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STEM Club

Welcome to Woodriver Elementary's morning STEM Club website.  The STEM Club is taught by Mr. Kinder.  The STEM Club meets every Wednesday morning, 8:00 to 9:15 AM.  The purpose of the STEM Club is to engage students in fun, hands-on learning, via a wide range of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S.T.E.M.) activities.  Students work in collaborative groups to apply scientific principles to solve problems, explore, design, and create.  Please see the application for more details.

Announcements

Please complete and return the STEM Club application by October 5th, 2023.  

This site will be updated for the 2023-2024 school year.  Please check out the activities and pictures from last year.

Check out the STEM Club's pictures and videos of the students in action (scroll down).


STEM Club Application

STEM Club Safety Rules

Tentative Schedule

Fourth Quarter Schedule

March 22, 2023
​​Chemical Reactions and Slime
​Physical vs. Chemical Changes (video)
​How to Make Slime (Borax)
Slime Chemical Reaction
​Physical and Chemical Reactions (Presentation)
Chemical Changes (short video)
Home Chemical Reactions Demonstrations
Elephant Toothpaste



March 29, 2023
​Egg Drop Challenge (MARS edition)
Mars Overview
​Mars Perseverance (NASA)
Mars Rover Landing
How to Land on Mars?
How People Can Travel to Mars
What We Know About Mars
​Egg Drop Challenge Overview



April 5, 2023
Robots and Coding
What is Coding? (video)
Basic Overview of Coding
Free Online Coding Games for Kids

Minecraft Coding Games
Coding Resources
Ozobot Coding (videos)
Tinkercad (free coding program)



April 12, 2023
Dry Ice Experiments
What is Dry Ice? (video)
Top Ten Experiments for Kids
Dry Ice Rings and Floating Bubble
Top Five Dry Ice Experiments
Dry Ice Experiments (Lab 360)

Water Phases (video)


April 19, 2023
​Exploding Canisters
Newton's Laws of Motion (simple)
Newton's Third Law of Motion (in space)
Exploding Canisters documentation



April 26, 2023
Bridge Challenge
Types of Bridges (simple)
Types of Bridges (examples)
Types of Bridges (complex)
​What Makes Bridges Strong?

Bridge Physics
Gum Drop Bridge
Gum Drop Bridge Trusses

Gum Drop Bridges and Towers (examples)
Toothpick Bridge



May 3, 2023
Paste with a Taste Experiment
History of Toothpaste (video)

​What is a Circuit? (video)
How to Play Circuit Maze
How to Play Gravity Maze



May 10, 2023
STEM vehicles
STEM Vehicles (video)
How to Make a Catapult #1
How to Make a Catapult #2


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May 17, 2023
Water Bottle Rockets

Science Behind Water Bottle Rockets
Water Bottle Rockets Explained

How to Build a Bottle Rocket
Water Bottle Rockets


STEM Club Evaluation



Resources

Woodriver's Science Fair

STEM Resources for Kids

Alaska's Mineral and Energy Resources
The Mission of the Alyeska Pipeline

​The Scale of the Universe

Science Simulations


How to Play Gravity Maze

​Paper Airplane Designs
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What is Coding?
Ozobot Instructional Videos
Ozobot Instructional Video (Eric Rush)

Electric Circuit Projects


Virtual Microscope

Tie Dye Video

How to Make Slime

Science Behind Water Bottle Rockets
Water Bottle Rockets Explained

How to Build a Bottle Rocket
Water Bottle Rockets

STEM Lessons

Alaska Resource Education
AK Energy Smart
REAP (Renewable Energy Alaska Project)
Young Naturalists

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Alaska Resource Education Lessons: 
​Part 1,
 Part 2, Part 3
Mine-a-Pie

Alaskool (Alaska Native resources)


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​Exploding Canisters

Jello Earthquake

Egg Drop Demonstration

Mining in Alaska
Gold Mining Equipment (historic)
Gold Mining Equipment (modern)
How Gold Mining Works
A Modern Day Gold Mine
Mine-a-Pie handouts
Modern Mining Equipment images
Mining in Alaska video
Mining in Fairbanks video

Electric Circuits

Squishy Circuits
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​Mummy Project
​How Egyptians Made Mummies

Egypt Resources
STEM Pictures