wiggly worms with a whiteboard pen onto a China plate. Gently pour a layer of warm water onto the plate. Give it a shake and watch your worms wiggling around! Can you find any real life worms outside in the garden or park?

For more STEM activities check out the 15-Minute STEM books! Link in bio 🔗 

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    Summer STEM play – Indoor Rainbow! 💡 You will ne Summer STEM play - Indoor Rainbow! 💡 

You will need:
- a hollow circle shape (eg tape roll)
- clear sticky tape 
- coloured pens
- a light source 

Cover the hollow part of the circle shape with clear sticky tape. Then decorate the non-sticky side with a rainbow pattern. Finally, place on top of a light source, turn off the lights and admire your rainbow! 

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    Summer STEM play – Oobleck Slime! 🧪 You will need Summer STEM play - Oobleck Slime! 🧪

You will need:
- cornflour
- water
- food colouring
- a bowl

Mix half a cup of cornflour with a quarter of a cup of water. Add in some drops of food colouring, stir and play! What do you notice about the properties of the slime?

Oobleck slime gets its name from a Dr Seuss book! It has both the properties of a solid and a liquid and is lots of fun to play with.

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    Summer STEM play – Sweetie Symmetry! 🌈 You will Summer STEM play - Sweetie Symmetry! 🌈 

You will need:
- coloured sweets/chocolates
- a plate
- warm water in a jug

Arrange the coloured sweets/chocolates in a pattern around the edge of your plate. Then gently pour the warm water into the middle of the plate. What happens to the colour on the sweets?

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    Summer STEM play – Water Xylophones! 🎶 You will Summer STEM play - Water Xylophones! 🎶 

You will need:
- empty jars
- water in a jug
- a stick

Fill each jar with a different amount of water and then tap them gently with a stick. Can you play a tune?

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    Coming soon – Summer STEM play! Throughout August Coming soon - Summer STEM play!

Throughout August I’ll be adding lots of quick, easy STEM activity reels. You’ll find plenty of ideas to inspire your children’s play this summer. ☀️ 

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