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The Pot O' Gold: 6 Magic STEM Lessons

Written by Giovanna Chamberlain | Mar 2, 2026 12:15:00 PM

 

🍀Don’t Clover-think Your Lesson Plans: 6 Pot O’ Gold STEM Activities! 🍀

 

Top o’ the morning to ye, laddies and lassies!

Are ye tired of chasin’ rainbows only to find your pockets empty? Well, hold onto your buckles, because I’ve found a treasure chest that’s better than gold—and you don’t even have to catch me to get it! Our friends over at Science Buddies have brewed up some 6 Saint Patrick's Day STEM Lessons that are sure to make ye the luckiest charm in the classroom.

The Pot O' Gold: 6 Magic STEM Lessons

See the Magic in Motion

If ye don't believe an old sprite like me, watch the Science Buddies Video to see these experiments in action. It’s under two minutes—shorter than the time it takes me to hide from a giant!

Activity

What’s in the Pot O’ Knowledge

Follow the rainbow! (link)


Leprechaun Snot

A real slime-y situation! Learn about non-Newtonian fluids. It’s snot what you think!


Get Messy


Milk Rainbow

A splash of color! See how surface tension breaks apart like a fragile spell.


Paint the Milk


Shamrock Launcher

Feeling a bit tense? Use potential energy to fling some luck across the room.


Ready, Aim, Luck!


Light Up Your Pot O' Gold

A truly bright idea. Use circuits to make your treasure glow like a sunny day in Dublin.


Light Up Your Pot of Gold


Lucky Lava Lamp

This one is bubbling over with fun. Watch density and gas bubbles do a little jig.


Watch it Fizz



Gold Getaway-Mobile


Need to move your loot fast? Build a balloon-powered car.



Zoom to the Rainbow

 

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