Publisher Description

The Big Book of 100 STEM Activities is a bumper book of boredom-busting ideas for fun and educational things to do for curious kids and their grown-ups. Developing an awareness of STEM themes from an early age is hugely important and encourages kids to be curious about their world and want to engage with it. This jam-packed collection of fun and simple activities introduces ideas and themes based on science, engineering, technology and maths in an accessible and stimulating way. You can learn about kinetic and potential energy while building an awesome marble run, why your breakfast cereal is magnetic, how to use gravity to make art and even how to grow yucky mould or make stinky slime in the name of science. Using crafts, play and simple experiments, these activities are presented in an easy-to-follow format and make use of everyday materials that you'll find around the home. Each activity provides a simple explanation of how it works and what the takeaway key STEM points are. Fill those rainy days and school-holiday downtime with things to do that are so much fun, the kids won't even realise that they are learning at the same time! AGES: 7 to 11 AUTHORS: Laura Minter and Tia Williams are two creative mums based in Sussex, UK. They started Little Button Diaries, their crafting and baking blog, in 2013 and its popularity has seen them blog for companies such as Paperchase, Laura Ashley, Halfords and Hobbycraft as well as contributing to The Sun and magazines including Creativity, Essentials and Mollie Makes. Tia has worked as an environmental adviser and studied Linguistics at university with a focus on child language acquisition and disorders. Laura was a primary school teacher and previously worked as a radio producer. Their previous careers have greatly informed the development of their blog and their books. Since 2016, they have written a variety of craft books for kids and parents such as; Science School, Kitchen Science, The Horrible Craft Book, The Big Book of 100 Little Activities, The Big Book of 100 Outdoor Activities and The Big Book of Dressing Up.

Author Biography

Laura Minter and Tia Williams are two creative mums based in Sussex, UK. They started Little Button Diaries, their crafting and baking blog, in 2013 and its popularity has seen them blog for companies such as Paperchase, Laura Ashley, Halfords and Hobbycraft as well as contributing to The Sun and magazines including Creativity, Essentials and Mollie Makes. Tia has worked as an environmental adviser and studied Linguistics at university with a focus on child language acquisition and disorders. Laura was a primary school teacher and previously worked as a radio producer. Their previous careers have greatly informed the development of their blog and their books. Since 2016, they have written a variety of craft books for kids and parents such as; Science School, Kitchen Science, The Horrible Craft Book, The Big Book of 100 Little Activities, The Big Book of 100 Outdoor Activities and The Big Book of Dressing Up. Instagram @littlebuttondiaries (32.5k followers) Twitter @LButtonDiariesLaura Minter and Tia Williams are two creative mums based in Sussex, UK. They started Little Button Diaries, their crafting and baking blog, in 2013 and its popularity has seen them blog for companies such as Paperchase, Laura Ashley, Halfords and Hobbycraft as well as contributing to The Sun and magazines including Creativity, Essentials and Mollie Makes. Tia has worked as an environmental adviser and studied Linguistics at university with a focus on child language acquisition and disorders. Laura was a primary school teacher and previously worked as a radio producer. Their previous careers have greatly informed the development of their blog and their books. Since 2016, they have written a variety of craft books for kids and parents such as; Science School, Kitchen Science, The Horrible Craft Book, The Big Book of 100 Little Activities, The Big Book of 100 Outdoor Activities and The Big Book of Dressing Up. Instagram @littlebuttondiaries (32.5k followers) Twitter @LButtonDiaries

