This book stimulates student curiosity with hands-on activities in earth, physical, and life science that support the STEM initiative and connect to real-world situations.Stimulate student curiosity with 23 hands-on activities, things to make, experiments, and teacher demonstrations. The wide variety of activities supports planning for the diverse learning styles and skill levels of middle-school students. The scientific method is stressed as students explore topics in Earth, physical, and life science. The activities support the STEM initiative and are each connected to real-world situations. Important vocabulary is also identified and defined. It is also correlated to state, national, and provincial standards. 64 pages