STEM Activities

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Wintertime Light Catcher

Catch warm rays of sunshine through the cold window with colorful, translucent light catchers.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Physical changes in matter
  • Creativity
  • Fine motor skills
  • STEM vocabulary

Self-Inflating Ghosts

Use two common household materials to create balloon ghosts that inflate on their own!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Early chemistry
  • Measurement
  • Cause & effect
  • Experimentation

Lemonade for One

Have a blast experimenting with different ways to juice lemons to whip up a refreshing glass of lemonade!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Experimentation 
  • Measurement
  • Fine motor skills 
  • Problem solving

Paper Pinwheels

Learn about wind and rotation by creating a paper pinwheel. It’s poke-free – no pins!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Aerodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Fine motor skills 
  • Creative expression

Sun Prints

A simple activity that lets your child observe the effects of sunlight on objects.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Solar science
  • Chemical change
  • Cause & effect
  • Comparison

Paper Bag Kites

Make a simple kite from common household items. Perfect for flying high on a breezy summer day!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Aerodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Fine motor skills
  • Comparison

Coffee Filter Parachute

Sunny and breezy summer days are a perfect time to create a simple coffee filter parachute.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Aerodynamics
  • Fine motor skills 
  • Weather conditions 
  • Creativity

Bubble Art

Making bubble art is a fun, collaborative activity that combines art, science, and movement.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Visual tracking skills
  • Facial motor skills
  • Hand-eye coordination
  • Creativity

Make a Glacier

This colorful “glacier melting” project can start kids thinking about the properties of matter.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Changes in states of matter
  • Sensory awareness
  • Experimentation
  • Climate change

Colorful Coffee Filter Flowers

Observe how water causes marker ink to spread, separate, and change on a coffee filter. 

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Physical changes
  • Absorption
  • Experimentation
  • Color mixing

Fizzling, Bubbling Eggs

Work on a fun and fizzling experiment while learning early chemistry skills!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Measurement 
  • Early chemistry
  • Language development 
  • Sensory engagement

Rain Cloud in a Jar

This colorful activity demonstrates the basics of how rain and rain clouds work using shaving cream, water, and food coloring

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Fine motor skills 
  • Weather 
  • Buoyancy
  • Creativity

Shadow Puppets

Inspire your child’s storytelling and learn about light and shadows through shadow puppetry. 

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Storytelling
  • Tool use
  • Light and shadows
  • Creativity

Sink or Float

Explore buoyancy and density, and experiment with common objects to find out which will sink in water and which will float.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Buoyancy
  • Density
  • Sorting
  • Hypothesizing