🍀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.
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!
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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! |
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Milk Rainbow |
A splash of color! See how surface tension breaks apart like a fragile spell. |
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Shamrock Launcher |
Feeling a bit tense? Use potential energy to fling some luck across the room. |
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Light Up Your Pot O' Gold |
A truly bright idea. Use circuits to make your treasure glow like a sunny day in Dublin. |
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Lucky Lava Lamp |
This one is bubbling over with fun. Watch density and gas bubbles do a little jig. |
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Gold Getaway-Mobile |
Need to move your loot fast? Build a balloon-powered car. |
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