Hosting a STEM Party Celebrating the holidays with a classroom party is a tradition in most elementary schools. Typically, the parties would mostly revolve around food and a possible craft…
Literature and STEM
Literature and STEM Here at Get Caught Engineering®, we feel that books of all kinds provide a wonderful springboard for a STEM project. When teaching STEM, there needs to be a purpose…
Construction and STEM
Construction in Your Classroom Building, crashing, building, balancing, building, failure, and building success. Combining construction and STEM materials in your classroom can build more than towers and tall monuments, it…
Adding Maker Spaces
Creating a Maker Space Ready to add a maker space to your classroom ? Are you still pondering exactly what a “maker” is and what happens in this “space”? Not…
Sub Prep for STEM
Prepping for a Sub Does the thought of needing a substitute in your STEM classroom fill you with anxiety? You are not alone! STEM lessons typically mean a much more active classroom…
Teamwork with STEM
Team building One of the over-arching goals of any STEM program is for students to improve communication and problem-solving skills, as well as to hone their ability to work with…
Planning Your STEM Class
Materials and Organization Planning your STEM classroom can seem a little overwhelming since there are so many considerations: How can the space be arranged so that teams of students have…
Room to Create
If you were asked to imagine the perfect environment for a STEM classroom, would you picture gleaming, large tables, rows of shelves for storage and neatly labeled…
STEM and SEA
Starting a marine science or STEM unit? Looking for a STEM theme for the beginning of summer? A STEM and Sea unit provides all that you need to capture the…
STEAM – Putting the A in STEM
STEAM- Putting the A in STEM The need for increased STEM education has been well-documented and recommendations on implementation have been ongoing for over a decade. The logic was simple….
