With just a few basic ingredients and a little curiosity, you and your child can explore the magic of science right at home. These simple DIY projects are more than just fun — they spark creativity, build confidence, and teach kids to think like mini scientists.

Ready to start? Let’s dive into 10 exciting experiments your child will love!

🧠 Why Science Projects at Home Matter

Science isn’t just about lab coats and test tubes — it’s about exploring, questioning, and discovering how things work. When kids try hands-on activities, they learn way more than they would from a textbook.

Here’s what happens when you introduce science at home:

• 🔍 Kids learn to ask why and how
• 🧩 They develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• 👫 It’s a great bonding activity for parents and children
• 💡 It builds early interest in STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)

Now let’s get to the fun stuff!

🔬 10 Easy and Fun Science Projects for Kids

1. Rainbow in a Jar 🌈

Materials Needed: Water, honey, dish soap, rubbing alcohol, food coloring, tall glass

Steps to Follow:

1. Mix different liquids with food coloring.
2. Gently layer each one in a glass starting with the densest (honey at the bottom).
3. Watch the colorful rainbow appear!

Science Behind It: Different liquids have different densities — heavier ones stay at the bottom.

Parent Tip: Let your child guess which liquid is heaviest before you pour!

2. DIY Lava Lamp 🌋

Materials Needed: Clear bottle, water, vegetable oil, food coloring, Alka-Seltzer tablet

Steps to Follow:

1. Fill ¾ of the bottle with oil, rest with water.
2. Add food coloring.
3. Drop in half an Alka-Seltzer tablet and watch the magic!

Science Behind It: The fizz from the tablet creates bubbles that rise and fall through the oil.

Parent Tip: Try it with different colors to make a psychedelic effect!

3. Invisible Ink Messages 🔍

Materials Needed: Lemon juice, cotton swab, white paper, lamp or candle

Steps to Follow:

1. Dip a cotton swab in lemon juice and write a secret message.
2. Let it dry.
3. Hold the paper near a warm light — the message appears!

Science Behind It: Lemon juice oxidizes and turns brown when heated.

Parent Tip: Have a mini “spy day” where your child writes and decodes messages.

4. Homemade Slime 💥

Materials Needed: White glue, baking soda, food coloring, contact lens solution

Steps to Follow:

1. Mix ½ cup glue with a few drops of food color.
2. Add ½ tbsp baking soda.
3. Stir in 1 tbsp contact lens solution until it becomes stretchy!

Science Behind It: A chemical reaction makes molecules in glue form stretchy chains.

Parent Tip: Store it in a ziplock bag for later slime time.

5. Walking Water Experiment 🌈

Materials Needed: 3 glasses, water, paper towels, food coloring

Steps to Follow:

1. Fill 2 glasses with colored water and leave the middle one empty.
2. Place rolled paper towels connecting the glasses.
3. Wait and watch the water walk!

Science Behind It: Water moves through the towel by capillary action.

Parent Tip: Try using primary colors and mix to form new ones.

6. Balloon Rocket 🎈🚀

Materials Needed: Balloon, string, tape, straw

Steps to Follow:

1. Thread a straw through the string and tie the string between two chairs.
2. Tape a blown-up balloon (don’t tie it) to the straw.
3. Let go and watch it zoom!

Science Behind It: Air escaping from the balloon propels it forward (Newton’s Third Law).

Parent Tip: Have races between balloon rockets — kids love it!

7. Baking Soda Volcano 🌋

Materials Needed: Vinegar, baking soda, dish soap, food coloring, plastic bottle

Steps to Follow:

1. Place the bottle in a tray.
2. Add 2 tbsp baking soda, some dish soap & food coloring.
3. Pour in vinegar and watch it erupt!

Science Behind It: Baking soda and vinegar react to form carbon dioxide.

Parent Tip: Use playdough to build a volcano around the bottle for a realistic look.

8. Static Electricity Butterfly 🦋

Materials Needed: Tissue paper, balloon, cardboard

Steps to Follow:

1. Cut a butterfly from tissue paper and stick it to cardboard (leave wings free).
2. Rub the balloon on your hair.
3. Hold it near the butterfly — wings flutter up!

