August is here, and that means back to school season! But don’t stress, we have you covered with our favorite STEM icebreakers, activities to introduce STEM to your students, and even classroom posters and freebies!

Click for ten simple summer STEM activities! We have included links for lesson plans, videos, and instructions to get your students exploring, building, and learning! All activities can be modified to serve kids of all ages!

Are you struggling to define a scope and sequence for your STEM or engineering classroom? Read on to learn about the current landscape of engineering education and take a closer look at the recently released Framework for P-12 Engineering Learning to help plan your engineering curriculum!

One of the most rewarding STEM activities is when students can take a design and bring it to life in a real-world setting! Designing a school garden is the epitome of the STEM design experience that will leave a lasting impact and provide learning opportunities for years to come. We just completed this epic project at my school, and I am sharing how you can do it too!

Do you have kids interested in life sciences? We asked Maria Garza, a graduate student in neurobiology at the University of Texas at San Antonio to share her favorite activities! Read on for some toys, apps, and games to delight your students followed by some Vivify STEM lessons!

Some background on our guest blogger: Maria works with animal models to study how molecular mechanisms in the brain impact behavior and cognition. As a scientist, wife, and mother, she hopes to encourage other women and girls interested in STEM. Maria is also the founder of Women In Neuroscience, a public platform where women share their experiences in neuroscience, in order to create an atmosphere of support.

We miss our packed STEM Family Nights that included students and parents working together to launch rockets, build towers, and make slime! While we wait to bring back in-person events, we have put together a guide for hosting an all-virtual STEM event that will encourage families to step away from the computer and complete a hands-on project together!

From selecting activities to marketing, read on for 5 steps to host your own virtual STEM or STEAM family event!

Connecting learning opportunities to current events with your kids is one of the best ways to bring STEM education to life. Join in the excitement of the science and engineering feats that are happening RIGHT NOW at NASA! Drive home the importance of building STEM skills and how engineers work to solve problems for all of humanity.

One of our recent top questions in The STEM Space educator group was: Help! We are going virtual, and I run a robotics class. How can I teach robotics virtually?

We rounded up the answers from other teachers, conducted our own research, and we present to you 15 ways to teach robotics for distance learning!

Are you looking for a low-prep STEM curriculum that supports distance learning, engages students, and involves engineering design and careers?

With a live leaderboard, weekly raffle prizes, and career chats with NASA engineers, Vivify presents Mission to Moon, a hands-on STEM program delivered virtually for classroom or at-home learning. Your students will design robot hands, rovers, roller coasters, and more while learning about real-world STEM, meeting real STEM professionals, and connecting with schools across the world!

Schools across the world will participate in an Hour of Code on December 7-13th as part of Computer Science Education Week. Check out our must-watch inspirational coding videos plus low-prep activities perfect for social distancing or distance learning.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching and we have the perfect STEM activities to be thankful for. These three exciting activities will boost engagement while laying a foundation of STEM skills. Join in the fun with a turkey STEM activity below!

Students need to experience failure in our classrooms. They may not think so, but learning from those failures is what helps them grow. Read on for ways to empower your students to learn from their failures, aka. fail forward, with a good dose of growth mindset!