Daily STREAM Activity: Water Slide Engineering

Make a splash with this engineering activity.

Activity best for children age 4 and up

Practice your engineering skills and build your own water slide! This can be done anywhere using household materials!

stem water slides
Image Credit: Teachers are Terrific

Materials you’ll need:

Recycled materials

  • Straw
  • Paper
  • Plastic bags
  • Tin foil
  • Popsicle sticks

Tape

Tray

Directions

STEP 1
Gather recycled materials you think might make a good water slide.

STEP 2
Make a plan! Draw a picture of how you want your water slide to look.

STEP 3
Build it! Use the materials you gathered and tape to build your water slide design.

STEP 4
Test it! Find a small toy and our water on your slide. Does it work? Does your toy make it to the bottom?