Wizarding Family STEM Night
Bring the magic of STEM to life with a Wizarding Family Night!
This themed event transforms your school into a wizarding experience full of hands-on challenges, teamwork, and creativity.
Students and their families rotate through STEM centers where they test their engineering skills, experiment with science, and think like real problem-solvers!
These activities are perfect for your Harry Potter loving students.
Here’s a closer look at each STEM center you can include in your event:
1.) Potion pH Lab
In this hands-on investigation students learn about acids and bases. Then, they test different liquids like Dragon Fizz (soda) to find the pH.
2.) Owl Test Flight
In this engineering challenge students create an owl paper airplane and see how far it can travel.
3.) Sorting Ceremony
For this hands-on math activity students take a quiz and use the results to figure out which wizarding house they belong to. After students complete the quiz, they will add their house crest to a collaborative graph.
4.) Herbology
For this station students will plant a seed. Students will be able to bring their seed home so they can take care of it and watch it grow.
5.) Ancient Runes
For this challenge students must decode the symbols in order to figure out the magic spells.
6.) Charms Class
The charms class activity involves students writing a secret message with lemon juice. After the message dries a hair dryer or heat gun can be used to reveal the secret message.
7.) Mystical Measures
For this challenge students will make a prediction about the weight of different “magical items”. Then they will weigh each item and compare the actual weight with their prediction.
8.) Wand Works
At the wand works station students will use different materials such as wooden dowels and pipe cleaners to create their own wands.
10.) Care of Magical Creatures
At this station students will dissect an owl pellet and see what bones they can find inside.
11.) Levitation Station
At the levitation station students will explore magnetism as they try to get a feather to float in the air.
12.) Spellbound Sketches
At this station students will create a magical scene using the finish the picture pages.
13.) Fantastical Beasts
At this station students will roll a die and follow the instructions to create their own magical creature.
14.) Code and Fly: Broomstick Mission
For this unplugged coding challenge students will create a path and then follow the steps to code their way through.
15.) Wizard Portrait Studio
At the wizard portrait studio photo booth students and families can grab a prop and strike a pose.
Hosting a Wizarding Family STEM Night is a fun, hands-on way to build excitement for learning, strengthen home-school connections, and help students see themselves as creative problem-solvers. Make it even easier to plan your magical STEM Night by downloading the Wizarding Family STEM Night resource.
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