Science Behind It: Static electricity attracts the light wings.

Parent Tip: Try this with small paper bits for a “magic” trick!

9. Plant in a Bag 🌱

Materials Needed: Ziplock bag, cotton, water, bean seeds

Steps to Follow:

1. Wet cotton and place it in the bag with seeds.
2. Seal and tape the bag to a sunny window.
3. Watch the roots and shoots grow!

Science Behind It: Kids observe germination and plant growth stages.

Parent Tip: Ask them to keep a plant diary.

10. Floating Egg Experiment 🥚

Materials Needed: Eggs, water, salt, two glasses

Steps to Follow:

1. Fill one glass with plain water — drop in the egg (it sinks).
2. In the other, add 6 tbsp salt — now the egg floats!

Science Behind It: Salt water is denser than the egg, so it floats.

Parent Tip: Let kids test how much salt it takes to float the egg.

👨‍👩‍👧 Tips to Make Science Time More Fun and Safe

• Always supervise experiments involving heat or sharp tools
• Keep ingredients kid-safe and edible (in case curious minds taste!)
• Let kids guess outcomes before each experiment — it makes it more interactive
• Use a journal or phone to document their discoveries

🎓 How Experihub Can Help

At Experihub, we make science exciting with our fun-filled, interactive online science classes for kids. Every week, your child will:

• Build real-world science projects
• Learn from trained educators
• Boost curiosity and confidence

👉 Book a free demo class and turn your child into a little scientist today!

📝 Conclusion

Science doesn’t have to be complicated — it can be colorful, fizzy, sticky, and loads of fun!

Pick one of these experiments for the weekend and enjoy some quality screen-free bonding time with your child. You might just rediscover the joy of science yourself!

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Through this blog, our purpose is to cater to all the superhero teachers out there and assist them with a smooth transition during these times. Through in-depth research and a look at the best alternatives on the internet, we have collated a list of online tools that are not just free, but also extremely easy to use. Even if you are the kind of teacher who is not yet familiar with technology, using these tools will be a cakewalk. 

ClassDojo

This tool helps teachers monitor the behavior of their students and make sure that each student is appreciated individually when they showcase a good disposition. Whenever there is any feedback for the child, the teacher can instantly contact the student through real-time notifications. This helps the children work on their improvement areas and feel good about their strengths. Moreover, the app makes sure there is a record maintained for each student so that parents can understand their progress in detail during PTMS. 

Edmodo

Social Networking has become an important part of learning in today’s era. Edmodo is a platform where students, teachers, and even parents can stay connected and up to date with whatever is going on in each subject. Providing class materials, creating collaborative groups, instantly communicating with parents, are some features of this tool. In fact, students can also interact with one another and indulge in hands-on group activities! 

Kahoot!

With a change in the mode of learning, teachers need to modify their method of assessing students too. Kahoot! helps monitor the performance of each child through a gaming mode where teachers can create questionnaires, surveys, and quizzes. This creates a fun learning environment and children love playing as well as learning at the same time. In fact, a healthy competition also takes place in the classroom!

Thinglink 

Gone are the days where students suffice and stay engaged with just books and theory! Creating content for your subject is now made easier with this too. You can easily create texts, sounds, pictures, and videos to increase student participation in your sessions. These will not only catch the eye of your students but also push them to ask questions and seek answers. This created media can also be shared on your preferred platform of communication as a form of homework. 

Socrative 

This tool serves a similar purpose to Kahoot! too. The only difference here is that students get the liberty of performing quizzes and assessments through any device that they feel comfortable with. Socrative also stores and makes a record of all the results so that teachers can look back later and modify their curriculum accordingly.

Storybird 

This tool is mainly used to help teachers create activities that will instill reading and writing skills in children of all age groups. Through the art of storytelling, teachers here can find as well as create artistic books, blogs, short writeup, storyboards, and much more. Students can interact with one another through effective communication and get constant feedback on their skills from the teacher.

