STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. These bins were designed to be flexible for a variety of times throughout the school day. They can be used as tasks for early finishers, centres, morning work, indoor recess, etc.
We have a designated spot in our classroom where we keep the bins. There have been many questions about them and the students are eager to begin using them next week. Each bin contains different materials inside to be used for creative exploration.
Instead of having extra “busy" work in the classroom, students will be engaged in creative, complex tasks and encouraged to think like inventors.
We welcome any donations of items throughout the year to place into our bins. I hope to mix them up and create new ones every few months. For some examples of items, please visit http://www.schoolingamonkey.com/supplies-for-science-experiments/
