Continue reading »]]> Winter session of stem club has begun! I cannot believe that we have 13 girls for this STEM club session! They were excited to begin! For our first session, I decided to try some fun science experiments that were inspired by the television show Mythbusters. It’s a great show, and I love the idea of trying experiments  out to see if they work.

I’ve been teaching third grade for 5 years, and each year I teach a unit on electricity.  I have heard that you can pass a current through play dough, but I have never tried it. I thought it would be a fun experiment for my STEM club girls to do! The best part was that I would be learning right along with them!

We started by watching a short clip on Mythbusters.

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Then we made play dough on a hot pad using salt, flour, oil, cream of tarter, and food coloring. The girls took turns pouring in the ingredients and mixing.

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We then talked about circuits and got to the experimenting part. Could they get a bulb to light? A buzzer to work? A motor?

The girls loved finding out!