Apart from all these tools, we hope you have adjusted with the basics of online teaching – choosing a platform where you would like to teach your class. Zoom, Google Hangouts, MS Teams are some of the best ones that you would like to try. 

Connecting with your students comes even prior to beginning with the learning process. It is only when you are yourself sorted and confident about the curriculum, is when you can help students out with their many questions and concerns. Remember, it is only natural for you as a teacher to take short breaks when needed and raise questions if you are not sure about this new phenomenon of online teaching all of us are only just adapting to it. 

Finally, we hope that these tools not only help make work easier for you but also make your classes more hands-on and interesting. Tried and tested, all these applications are the best way to ease your transition into the online mode of teaching! 

At ExperiHub, we teach Science and Mathematics by bringing concepts from the real world into the classroom. We conduct science experiments and have myriad science projects for better learning and understanding of concepts. If you want to learn more about Experiential Learning and cool home experiments, browse through our Online Sessions and Youtube Channel! 

While there have been numerous discussions on the online mode of teaching becoming the new normal, it has come to notice that we often forget to discuss the aspect of teachers having to adjust and adapt to the new ways of teaching. 

With the complete shutdown of educational institutions and the computer screens becoming the only mode of learning today, there are ought to be some challenges that the teachers are facing in this digital era. It is no surprise that all teachers and administrators are constantly searching for online tools and applications that will make the digital learning process easier. Before moving on to a set of solutions that can be put to use, it seems like a good idea to discuss the challenges faced by teachers today. 

Lack of Motivation 

Since this is a huge change for students too, they are still in the process of figuring everything out. Sitting at home, with no distinction between private and professional life, it is easier for students to get distracted and indulge in other activities while the online classes are going on. With no school to look forward to and no events/clubs to attend, most students feel they have no option but to sit in front of the computer screen and learn. This results in a lack of motivation, making it harder for teachers to evaluate and encourage class participation.

Engagement and Interaction

These qualities in a classroom are the most essential to ensure experiential learning. Interaction can only happen when students have their mics and cameras on during online classes. Teachers have to waste precious class time to ensure everyone is ready to engage. Sometimes, the teachers feel like they are only talking to themselves and have to constantly assume whether the students are listening, understanding, and comprehending. 

Internet Issues 

Not all students and teachers are indeed privileged enough to have access to the net for long school hours. Sometimes, slow net issues and difficulties in keeping the camera on can hamper learning. Experiential learning comes to a halt when sometimes, the net does not allow for the teachers to display videos or other presentations they may have prepared for hands-on learning. Many students have made the issue of the slow net an excuse to get away with participating and instead, get a chance to indulge in other work apart from learning. 

Lack of Resources 

Due to each student sitting at their respective homes with no access to the stationary, or other shops – teachers have had to revamp their curriculum and completely change their styles of teaching. Most activities planned at the beginning of the year have had to be replaced with something more theoretical and with equipment that can easily be found at home. Even after careful consideration by teachers, there are a lot of times that most students are still not able to acquire the needed equipment, hence wasting time and hampering the learning process.

We feel that this topic is of extreme value since, at the end of the day, it is the teachers imparting knowledge and shaping the current generations to be valuable assets for the future. It is only once we are well aware of the challenges and hardships faced by them, is when we can move on to the solutions and the process of making it better for the teachers too. 

It is important to understand that this is a huge change for all teachers. From completely having to change their curriculum, to constantly adjusting to the various issues that the students face; the challenges are numerous. It will be a good idea to make sure that wherever we, as parents and students can contribute to lessening their workload and stress, we should help out. 

At ExperiHub, we teach Science and Mathematics by bringing concepts from the real world into the classroom. We conduct science experiments and have myriad science projects for better learning and understanding of concepts. If you want to learn more about Experiential Learning and cool home experiments, browse through our Online Sessions and Youtube Channel! 

In our previous interaction with you, we all agreed that there is a need to replace the excessive use of digital media with activities that are experiential and hands-on. This will ensure the wellbeing of all children and push them to not only make mistakes but also learn from them. What makes this the best solution and a proper replacement for excessive use of electronic gadgets is that it engages children in a way that no other form of learning can. It will not only push them to ask questions but also find solutions by experimenting and challenging themselves. The best part is that when it comes to experiential learning, no method is right or wrong.

