STEM Lesson


Lesson - Educational Innovations Blog

Looking for a STEM lesson?  With all the free lessons available online, it’s not easy to determine which ones are worth your time.  Unless you spend hours in front of your computer, how can you tell if the lesson is designed by a credible, experienced educator?  Never fear!  We’ve found some of the best free STEM lesson sources.

Please let us know in the comments section below if you find other worthwhile STEM lessons online.  Enjoy!

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Centripetally Yours


Donna Giachetti, Educational InnovationsBy:  Donna Giachetti

Around the EI offices lately, something magical has happening.  Folks are laughing more… There’s a lighter spring in their step and a happy-go-lucky chirp in their voices…  It’s as if we have all become enchanted.

Well, let me amend that…

EI employees are a very grown-up, responsible bunch.  They take pride in doing their jobs as well as humanly possible.  If you haven’t yet read Ted’s blog (EI’s Pick-and-Pack Customer Service Crew), don’t miss out!  It’s a paean to the hardest working group of individuals I have ever met.

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Building a Hovercraft Science Project


Norm Barstow, Educational InnovationsLook, Mom, No Wheels!  Building a Hovercraft Science Project

by:  Norm Barstow

The first practical design of the hovercraft was completed in the late 1950’s by British engineer, Sir Christopher Cockerell.  Since then, the continued development of this invention has been ongoing, and currently, the hovercraft is being used commercially, by the military, and for personal use.  Teachers have been constructing versions of the hovercraft using balloons, film canisters and flat materials in classrooms for years.

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