Gaining the interest of little kids for science by hands on experimenting

Abstract

There are many ways how to gain the interest of students for STEM. One of them is practical hands on experimenting that can start at young age.

The contribution shares experiences gained from two projects: the hands on workshops of physics experiments for kids from 2 to 11 years, and the competition The Science Cup,where the youngest category is for kids from 3 to 6 years and the second category for kids from 7 to 11 years.

Keywords

• competition
• experiments
• hands on experimenting
• interest in science
• kindergarten
• physics
• preschool
• STEM