Given below is a carefully collected set of hands-on activities that can be easily performed in the comfort of your own home. These can be used to help children revise and go back to the concepts they have already learned. You do not need to go out of the way to buy any extra equipment, and just the open space that is available at your house will work. To make sure children have a variety of activities to choose from, these are a mix of all disciplines. 

Build a Museum 

This can be done by putting the furniture or showpieces at home to use. Children today have a habit of collecting objects that they like, and they can be used for this activity too. Tell your child to gather a variety of objects and create a museum from the same. Start with asking them to differentiate items and categorize them in terms of the material used, its value, the money it may have cost, etc. Let them use their organizational skills to decorate and create a museum. Once done, ask them to give a tour of their museum by putting their knowledge in history and their vocabulary skills to use.

The Apple Rotting Experiment 

This will help children understand the importance of the environment and how species react differently in different settings. Cut pieces of apples and put them in different glasses. Use solutions like oil, water, vinegar, and air for each glass and label them with the same. Give it a few days and let children draw and make predictions on what might happen the next day. Let them understand the decaying process, and ask many scientific questions that they may be curious about. 

Scavenger Hunt 

This can be an activity within an activity! All you need to do is hide clues within the boundaries of your home, exactly like a treasure hunt. Each clue can have a variety of learning activities, like math equations or science-related questions. All of these have to be relevant to the chapters your kid is studying at school. Encourage them by keeping some treasure or a few extra minutes of gadgets ready for them as a reward once they complete the treasure hunt. To make it more engaging, set a time limit to the hunt too, and let them figure out how much time is left on their own. 

The Value of Storytime 

If you have not already made this a habit for children, now is the right time to start. Reading stories will help the child not only learn new words but also enhance his/her imagination. When you come across a new or unfamiliar word, try and strike a conversation around the term with your kid. Introduce different genres of stories and encourage your children to use their imagination and the new words that they have learned to create their own stories too. To work on their drawing skills, it is a good idea to sketch the characters along with your child.

Start a Restaurant 

This will help children revisit their language and literary skills. Use props and utensils to create a restaurant at home. Let them design a menu from scratch and use words they have learned at school. You can also use vegetables and fruits, asking your child to categorize them and learn to differentiate. Let them play the role of a waiter, owner, or even a customer to enhance their communication skills and confidence. 

Note that all these activities have been chosen to keep in mind the times of the pandemic. Apart from all this, it is a good practice to weekly check-in with your children emotionally. Taking a day off once in a while to binge on food or TV shows is sometimes a great idea too! 

A pro tip is to make sure your kids are an active part of this whole process. It is only when they are given attention, and their opinions are valued, is when they start participating and engaging themselves in activities. 

To sum it all up, we at Experihub believe that, at the end of the day, what makes a significant difference is not what your children are taught, but how they are taught. 

At ExperiHub, we teach Science and Mathematics by bringing concepts from the real world into the classroom. We conduct science experiments and have myriad science projects for better learning and understanding of concepts. If you want to learn more about Experiential Learning and cool home experiments, browse through our Online Sessions and Youtube Channel! 

Technology today has become the new normal for children. Their dependency on these devices in terms of both their personal and professional life is rapidly increasing. Internet addiction is a real phenomenon and has gained significant importance in recent times. Even though this is a topic of concern, it is not too late to divert our children’s attention in more productive directions. 

Both parents and teachers indeed have a big role to play in this phenomenon of internet addiction. Now that this issue has grown multi-folds, the next step is to move on to possible solutions and implement them in all children’s lives at the earliest. While we cannot eradicate the use of technology, we can come forward and suggest alternatives to this problem. We need to implement a solution that does not work long term but is also useful, beneficial, and the best utilization of our children’s time. 

