![]() ![]() Looking for more STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) projects and inspiration? What is your favorite Fall STEM challenge? Make sure you check out the STEM challenge in action here! They also decided that their structures were art themselves.Īs an extension, we have talked about recreating these models with clay and toothpicks to make them a little more permanent. For this activity, the kids decided it would be really cool to make “blueprints” of their structures. However, if you add in some art, you now have STEAM. The traditional “STEM” activity includes science, technology, engineering, and math. He had to problem solve! That is when he decided to expand his base and make it wider at the bottom. With some more trial and error, the poor kid started having his tower fall over. ” If I connect these like this they are stronger and won’t fall over.” They started out with a different plan and thought he would just stick the sticks in the candies and see what happens.Īfter playing with the materials more, they realized that they could build a tower if they connected the candies with toothpicks and made squares. Now, on the flip-side Bones and Super B wanted to build towers. Honestly, not sure I would have figured that out on my own. If I want to turn it I have to do this pattern. When I asked him about it, he said “Look, if I make squares it just goes straight. He needed to make a square-triangle pattern. One of the coolest things he realized is that he could not make a round object without changing the pattern on the base. Now, on to the next challenge… making a witches hat with pumpkin candies. He loved the way everything turned out and the shapes that he used to create it. Once he finished, he was so proud that he had created his pumpkin. There was so much trial and error involved that was great for his scientific thinking. Look what he created!Īs he built, he counted and measured, using tons of math without even realizing it. I even told him “that might be really hard.” Legoman told me he wanted to make a pumpkin and a witches hat, I thought he was crazy. In my head, we should definitely only build up and build towers, but the kids had totally different plans. It’s funny, when you let the kids take the lead you might be surprised with what they design. I have to tell you, I was pretty impressed by their creations! They decided that for this first exposure, they wanted free building and engineering. Option 2: build structures with candy pumpkins and toothpicks. Option 1: build the tallest tower you can with a set number of toothpicks and candy pumpkins. (This is why I love STEM challenges!) How to Build Structures with Candy Pumpkins for a Halloween STEM Challengeįor this experiment, I let the kids choose how they wanted to explore. We had to go back to the drawing board and try something new. ![]() I should admit that we tried this with candy corn pumpkins (like the ones we dissolved in this experiment) but it didn’t work. I just put out a small bowl of pumpkins and a jar of toothpicks and let her go to town. The set up for this Halloween STEM challenge is super simple. What You Need for Building Structures with Candy Pumpkins That’s why I thought it would be really fun to take that challenge and make it seasonal with these cute little pumpkin candies! Building with Candy Pumpkins STEM Challenge for Fall Have you ever seen the Marshmallow challenge? It’s one of my favorite STEM challenges around. * This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. Thankfully, I remembered this super fun STEM challenge I did with her brothers, and I knew it would be just the thing for my future architect! So we pulled out our supplies and started building structures with candy pumpkins. “Could I build a building… Today?” she asked so sweetly that I had to find some way to make her grown-up dream come true. “You can definitely build buildings taller than a roller coaster. ![]() While I stirred my coffee, my four-year-old was telling me all of the things she would do when she was just a bit bigger. “When I grow up, I’m going to build buildings taller than a roller coaster”
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