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Balancing sculpture
2 Maths machine
3 Magic rainbow
4 Catapulting paper plane
5 Water illusion
6 Spinning paper star
7 Paper helicopter
8 Toilet roll strength challenge
9 Climbing koalas
10 Pompom planets
11 Crystal stars
12 Constellation coasters
13 Rotting fruit flip book
14 Grass heads
15 Fizzing playdough
16 Magic floating ball
17 Splat art
18 Bird and bug tally
19 Grow some mould
20 Make your own shadow puppets
21 Marshmallow engineering
22 String art
23 Exploding ziplock bag
24 Spinning water
25 Bendy bone
26 Ice fishing
27 Balloon rocket
28 Apple oxidation
29 Cloud in a jar
30 Marble run
31 Mini water cycle in a bag
32 Elephant's toothpaste
33 Build a bridge
34 Boat building
35 DIY shrink plastic
36 Memory game
37 Weather chart
38 Seed race
39 Mobius loop paper chain
40 Rainbow bath bombs
41 Make your own bioplastic
42 Balloon hovercraft
43 Magnetic car track
44 3D shape origami
45 Potato power
46 Erupting apple volcano
47 Magnetic cereal
48 Tin can ice cream
49 Paper straw rocket
50 Moon phase cups
51 Bobo doll
52 Fidget spinner
53 Smelly slime
54 Scratch cards
55 3D art
56 Magic watering can
57 Chocolate crispie cakes
58 Code breaking
59 Bread buns
60 Balancing sculpture
61 Paint pendulum
62 Orange buoyancy
63 Make a DaVinci bridge
64 Floating spinner
65 Racing caterpillars
66 Jumping lollipop sticks
67 Rising water experiment
68 DIY etch-a-sketch
69 Tumbling toy
70 Nutrition snap
71 Skeleton puppet
72 Moon decorative bauble
73 Soil testing
74 Reflection graffiti
75 Brush your teeth
76 Digestive system fuzzy felt
77 Heart model
78 Working arm model
79 Food chain paper wreath
80 Food chain book
81 Plastic bag evaporation experiment.
82 Make your own pan pipes
83 Solid, liquid, gas suncatchers
84 Make a spinning top
85 Make a flour filled squishy stress ball
86 Water resistance experiments
87 Evaporation resist art
88 Newton's cradle
89 Dancing sprinkles
90 Magic balloon
91 DIY Catapult
92 Candy cane experiment
93 Edible soil layers
94 Gravity art
95 Magnetic car track
96 Moon phase cups
97 Digestive system fuzzy felt
98 Rainbow bath bombs
99 Paint pendulum
100 Water illusion
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Index

Review

A new title from this fab series, this time all about Science. This fab book is packed with collection of 100 fun and simple STEM themed activities, perfect for curious children. * @the_treasure_outdoors *
This book is full of fun and simple STEM activities to do with kids, with clear step by step by instructions in child friendly language with the accompanying photos. It's great for ideas for experiments to try with kids either at home or in educational settings. It's such a brilliant resource for making Science lessons fun.  * @mancunian_mum *
I love that The Big Book of 100 STEM Activities is geared towards older children and covers such a wide variety of different types of sciences. There are so many fun options for learning in this one! * @kidslitislit *
This is a bumper book of fun and educational activities. Using crafts, play and simple experiments these are easy activities that can be carried out mostly using materials around the house! Each activity provides a simple explanation of how it works and what the takeaway key STEM points are. Each project has step-by-step instructions with photos to guide you and a Science know-how box to help you understand what is happening in each activity. * @family_book_club *

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Praise for Science School Instagram review, @bookishwaytoplay (14K followers) "...this STEM activity book has been written by two women, who want all children to fall in love with science at home. It's full of STEM experiments that are easy to do, use everyday materials (most of the time) and are great fun... there is something for everyone; a real mix of easy and more complicated experiments to turn your hand to." Instagram review @makemerryandcreate (27.5K followers) "All of the experiments are laid out with clear step by step instructions and attractive photographs to guide you through the process and can easily be done at home using everyday materials." Praise for The Big Book of 100 Little Activities Montessori magazine "Every page is very clearly and helpfully laid out, and the book is generally colourful and attractive throughout... a useful resource for parents with a wide range of 'things to do' to engage different moods and interests." Parents in Touch "This is an invaluable book to have at hand for rainy afternoons and long winter days... The instructions are easy to follow and there are detailed diagrams as well as photos to help you achieve the desired end result. The activities are ideal for pre-schoolers, but there is plenty to engage older children too. A super book for every home with young children, and for nursery schools and playgroups too."

Description for Sales People

From the authors oflockdown bestseller The Big Book of 100 Little Activities (over 75,000copies sold) 100boredom-busting STEM activities designed to make science fun and engaging for all children Explanation of the STEM principle behind eachactivity No special equipment or materials needed Aimed at children aged 7-11 years old CCSS: RI.4.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; W.4.1.1a,1b,1c,1d,2,2a,2b,2c,2d,2e,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; SL.4.1,1,1a,1b,1c,1d,2,3,4,5,6; L.4.2,2a,2b,2c,2d,3,3a,3b,3c,4,4a,4b,4c,5,5a,5b,5c,6 Grade 4; GRL R; GLE 4

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