Currently, and in the future, we suggest the best solution to the excessive use of technology is to replace it with experiential and hands-on learning. Here are a few reasons that will better help you understand the importance of experiential learning in today’s time – 

Effective Learning without Compromising on Health 

Excessive use of technology strains the eyes and makes the children extremely lazy, ultimately leading to a lack of physical exercise. Experiential learning is a better solution since most of its activities require the kids to be active and alert. It not only increases their knowledge but also challenges them to rack their brains and find answers to questions they never thought possible

Development of Important Skills 

Experiential learning facilitates the learning and polishing of skills that will come in handy even outside the educational institutions. Hands-on activities prepare students for the real world and help them understand the theory implementation in practical situations. Effective Communication, Analytical Skills, Problem Solving, Teamwork, and Decision Making are some qualities experiential learning helps develop.

Engaging and Interesting 

When you initially introduce the concept of experiential learning, children may outright say no to the idea of using their free time at home to study and learn. However, their attitude may change once they indulge in hands-on activities. What you as a parent can do, is ask them questions, allow them to be inquisitive, and introduce the concept of “do it yourself”. It will not only interest them but will also instantly grab their attention. 

Building Relationships 

Experiential learning requires teamwork and coordination. You can indulge in these activities with your child and spend more time with them. Instead of being in their room, busy with electronic devices all the time, these hands-on activities can also be performed outdoors and help create effective bonds. 

Augmented technology does not just have negative implications. Technology has grown tremendously in the last few years and continues to help children in their daily life. However, it is also important to be aware of the consequences of excessive use of technology and understand how important it is to maintain a balance. Moreover, we fully understand that children cannot sit in front of a book and mug up theory all the time. What they need is something they can work, something they can create, something of real value. Here is where experiential learning comes to play and aims to make a significant change in the lifestyle of all children. 

We hope this article achieved its goal of informing you about the increasing importance of experiential learning and how it is the perfect way to rid your child of technology and its addiction. If this information helped in any way, stay tuned for our next article on activities that you can engage your children in, all from the comfort of your own house! 

At ExperiHub, we teach Science and Mathematics by bringing concepts from the real world into the classroom. We conduct science experiments and have myriad science projects for better learning and understanding of concepts. If you want to learn more about Experiential Learning and cool home experiments, browse through our Online Sessions and Youtube Channel!

In today’s world, STEM education has become necessary for students to compete in a global economy and be prepared for the future. To spark an interest in STEM careers in students’ minds, introducing them to this whole new world gets much easier through hands-on and experiential activities. These activities are not only inquiry-based, but they also activate critical thinking in the mind of the learners. 

We have come up with a list of exciting activities that will open children to a new world of information and urge them to think in the direction of STEM subjects. To make it easier, we have classified these activities by subject – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. 

SCIENCE 

1. Water Cycle in a Bag – Make this is group/pair activity. Grab a transparent sandwich bag and use a permanent marker to draw a sun, cloud, and water on it. Fill it with ¼ cup of water and four drops of blue food colouring. Cover its lid and use tape to hang the bag on the window of the classroom. Sit back and watch it work. The science behind this is that the limited amount of water on Earth has to change periodically. This is called the water cycle. Over the next few days, children will see water evaporating into vapour and slowly change back into condensed liquid, just like a cloud. Finally, they will notice that the air cannot hold the water anymore, and hence, it falls down in the form of precipitation and therefore it can be called it.
2. Oil Spill – This activity is simple and can be modified according to the age group of the children. Here, take a large container and mix oil and water. Add a few feathers to this combination and provide the children with equipment like spoons, sponges, cotton, paper towels etc. Ask them to try and separate the oil from water and the feathers. This shows how drastically oil spills can affect the environment. Students will observe how oil affects the feathers and how difficult it is to separate it from water. You can further teach them about environmental change and the ill effects of such calamities. 

