Earth Day Crafts Using Recycled Materials

Earth Day

Gather the kids and get crafty this Earth-Day! We have rounded up some great crafts to get you inspired to find more uses for what you (in many cases) already have and turn that trash into treasure.

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Gather the kids and get crafty this Earth-Day! We have rounded up some great crafts to get you inspired to find more uses for what you (in many cases) already have and turn that trash into treasure.

Make a Lolly Stick Domino Stem Challenge

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Material needed Lolly sticks How to make a lolly stick domino • Step 1.Cross two sticks into an “x” shape. Let the stick on top be A and the stick on the bottom be B.   • Step 2.Add stick C by tucking one end under the end of stick

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Material needed Lolly sticks How to make a lolly stick domino • Step 1.Cross two sticks into an “x” shape. Let the stick on top be A and the stick on the bottom be B.   • Step 2.Add stick C by tucking one end under the end of stick

The Floating Wire Challenge

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Credit: Wikimedia/Johan How to do The floating wire challenge Challenge criteria: Iron objects sink in water, right? However, this challenge involves using science to make a small piece of iron wire float on water. Materials needed: Iron wire and a bowl of water. Challenge tips: Water acts like a stretched

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Credit: Wikimedia/Johan How to do The floating wire challenge Challenge criteria: Iron objects sink in water, right? However, this challenge involves using science to make a small piece of iron wire float on water. Materials needed: Iron wire and a bowl of water. Challenge tips: Water acts like a stretched

Make Your Own Chalk Stem Challenge

Make Your Own Chalk

Materials needed • 10 eggshells • 2 tsp of plain flour • 4 tsp hot water • food dye • paper towel Procedure • Clean the eggshells and leave them to dry. • Grind the eggshells in a pestle and mortar or electrical grinder. As long as you have a

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Materials needed • 10 eggshells • 2 tsp of plain flour • 4 tsp hot water • food dye • paper towel Procedure • Clean the eggshells and leave them to dry. • Grind the eggshells in a pestle and mortar or electrical grinder. As long as you have a

The Slam Dunk Stem Challenge

Slam Dunk

Image Credit: unsplash.com/Tim Mossholder Materials needed A ball made out of crumbled paper, and a bowl Challenge Criteria You need to pick up the ball without using, but you cannot use your hand, or any object that is usually used to pick up objects (tongs, spoons, etc.). Then you have

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Image Credit: unsplash.com/Tim Mossholder Materials needed A ball made out of crumbled paper, and a bowl Challenge Criteria You need to pick up the ball without using, but you cannot use your hand, or any object that is usually used to pick up objects (tongs, spoons, etc.). Then you have

Build an Egg-cellent Eggsaver STEM Challenge

Build an Egg-cellent Eggsaver

How to do Build an Egg-cellent Eggsaver Challenge Challenge Criteria: Your challenge is to make a structure from household materials; or better yet, waste products, or products no more suitable for use. This structure should have enough space to fit an egg. You will need to drop this structure, including

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How to do Build an Egg-cellent Eggsaver Challenge Challenge Criteria: Your challenge is to make a structure from household materials; or better yet, waste products, or products no more suitable for use. This structure should have enough space to fit an egg. You will need to drop this structure, including

Chill a Drink STEM Challenge

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Table of Contents How to do Chill a Drink Challenge Challenge description: A refrigerator is a convenient way to cool beverages. There are also multiple ways to cool a drink using ice. Some of them will be faster than others. Your challenge is to chill a drink in forty seconds,

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Table of Contents How to do Chill a Drink Challenge Challenge description: A refrigerator is a convenient way to cool beverages. There are also multiple ways to cool a drink using ice. Some of them will be faster than others. Your challenge is to chill a drink in forty seconds,

Prototype A Kite

Prototype A Kite

To prototype is to create an example of something. Prototypes are quick creations that give us ideas for the next stage of what we will make or invent. This project is about fueling your imagination for flight, just like Leonardo. Let’s experience the same forces of flight as pilots do

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To prototype is to create an example of something. Prototypes are quick creations that give us ideas for the next stage of what we will make or invent. This project is about fueling your imagination for flight, just like Leonardo. Let’s experience the same forces of flight as pilots do

Estimation of Marbles STEM Challenge

Estimation of marbles challenge

Table of Contents How to do the Estimation of Marbles STEM Challenge The Challenge: Estimate the number of marbles placed in a glass jar and then verify by counting the marbles. Materials: • Marbles• Plastic jar Procedure: Fill up the jar with marbles, to the neck and not to the

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Table of Contents How to do the Estimation of Marbles STEM Challenge The Challenge: Estimate the number of marbles placed in a glass jar and then verify by counting the marbles. Materials: • Marbles• Plastic jar Procedure: Fill up the jar with marbles, to the neck and not to the

Build a Chair STEM Challenge

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A single chair can be used by different people whose body shapes and sizes may differ. To withstand different loads, chairs are designed to distribute the pressure caused by the body sitting on them. If the pressure of the body is not distributed properly on a chair, it can cause

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A single chair can be used by different people whose body shapes and sizes may differ. To withstand different loads, chairs are designed to distribute the pressure caused by the body sitting on them. If the pressure of the body is not distributed properly on a chair, it can cause

Build a Staircase STEM Challenge

Staircase

Staircases – you see them everywhere. At homes, in offices, in schools, or in public places. Some are made up of concrete, some are made up of wood. We can also find glass staircases at some fancy restaurants. The material that is chosen to build a staircase depends upon many

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Staircases – you see them everywhere. At homes, in offices, in schools, or in public places. Some are made up of concrete, some are made up of wood. We can also find glass staircases at some fancy restaurants. The material that is chosen to build a staircase depends upon many

DIY: How to Make a Microscope

Microscope

A microscope may seem like a fancy piece of lab equipment that you need to be a scientist to own. That couldn’t be further from the truth. With a few simple items you can easily make your own DIY microscope and explore the itty bitty world. You will be amazed

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A microscope may seem like a fancy piece of lab equipment that you need to be a scientist to own. That couldn’t be further from the truth. With a few simple items you can easily make your own DIY microscope and explore the itty bitty world. You will be amazed

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