STEP 3: Pick how to showcase your idea
STEM Showcase projects can be one of three types:
See below for details on each category or goto Step 4: Submit your project
- Experiments
- Start with a question, then seek to answer through scientific method
- Demonstrations
- Explain how a particular topic works
- Innovations
- Create something new
See below for details on each category or goto Step 4: Submit your project
EXPERIMENTS
What it is: Kids will conduct experiments to explore something they're curious about or test an idea they have.
What to expect: Projects here are like exciting detective missions. Kids will set up experiments with variables they can change (like ingredients, temperature, or time) to see what happens.
Examples: Imagine projects like growing plants in different types of soil to see which grows best, testing how different materials affect a toy car’s speed, or whether objects float differently in water with different additives (salt, sugar, etc,)
Experiment projects are all about asking questions, making guesses, and figuring things out by trying different things. It's all about exploring, discovering, and having fun while learning!
What to expect: Projects here are like exciting detective missions. Kids will set up experiments with variables they can change (like ingredients, temperature, or time) to see what happens.
Examples: Imagine projects like growing plants in different types of soil to see which grows best, testing how different materials affect a toy car’s speed, or whether objects float differently in water with different additives (salt, sugar, etc,)
Experiment projects are all about asking questions, making guesses, and figuring things out by trying different things. It's all about exploring, discovering, and having fun while learning!
Demonstrations
What it is: kids get to explore, demonstrate, and showcase exciting STEM concepts through hands-on projects, interactive displays, and cool models.
What to expect: You'll find projects where kids use their imagination to demonstrate how things work in science, tech, engineering, and math.
Examples: Kids might show how a balloon sticks to the wall with static electricity, demonstrate how gears make things move, or create a model of the solar system to show how planets move around the sun, or simulate how electricity works in Minecraft.
Demonstration projects are all about showing how STEM ideas work in a simple and engaging way. It’s about showing, learning, and sparking curiosity in others!
What to expect: You'll find projects where kids use their imagination to demonstrate how things work in science, tech, engineering, and math.
Examples: Kids might show how a balloon sticks to the wall with static electricity, demonstrate how gears make things move, or create a model of the solar system to show how planets move around the sun, or simulate how electricity works in Minecraft.
Demonstration projects are all about showing how STEM ideas work in a simple and engaging way. It’s about showing, learning, and sparking curiosity in others!
INNOVATIONS
What it is: New ideas and creations that solve problems or make things better using science, technology, engineering, or math!
What to expect: In this category, you'll see amazing projects where kids invent cool gadgets, come up with clever solutions to help people or the planet, or create something totally new that nobody has ever seen before.
Examples: Think of projects like designing a robot to clean up beaches, inventing a game that teaches math in a fun way, creating a device to help plants grow better, or even building a model of a futuristic city powered by renewable energy.
Innovations are about being imaginative and thinking outside the box. Kids get to use their
creativity to dream up new inventions and find smart ways to solve big problems in the world.
What to expect: In this category, you'll see amazing projects where kids invent cool gadgets, come up with clever solutions to help people or the planet, or create something totally new that nobody has ever seen before.
Examples: Think of projects like designing a robot to clean up beaches, inventing a game that teaches math in a fun way, creating a device to help plants grow better, or even building a model of a futuristic city powered by renewable energy.
Innovations are about being imaginative and thinking outside the box. Kids get to use their
creativity to dream up new inventions and find smart ways to solve big problems in the world.