TECHNOLOGY 

1. Coding a LEGO Maze – Through the use of Lego mazes and instruction cards, students begin to use different codes and act as the “user,” one who is building something of value. They will be the ones guiding you through the maze, understanding command codes, and estimating from the perspective of a third person. This will help students to start understanding and learning the basics of coding. The best part is that it can be modified according to the needs and expertise of the children. They will learn to make predictions, minute calculations, and do sequencing.
2. Creating a Stop Motion Animation – You can use the Stop Motion Animation App for ease of activity. All you have to do is decide on a backdrop; it can be as simple as a window or anything fancy. Gather toys and other props that can create motion and be included in your animation. Put your shooting device on a stand and use the app to start making a movie! Give students a chance to experiment and use their creativity. There are not one but many benefits of this activity. It not only supports storytelling but also teaches children the mechanics of movie-making. They can learn to experiment, test, and plan out where a story is heading. Finally, it encourages problem-solving and critical thinking.

ENGINEERING 

1. Jelly Bean Building – For this, you can use marshmallows and toothpicks. All you have to do is ask the students to try and connect toothpicks with marshmallows. Tell them to observe the shapes that hold together, ones that are interesting to look at, shapes that do not have any symmetry etc. You can modify these questions according to your understanding. This activity will make students understand the design behind structural engineering. Make them use structural thought and technology, challenging them to make different structures with these materials.
2. Up, Up and Away – Provide the children with a limited set of supplies. Some important ones are tape, straws, wooden dowels, paper, cardboard, and clay. Leave it to the children to come up with designs and tweak their product to construct an airplane. While some may look at pictures to get a fair idea, others may use their knowledge of wings and technology. Make sure the students make the airplane fly as the end result. This project is open-ended and very hands-on. Students can use their prior knowledge, research skills, and innovation, and creativity to design an aircraft of their own. The lesson can be one of trial and error as well as teamwork. 

MATH 

1. Math Hunt – While this is one of the easiest, it makes children get out of the classroom and go out into the field. All you have to do is take up a math worksheet, handpick a few Math questions and create a hunt. Number these chits and hide them around the playground or the classroom. Keep at least ten clues and let children open the next one only when they solve the first question. This can be done in groups. Sometimes, it is all about these simple activities that spark an interest in children. You can make this a weekly or a monthly habit, one that students look forward to.
2. Nerf Gun Math – Gather plastic cups, a permanent marker, something to keep a record, eye protection, and a nerf gun kit. Instead of nerf, you can also use a ball. Write your numbers (can vary according to age group) on a cup and set them up in pyramid form. Make this into a small competition and get the students shooting at the pyramid! This lets students identify the number on the cups and calculate the total points they have scored. It will not only be fun but also challenging to count and add. 

While these are just a handful of activities, they are enough to equip the children with all they need to know about STEM subjects! Ample STEM activities are floating around on the web, but not all of them are authentic, and not all of them fulfill the purpose of giving out knowledge and useful information. It is on you to choose wisely and decide what is the most appropriate for your children.

A wise tip is to make sure that you, as a teacher, are thorough with your instructions and try to shuffle between subjects when introducing these activities to the students. We are confident that once you have a fair idea of how these activities work, you will have enough knowledge to create such experiments of your own too! 

We wish you all the best with introducing these to your children and look forward to them engaging and interacting with enthusiasm! 

At ExperiHub, we teach Science and Mathematics by bringing concepts from the real world into the classroom. We conduct science experiments and have myriad science projects for better learning and understanding of concepts. If you want to learn more about Experiential Learning and cool home experiments, browse through our Online Sessions and Youtube Channel!  

References – 

“More than 30 resources for STEM Project based Learning Activities” Wabisabi Learning. https://wabisabilearning.com/blogs/stem/36-stem-project-based-learning-activities

“11 Engaging Stem Activities for Kids that will foster curiosity” Brianna Flavin, 26th August. 2019, www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/education/blog/simple-stem-activities-for-kids/

Seven Different Learning Styles

1. Visual: Representing information spatially through pictures, models, or colors.
2. Kinaesthetic: Doing things physically and following a hands-on approach.
3. Aural: Retaining information after hearing it.
4. Verbal: Understanding through words such as acronyms, tongue twisters, or rhymes.
5. Logical: Using numbers, calculations, or structure.
6. Social: Participating in study groups and testing one another.
7. Solitary: Studying alone, making flashcards, and reciting back to self.

Multisensory Learning 

“I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.” 

