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STEM Monthly Newsletter 
November 2025 

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STEMs-givng Time!

One of the things we can be the most thankful for is the science and technology that makes our lives so much easier. This November, show your students how science, STEM, and Thanksgiving are connected with these STEM-tastic activities. From a Mayflower challenge and Thanksgiving Lego brick building, to engineering 3D cranberry prisms and a turkey camouflage activity. There's sure to be a STEM challenge your classroom. Happy experimenting! 😃

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This Thanksgiving, light up your gratitude — literally! Combine creativity and science by designing your own glowing thank-you cards using copper tape, an LED, and a coin cell battery. It’s a fun, hands-on STEM project for all ages that brightens the season while teaching the basics of electricity and simple circuits. Click HERE.

Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

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Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

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Welcome to Fall Activities

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Dive into a world where autumn leaves become science tools, pumpkin guts yield surprising experiments, and crisp air sparks curious questions. Whether you're in the classroom or at home, explore hands-on projects that make learning seasonal, fun, and unforgettable!

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Welcome Matilda

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🐮💫 Meet Matilda, our newest CSA STEM star! Born on September 2, 2025, this adorable Holstein calf already tips the scale at 85 pounds and stands 30 inches tall. With her big brown eyes and curious spirit, Matilda is growing fast — and teaching us all about life on the farm, animal science, and the amazing world of agriculture. Stay tuned to follow her moo-velous STEM journey! 🌾❤️

 


 


 

National STEM DAY

On November 8, 2025, we’re celebrating the curiosity that powers discovery—one question, one design, one data point at a time. Dive into hands-on challenges, real-world problem solving, and student voice in action!

Smithsonian National Museum

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Go room by room through a virtual version of every exhibition in the museum.

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San Diego Zoo

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Check out these live animal web cams! 

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Ocearch Ocean Animal Tracker

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Dive into the OCEARCH Tracker to follow sharks, turtles, and other ocean animals in real time — explore their migrations and discover the secrets of the sea! 

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I Am the Future of STEM Activity Book

I Am the Future of STEM” is a free, downloadable activity book featuring coloring pages, puzzles, and hands-on challenges. Aimed at grades K–5, it highlights a range of STEM careers and encourages students to imagine themselves as the innovators and problem solvers of the future.

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Discover Your Future in STEM

Download this STEM Career Poster to explore exciting paths in science, technology, engineering, and math — and see how your curiosity today can lead to tomorrow’s breakthroughs!

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Meet the Amazing Axolotl

Meet the amazing Axolotl— the real-life “Peter Pan” of the animal world that never grows up and can regrow its limbs, spine, and even parts of its heart and brain! Once plentiful in Mexico’s ancient lakes, these extraordinary creatures are now in danger. Discover how their incredible regenerative powers are inspiring scientists and what’s being done to help save them from extinction. 

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Microscopic Mystery Challenge: Can You Reveal the Image Before the Zoom Out?


 

Monthly Shout-Outs

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Sunlake Academy of Math & Science

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Sunlake Academy of Math & Science

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Sunlake Academy of Math & Science


 

Special Thanks to Mrs. Gregos, CSA Science & STEM Supervisor
cgregos@charterk12.com