The Big Book of 100 Stem Activities - by Laura Minter & Tia Williams (Paperback)

About the Book

"A bumper collection of 100 fun and simple STEM-themed activities, perfect for curious kids. Splatter paint, make a hovercraft, grow some mold, mix up some stinky slime, and much more!"--

Book Synopsis

The Big Book of 100 STEM Activities is a bumper book of boredom-busting ideas for fun and educational things to do for curious kids and their grown-ups.

Developing an awareness of STEM themes from an early age is hugely important and encourages kids to be curious about their world and want to engage with it. This jam-packed collection of fun and simple activities introduces ideas and themes based on science, engineering, technology, and math in an accessible and stimulating way.

You can learn about:

• Kinetic and potential energy while building a marble run
• Why your breakfast cereal is magnetic
• How to use gravity to make art
• How to grow yucky mold and stinky slime in the name of science.

Using crafts, play and simple experiments, these activities are presented in an easy-to-follow format and make use of everyday materials that you'll find around the home.

Each activity provides a simple explanation of how it works and what the takeaway key STEM points are. Fill those rainy days and school vacation downtime with things to do that are so much fun, the kids won't even realize that they are learning at the same time!

Review Quotes

"This fab book is packed with collection of 100 fun and simple STEM themed activities, perfect for curious children."--@the_treasure_outdoors

"This book is full of fun and simple STEM activities to do with kids, with clear step by step by instructions in child friendly language with the accompanying photos. It's great for ideas for experiments to try with kids either at home or in educational settings. It's such a brilliant resource for making Science lessons fun. "--@mancunian_mum

"I love that The Big Book of 100 STEM Activities is geared towards older children and covers such a wide variety of different types of sciences. There are so many fun options for learning in this one!"--@kidslitislit

"This is a bumper book of fun and educational activities. Using crafts, play and simple experiments these are easy activities that can be carried out mostly using materials around the house! Each activity provides a simple explanation of how it works and what the takeaway key STEM points are. Each project has step-by-step instructions with photos to guide you and a Science know-how box to help you understand what is happening in each activity."--@family_book_club

About the Author

Laura Minter and Tia Williams are two creative moms based in Brighton, UK. They started Little Button Diaries, their crafting and baking blog, in 2013 and its popularity has seen them blog for companies such as Paperchase, Laura Ashley, Halfords and Hobbycraft as well as contributing to The Sun and magazines including Creativity, Essentials and Mollie Makes. Laura was a primary school teacher and previously worked as a radio producer. Their previous careers have greatly informed the development of their blog and their books. Since 2016, they have written a variety of craft books for kids and parents such as; Science School, Kitchen Science, The Horrible Craft Book, The Big Book of 100 Little Activities, The Big Book of 100 Outdoor Activities and The Big Book of Dressing Up.