This old Chinese proverb sheds light upon the importance of our five senses in the process of learning. Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling help us discover new information. When we use all five senses together to learn, we follow the approach of Multisensory Learning. Students, no matter the age, learn best when mixed with experience. In a report by D.G. Treichler, as cited in the journal “Trends in Cognitive Sciences,” he revealed that “Students remember 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see, and 50% of what they see and hear.” The better they are at combining their senses, the more they can remember what they have learned (Shams & Seitz 2008).

Over the years, an abundance of research tells us that parts of our brains communicate with each other. Micah Murray, an Associate Professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, illustrates this with an example of speech. When you hear another person speaking in your native language, you do not need to watch it being spoken to understand. However, if you are not comfortable with the language, you tend to look at the speaker’s mouth to understand the words. Two of our senses work together to help us understand and learn (Gordon, n.d.).

Two second-grade teachers had a difficult time teaching science to their students. They believed it was tough to teach science at such a young age. They came up with a solution: To teach them about the different properties of matter, they decided to do a small science experiment. They collected items that resembled solids, liquids, and gases. Students then had to place each item under each category. To their surprise, students took their turns and correctly categorized their selected items. Through this exercise, the teachers saw an increase in engagement and wanted to learn more about Multisensory Teaching (Stoffers, 2011).

They then came across a study conducted at Rowan University, New Jersey. The study attempted to understand the effect of Multisensory Teaching on students’ academic achievement. Lessons plans targeting multiple senses and team-building activities were implemented for second-grade students. Primary research was collected through focus groups, interviews, and journals. The data revealed that Multisensory Teaching improves student motivation and engagement. The second-grade students used the words “fun” and “exciting” when describing the multisensory classroom. Through this approach, the use of technology and making connections was also taught in the right manner. One fascinating insight came out of this study: Using a learning approach that incorporates all five senses encourages students who have been silent within traditional classroom settings. It helped shy students become more interested in the classroom and show their enthusiasm (Stoffers, 2011).

Connection With Experiential Learning 

Compared to Multisensory Learning, Experiential Learning also follows a similar process of using hands-on learning and science experiments to help students reflect on what is being taught. Learning theory that uses real-world examples incorporates our senses. At ExperiHub, we believe that imparting education through Experiential Learning raises students’ scientific curiosity. We conduct science projects for better learning that activates the brain to develop the necessary skills needed to grasp concepts better. To learn more about Experiential Learning, please feel free to go through our Online Sessions and Workshops. Let us make learning fun with cool home experiments!

For  science related videos : https://www.youtube.com/c/ExperiHub?sub_confirmation=1

References: 

Shams, Ladan, and Aaron R. Seitz. “Benefits of Multisensory Learning.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 12, no. 11, 2008, pp. 411–417., doi:10.1016/j.tics.2008.07.006.

Stoffers, Melissa. pp. 1–97, Using a Multi-Sensory Teaching Approach to Impact Learning and Community in a Second Grade Classroom.

“What Are The 7 Different Learning Styles And Do They Work?” Avado, 16 Apr. 2020, www.avadolearning.com/blog/the-7-different-learning-styles-and-what-they-mean/.

65% of our children will be working in jobs that don’t even exist yet! (World Economic Forum, 2016) Embedding STEM subjects in academic curriculums at an early age will allow the next generation to have the right tools needed for the future. To do so, we as parents must work towards building a necessary foundation for STEM skills at home. But where do we start? 

Parental Engagement 

Last year, STEM Next Opportunity Fund published a report “Changing the Game in STEM with Family Engagement.” The report revealed that we, as parents have an immense effect on our child’s learning and career outcomes (Stem Next Opportunity Fund, 2019). 

STEM is all around our living spaces. Daily activities and science projects for you and your child can help build critical thinking and problem-solving skills (DeAngelis, 2019). These activities could be as simple as repairing an old bicycle, baking in the kitchen, gardening, or understanding how the fish tank works. Even reading with our children is proven beneficial in expanding their minds to the unknown.   

