If you’re looking for easy-to-follow, engaging STEM challenges (science, technology, engineering and math) your kids will beg to repeat over and over again, you’ve come to the right spot! These epic activities are packed with kid-tested challenges that build problem solving, teamwork and (of course!) STEM skills.
Grab more than 150+ motivating STEM challenges in our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers. And to keep the fun going, check out our 30 Science Experiments (complete with a no prep journal to keep track of results) in our shop!
Simple STEM Supplies
I swear I’m not a hoarder but I DO collect empty paper towel rolls and toilet paper tubes…
In fact, I have a whole DRAWER of them.
When you think of STEM supplies, cardboard tubes probably AREN’T the first thing to pop into your mind. Most people picture fancier tools like special-order science supplies and expensive engineering kits.
But for kids – especially YOUNG kids – we actually have most of the supplies we need already!
We can use simple box of toothpicks and playdough to create 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes.
(The STEM challenge is a simple but powerful way to help kids learn about vertices, edges, faces and other geometry terms.)
Or pull out LEGOS and challenge students to create replicas of famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Egyptian Pyramids…
STEM isn’t about being fancy – it’s about learning how to make predictions, problem solve, build and refine. It’s about the PROCESS, not the product.
And that means that we can hoard collect as many toilet paper tubes as our drawers will fit. #KiddingNotKidding
If you’re excited to make THIS the year that you finally set up engaging STEM centers your students will beg to repeat, snag our epic bundle of 150+ STEM challenges in our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers.
The instant download combines ALL of our STEM activities into one easy download so you can inspire students all year long!
–> Solve craft stick puzzles,
–> Make straw mazes, rafts and towers,
–> Solve weight and length challenges,
–> Complete dozens of holiday and seasonal STEM challenges….
Every set includes easy-to-follow instructions, task cards, record sheets and answer keys.
And the activities use common supplies like toothpicks, playdough and LEGOS so you don’t have to spend a fortune on anything fancy.
150+ STEM Challenges
The mega bundle includes TONS of motivating, hands-on STEM challenges students will beg to repeat all year long!
Pull out common classroom supplies like counting bears and crayons to learn about nonstandard weight.
Challenge kids’ logic and reasoning with a batch of craft stick puzzles.
Use geoboards to build engineering skills including counting, scaling, and geometry.
You can even add STEM into your holiday celebrations!
Grab Your STEM Challenge Bundle
Ready to help kids fall in love with STEM too?! Download your epic bundle in our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Then, remember to grab our awesome 30 Science Experiments kids will beg to repeat!
I would love to use these activities with my 2 year old to keep encouraging her to explore and solve problems in the world. I would also love to have the 11 & 14 year olds to be the ones tO share the fun with their little sister!
I would love to use the STEM bundle in my newly started homeschool adventure with my son, who needs hands on activities for his disabilities!
My First Graders LOVE STEM challenges. If we could do science experiments and STEM all day, my students would be the happiest little campers EVER! I’m always looking for new ideas for STEM. My students and I would LOVE to have this bundle in our classroom. I’m sure my students would keep asking every single day to use it. We can never get enough of STEM!
Looking for STEM activities for kindergartners. Really like the 2D and 3D shape activities!
Wow these look just fantastic. I teach years 1 and 2 with some tricky boys in my class. I could see them loving the straw marble maze, the cookie parachutes and the 3D toothpick shapes. These activities look like so much fun that they won’t even realise they are working – they’ll think it’s free play!
I would use this bundle for the busy littles in my kinder class! So many different things to use in so many ways! STEM activities are such a great resource to use in the classroom!
I would use these activities when the kids and I hit a slump in our days together. There is so much to learn!! I don’t like wasting their time or blossoming minds just because I’m running out of steam from momming. These activities will be added to my arsenal of inspiration ?
I would use the stem bundle in my home.
These would be a great addition and challenge to my preschoolers home lessons. He is always building and asking for “homework” like Daddy.
I would use the STEM bundle to do hands on science with my middle school aged special needs students.