8 Hands-on projects Activities for Kids that will foster Creativity and Innovation
Hands-on projects have always been great amusement and worth learning experience for the kids, following are the some exciting, fun-filled, and concept-building STEM Activities for kids aged 5 - 8 years old to understand and observe various scientific phenomena, laws, and processes with their daily life applications. The activities described are the most popular among children as summer camp projects and hundreds of participants (both students and parents) successfully completed them during various batches of Online STEM camp. The complete Material kit is available in the PSC Science store and is ready to use and fun exploration.
P.S: There should be an adult/Parent/Guardian with children for helping them with difficult tasks like cutting with scissors, Hot glue gun, etc.
Here is the list of amazing STEM Activities for Kids
Paper Circuit
Electromagnet
Vibrating Robot
Hovercraft
Air-powered rocket
Windmill
Rubber powered gun
Hydraulic Excavator
Required Tools:
Hot Glue gun
Scissors
Paper cutter
Safety goggles
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STEM Activity Project # 1 Paper Circuit
What is Paper Circuit
The exciting hands-on project explores the basic concepts of conductor, circuit, and flow of electricity while making interesting objects and characters.
An electromagnet is one of the most thrilling STEM activities for kids to learn about magnetism, its types, and applications in various appliances by making one for themselves.
The vibrating robot is a fun-filled hands-on activity to understand the basic robot and mechanics involved in it. The project will help participants learn about motion in a machine and its importance.
Material and Tools needed
Disposable cup
3/4 round sticks
DC motor
AA battery cells (2)
Battery holder
1 cm glue stick piece
Switch
Glue Gun
material and tool list VIBRATING ROBOT.
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The material of the Vibrating RobotAssembling of Vibrating Robot
How to make Vibrating Robot
Join round sticks equally spaced with a cup using a glue gun so as to make the legs of the robot
Insert the shaft of the motor into the glue gun piece
Connect battery holder switch and motor wires in series as shown
Stick battery holder, motor, and switch at the top with a glue gun as below
A worth learning hands-on projects to discuss air pressure and fun happenings of it, participants will make their own hovercraft from scratch to play with it
Material and Tools required for Hovercraft
CD
Balloon
Drip pipe (Only Drip chamber and Bag spike)
Scissors
Tape
Hot glue gun
Making of Hovercraft
Cut the chamber of drip pipe and bag spike as shown
With the help of scissors, cut the collar of the balloon
Tape the balloon's neck on the bag spike end which we cut before
Using a hot glue gun join the drip pipe chamber at the center of the CD such that there is no leakage and no glue should be on the other side.
The hovercraft is now ready.
Inflate the balloon attached and fix it over CD, your hovercraft is all set to go.
It is among the popular fun-filled concept building STEM activities for kids to explore aerodynamics and its basic principles along with making and launching rockets using air pressure.
Material and Tools required
A4 paper
Card stock paper
1.5-liter carbonated drink bottle
1 fit flexible PVC pipe, 1-inch diameter
1 ft plain PVC pipe, 1-inch diameter
Tape
Scissors
Pencil and Scale
material and tool list ROCKET
Steps of Construction
Take A4 paper and roll it firmly over plain PVC pipe which shouldn't be too tight or loose on the pipe.
Stick the end of the paper with tape and take out the PVC pipe from the paper roll, this is the body of the rocket.
Using paper stock, make the nose cone of the rocket in a way that fits the rocket body.
Cut the extra part and fix the cone with the rocket's body.
Make 3 rectangles of 3cm width and 7.5cm length on card stock with the help of a pencil and scale, cut these rectangles to make the wings/fins of a rocket.
Mark 1cm from the width and 3cm on the length of consecutive sides of a rectangle and join the points.
Similarly, mark this slant on the other two and cut the part.
Divide the length of the fins into four equal parts and make the cut of 1cm, folding the parts alternatively.
Stick the fins on the rear end of the body using tape as shown, the rocket is now ready.
For the Launcher, Join both PVC pipes (plain and flexible) with tape together.
Join the other end of the flexible pipe with the bottleneck so that there shouldn't be air leakage.
Hydraulics is one of the exciting fields of study to learn about mechanisms operating with hydraulic (water with air) pressure, this project will help to learn about Pascal’s principle and its applications.
Tools and Materials required
Excavator Kit
Glue gun
Scissors
Water
material and tool list HYDRAULIC EXACTOR
How to make Hydraulic Excavator
Follow the steps to assemble the kit as shown in the video.
If any part is loose, put some glue gun to fix it
The syringes must be attached firmly to their respective places, bind them first with cable ties, and then apply glue gun to fix them securely.
You might need to remove the air bubble from syringes after adding water to make them work properly.