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FOUR FUN FALL STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS | Jewel Pastor of Jewel's School Gems | Looking for fun fall STEM activities for kids? Well, you came to the right place. Read about three Fall STEM Activities plus get a FREEBIE!

4 FUN FALL STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

  Fall, teachers, and apples have been connected for as far as anyone can remember, but most folks don’t know why. The most popular theory seems to stem (pun intended 😊) from the pioneer days when families often paid the teacher with produce. Apples were often given as a gift of appreciation.  “An apple for the teacher” became a popular…
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7 BRILLIANT BACK TO SCHOOL STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS by Jewel Pastor of Jewel's School Gems | Looking to make back to school easier for you and more fun for kids? Here are 7 brilliant back to school STEM activities to help you have a STEM-tastic beginning of the year!

7 BRILLIANT BACK TO SCHOOL STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

Hi, Friends! Have you had time to relax and recharge? I hope you have spent many days enjoying life with friends and family. Unfortunately, summer flies by and although I am on the other side of the world, I know how it goes. Before you are ready, the stores have set up their back to school displays and you try…
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3 EPIC SUMMER STEM ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

Hello, Friends! Happy summer! I hope most of you are enjoying some lazy hazy days of relaxation and fun! For those of you who are still working due to year-round school, summer program, ESY or even camp, I have three exciting new summer STEM activities for you and your students to have fun with. Gather some basic supplies and cool…
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10 STEM RESOURCES TO TRY TODAY | BY JEWEL'S SCHOOL GEMS | Looking for STEM resources to help you engage your students till the end of the school year and beyond? Read on and be amazed!

10 AMAZING STEM RESOURCES TO TRY TODAY (PLUS A GIVEAWAY!)

May has always been a special month to me. It’s not only because both Teacher Appreciation Week and Mothers’ Day are celebrated in May, but also because it’s my birth month! To celebrate being blessed with another year of life, I decided to invite a few of my STEM seller friends to help me put together a list of 10…
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3 EARTH DAY STEM CHALLENGES | BY JEWEL'S SCHOOL GEMS Try these 3 super fun Earth Day STEM challenges to help you inspire your students to take action, not just on April 22, but every day!

3 SUPER FUN STEM CHALLENGES TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY

Earth Day is a wonderful day of education and awareness of environmental protection and sustainability. Introduced in 1970 by Senator Nelson of Wisconsin, the first Earth Day was a huge success attended by approximately 20 million people at different sites across the United States. Earth Day is now recognized globally on April 22 by 193 countries and events are coordinated…
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  • Holidays Around the World STEM Activities (Cinco de Mayo STEM Challenge) | This Cinco de Mayo STEM Activity for kids is perfect for your Holidays Around the World unit! Challenge your students to design and build a maraca using an empty plastic bottle, toilet paper roll/cardboard tubes, colored paper, and rice grains. The maraca must stay intact despite vigorous shaking for at least one minute. #cincodemayostem #cincodemayoactivities
  • Spring STEM Activities BUNDLE for Kids (Spring STEM Challenges) | This is a bundle of three of my Spring STEM activities for the elementary classroom: Umbrella STEM Challenge, Bird’s Nest STEM Challenge, and Kite STEM Challenge. These are fun, creative, and engaging for children! They will surely get your students designing and building during this time of year. #springstemactivities
  • 9 STEM TEACHERS TO FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM BY JEWEL PASTOR OF JEWELSCHOOLGEMS.COM | Do you love Instagram? Do you teach STEM? Here are 9 STEM teachers to follow on Instagram for great content, teacher ideas, and classroom inspiration.
  • St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities (St. Patrick's Day STEM Challenge) | This Leprechaun Trap St. Patrick's Day STEM Challenge is perfect for this holiday! Challenge your students to design and build a Leprechaun Trap using cardboard, coffee stirrers or craft sticks, popsicle sticks, skewers, and green paint. The Leprechaun Trap must be big enough to hold a small pot of gold and house a leprechaun. It must also have a cover that is easy for anyone to open and close. Click to see on TpT!
  • Bird Feeder STEM Challenge FREE (Spring and Earth Day STEM Activities) | This FREE Bird Feeder STEM Challenge is perfect for any season and even Earth Day! | Challenge your students to design and build a bird feeder that can be refilled easily and can dispense bird seeds on its own. You can use plastic bottles, plastic plates, cardboard, wooden clothespins, and string to engineer this bird feeder. Click to see it on TpT!
  • Spring STEM Activities (Kite Spring STEM Challenge) | Get this as part of a bundle: SPRING STEM ACTIVITIES BUNDLE on TpT! | This Kite STEM Challenge is perfect for this season! It’s a fun, creative, and engaging way to get your students designing and building during this time of year. Challenge your students to design and build a kite that can fly for at least one minute out of plastic bags, wooden skewers, string, and clear tape. Click to see on TpT!
  • Earth Day STEM Activities (Wind-Powered Car Earth Day STEM Challenge) | This Wind-Powered Car STEM Challenge is perfect for this holiday! It’s a fun, creative, and engaging way to get your students designing and building during this time of year. Challenge your students to design and build a car that runs on wind power out of a milk carton, wooden skewers, drinking straws, bottle caps, and tape. Click to see this on TpT!
  • Summer STEM Activities (Fishing Rod Summer STEM Challenge) by Jewel's School Gems on TpT | Challenge your students to design and build a fishing rod out of a wooden stick, large paper clips, bottle caps, and yarn. The fishing rod must have a reel that works. You can also modify the task and include any other materials you would like students to use. CLICK NOW! #summerstemchallenge
  • HOW TO TEACH WEATHER TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS by Jewel Pastor of Jewel's School Gems | Looking for ways to teach weather for kids? Click through to read on and download free weather activities/printables.
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Hello there! It’s been two months since I last posted an update. Well, I’m posting now to just let you know that:

1️⃣ I’m more than halfway through with my paid parental leave (just eight more weeks to go). 😎
2️⃣ My little man turned two months today! Yay! 😘
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On December 18, at four past five in the afternoon, my darling daughter finally met her baby brother and forever friend, Sean.
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Sean was born weighing 3.9 kilograms or 8.6 pounds after eight long hours of labor. So glad to have him out!
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