83. How to Engage Families with STEM

83. How to Engage Families with STEM

9/30/2022

Show Summary:

Getting families involved with your school can be rewarding in many ways. Showcase your STEM program by hosting a STEM Family Night! Tune in as Claire shares her recent experience of hosting one and ways you can successfully get parents excited about STEM at your school too.

Links from the Show:

Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes

• 67. Is STEM After School Effective?

• 52: How to Host a STEM Family Night

• 31. Reflections from a First Year STEM Teacher

Vivify STEM Blog Posts

• 10 Amazing STEM Family Night Activities

• A Neuroscientists’s Top 5 STEM Activities for Kids & Families

Vivify STEM Lessons & Products

• STEM Family Night Planning & Activity Guide

• Individual stations Claire mentions:

  • Hoop Glider Challenge

  • Straw Rocket STEM Challenge

  • Amazing Architects: STEM Family Night Task Cards

  • STEM Sailboat Challenge

• Microscope Mystery: Life Science Center

Other STEM Resources

• Pitsco Education Straw Rockets - Starter Kit

• Quiver App - AR Coloring

  • App Store

  • Google Play

• Pitsco Education Family STEM Night Bundle (takes out all the guesswork!)

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