Encourage Creativity 

Our children are born eager to learn and curious by nature. Creative thinking engages the mind and makes learning more efficient. When creating a STEM environment at home, parents should dismiss the “usual” way of doing things and celebrate their child’s uniqueness.

Challenge your child with out-of-the-box science experiments and refrain from showing the solution to them at first. Old habits of thinking do not give the opportunity of understanding the cause and effect of a concept. Additionally, promote healthy discussions at home and allow them to be explicit with their theory and thinking. These conversations will shape their perspectives and help them to formulate their step-by-step rationale. 

Innovator’s Work Station  

STEM education is specifically designed with experiential learning and hands-on applications as the fulcrum. Therefore, you must designate space for your little innovator. Have visual supports, such as posters and charts, to help remember key concepts. Additionally, desks and other furniture must be arranged to allow full flexibility for STEM activities, science projects, and lectures for your child.

Integrate Technology and STEM-based Platforms 

A full-functioning STEM environment utilizes technology and electronic gadgets. Using technology for academics and setting a healthy relationship between your child and gadgets can boost your child’s interest in learning. Students using digital models and simulations can go on to mastering STEM concepts. As STEM education encourages students to visualize and experience academic topics, technological tools support their collaborative reasoning.

As STEM-based education is slowly rising, myriad applications are available to better teach these concepts. At ExperiHub, we believe students learn more effectively with the use of real-world examples and hands-on science experiments. Our platform is specifically designed for making learning fun through ‘experiencing’ science and mathematics. To learn more about us, please feel free to browse through our online sessions and workshops.

References: 

DeAngelis, S. (2019, September 06). STEM Education Helps Students Think Critically. Retrieved from https://www.enterrasolutions.com/blog/stem-education-helps-students-think-critically/#:~:text=STEM helps young people to,readily take on the future.”

Jacobs, P. (2014, July 09). Science And Math Majors Earn The Most Money After Graduation. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.in/education/Science-And-Math-Majors-Earn-The-Most-Money-After-Graduation/articleshow/38090854.cms

Stem Next Opportunity Fund. (2019). Changing The Game in STEM With Family Engagement (pp. 1-56, Rep.) San Diego.

Study in India. (2019, January 11). India and STEM Education. Retrieved September 17, 2020, from https://www.studyinindia.gov.in/blog/Page/india-and-stem-education#:~:text=As per the National Science,learned to the real world.

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Experiential learning is not new in India and has been around since ancient times as the gurukul system where students engaged in different activities to learn academic topics. However, over the years, the Indian education system has not carried out the same ideals.

On the contrary, it has mastered the rigid process of examinations with little variation. We need to move towards teaching pedagogy based on experiential learningand conduct science projects for students, which will give them access to education by bringing the outside world into the classroom.

With coronavirus breaking our perception of “normal,” the unforeseen pandemic brings the potential to remodel the Indian education system towards modernization. Given the period we have spent in lockdown, education efforts plunged into the territory of online learning. Learning in schools are shifting from information-focused education to experiential learning with a greater reliance on technology.

Elements once considered constitutional are changing towards accommodating career and life skills for the future, such as emotional intelligence, creativity, communication, and collaboration, with technology being the key to holding it all together. With this, education is becoming more accessible and flexible.

More importantly, nowadays, school children are Generation Z, a generation heavily dependent on technology and majorly impacted by the pandemic. To further empower these children, education systems post-COVID must slowly move towards digital education.

In the face of a crippling pandemic, sitting at home, staring in front of a computer screen, and reading notes is not the best possible way to wake up our brain cells. Hands-on learning and cool home experiments cut out the monotony of being locked inside and give students a medium to brush up on their creative skills and keep their minds active.

Experiential learning will be advantageous as attending in-person classes is not possible. Teachers will guide students from time to time, but students will be the ones performing the practical experiments to gain academic knowledge.

In addition, rigid question-answer examinations are not always the best way to evaluate each student. As each individual displays different academic strengths, tests should be decentralized, and educational institutions and teachers should frame syllabi based on their own experiences and teaching styles. In the time of a global pandemic, a centralized education system will not be fruitful to every student.

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