STEM with the Saints
“When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.”
St. Augustine
STEM Musems
Connecticut, also known as, “The Constitution State,” and is one of the original 13 colonies of the United States. In addition to the abundance of history in the state, Connecticut also is home to beautiful educational institutions such as Yale University and the historic homes of Mark Twain and Gilette Castle.
Not only is Connecticut home to historical land sites, it also has a rich history of maritime, nautical, and shipbuilding history. In fact, the largest maritime museum in the United States claims Mystic Seaport, CT as home. Right alongside Mystic Seaport is US Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT which is home to the first nuclear submarine. There is so much to see and do in Connecticut that also allows for a beautiful combination of American STEM and American history – we home you have the opportunity to visit this small but mighty state.
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The Connecticut Science Museum
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Submarine Force Library and Museum
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Our STEM Activities
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​Our STEM experiments are slightly different from others.
At STEM with the Saints one can find activities that do not require the purchase of expensive scientific chemicals or equipment. We do not ask you to: hand over your information; become a member or register for a monthly subscription. If you wish to download our E-book - fantastic; if not - you will continue to find phenomenal experiments on this website. Our STEM with the Saints activities are based on regular, everyday items that can be found in your home. We do not just provide the instructions for a STEM activity - we tell students why an activity works and where they can go for additional resources. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are not scary subjects that only a select few people can understand. These fields of study surround our daily lives and STEM with the Saints was created to help children recognize the STEM around them while demonstrating that they are capable of learning complex ideas and concepts. All they must do is ask questions and learn how to find the answers.
The goal of STEM with the Saints is perfectly captured in this quote from our founder.
​"Stem with the Saints doesn't reinvent the wheel,
we show how it works."
Our volunteers are dedicated to the STEM fields. We recognize that nurturing a genuine curiosity for the STEM fields can begin early in our lives and that is why our activities are designed for Pre-school, elementary and middle school students. Additionally, STEM with the Saints links our experiments and activities to Individual Educational Plans to assist families educating children who fall on the Autism spectrum.
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​We organized access to the activities by incorporating drop down menus via the Main Menu above. The activities are separated by Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Should you wish to conduct additional experiments based upon the season, you can access them via the STEM of the Season Tab. Here we provide free access to experiments that change with the season. Lastly, we are thrilled to announce that our book of experiments; STEM with the Saints: Charting a New Course will be available January 2025 for download. This is an e-book that is only available via our website and it offers 52 experiments - that is one experiment per week for a year!
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We hope you find this website, and the activities provided, helpful, encouraging, and inspiring. We know that nothing is perfect, so please make sure to rate the experiments and offer input and constructive criticism. We want to do our absolute best to offer budding STEM students a phenomenal product that compliments their ongoing educational goals.
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Enjoy!
STEM
at the Movies
For July we are sharing our patriotic movie play list for the summer.
Some of these movies we have mentioned in previous months, others are new, but all of them involve some aspect of the STEM fields and are wonderfully inspiring, creative, and patriotic.
We hope you enjoy watching them as much as we do.
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The Right Stuff (PG)
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Hidden Figures (PG)
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Apollo 13 (PG)
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October Sky (PG)
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Independence Day (PG13)
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The Tuskegee Airmen (PG-13)
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Gettysburg