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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 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...

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...

Adding STEM Activities Beginning to teach STEM in your classroom can be a little overwhelming. Although there are literally thousands of STEM lessons and activities available to use in your...

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...

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...

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...

      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...

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...

How Does Your Garden Grow? Exploring Plants with Children Using plants to teach STEM is one of the great joys of the arrival of spring. These garden-related learning experiences offer practical...