STEM Resources

While the visual and performing arts are powerful curricular companions to early STEM experiences, educators may not have the tools and resources to introduce art beyond painting and drawing. Creative Investigations in Early Art provides them with an inquisitive, explorative approach to boost young learners' creativity and critical-thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills through artistic expression.

Each chapter provides educators with practical ideas for intentionally fostering young children's hands-on, minds-on explorations connecting the following areas of the creative arts to STEM:

• Music and Movement
• Dramatic Arts
• Visual Arts
• Artists and Artworks

Includes an assortment of materials to support STEAM-based lessons and projects to inspire creativity. Encourages “learning by doing” and helps students imagine, create, share, and generate new ideas.

Winner of Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award for 2017!

• Stimulate young minds with creativity, imagination and science.
• Light up your 3D circuits with our unique power block.
• Great addition to any STEAM curriculum.
• Patented Technology you won't find in any other toy brick set.
• Use your own imagination to create awesome structures
• Compatible with other toy brick sets
• Enhance and bring lights to your other builds.
• Contains over 70 parts.
• One (1) 9V Battery Required.
• Ages 8 and up.

The Brackitz Bugz Playpark has 47 pieces including a motorized vibrating bug and directions for building over 20 play parks and obstacles. Race your motorized bug through crazy obstacles like the Toppling Tower, Super Spinner or make your own. Every race and playpark combination is different - The possibilities are endless. No helmet required.

• Unlimited possibilities
• Design your own parks and bugz
• Three balls included
• Unique, Rotating Connect-Anywhere System
• All Brackitz sets work together for mix-n-match play!

• falling dominos, swinging hammers, rolling balls, and more physics-inspired accessories

An egg-citing science and art kit that is sure to peak your interest in science!

This bio-organic STEAM kit, Just Add Egg™, will inspire the artist and scientist alike! Make your own dinosaur egg, egg shell geode, or make an egg totally disappear. More than 10 science experiments and art activities included.

Kit Includes:

• Clear plastic bottle
• 3 Coloring sheets
• 210 grams Alum Powder
• 25mL White glue
• 3 White candles
• 1/4lb Soapbase
• 2 Crayons
• 2oz Molding Clay
• 3 10mL Bottles food coloring
• 2.5inch wick
• 5 pieces Wax paper
• Plastic Dinosaur
• 250mL Corn syrup
• 4”x4” Canvas
• Reuseable box
• 1 instruction booklet in English, French, and Spanish

Activities Included:

• Naked and disappearing egg
• Shrinking egg
• Egg dying
• Egg shell dying
• Egg blowing
• Egg in a bottle
• Egg shell geode
• Separating egg yolk from egg white
• Egg shell candle
• Egg shell mosaic
• Make your own dinosaur egg

Science Lessons:

• Study of reactions
• Study of pressure

The Mark Twain Earth and Space Science book challenges students to work together while solving real-world problems.

STEM Labs for Earth and Space Science for sixth–eighth grades provides 26 integrated labs that cover the topics of:

• geology
• oceanography
• meteorology
• astronomy

The integrated labs encourage students to apply scientific inquiry, content knowledge, and technological design.

STEM success requires creativity, communication, and collaboration. Mark Twain's Earth and Space Science workbook for middle school explains STEM education concepts and provides materials for instruction and assessment. Each lab incorporates the following components:

• creativity
• teamwork
• communication
• critical thinking

From supplemental books to classroom décor, Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing the very best products for middle-grade and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects, including language arts, fine arts, government, history, social studies, math, science, and character.