Steam activity elementary

Discover some fascinating, no prep, STEM activities and challenges you can do with your students using paper! Engineering, math and science.

Do you have craft sticks hanging around? Check out these 14 fun STEM activities with craft sticks to try with the kids. They are simple and loads of fun!

Choose from 58 fun STEAM art projects and activities for kids to explore art while learning science, technology, engineering, and math, too!

A whole month of daily low-prep STEAM activities for kids. You are going to love all of the low-prep STEAM activities that we have in store!

Totally Awesome STEAM Projects for Kids

I have put together 50+ arts, crafts and activities to do with kids at home. Perfect for summer or even in the middle of a long winter. So many fun craft ideas for kids. I have been slowly putting together a list of arts, crafts and activities to do with kids at home. Some of these could totally be done outside or for a break from the hot days of summer or even during the long days of winter. Either way, so many great and fun options for all sorts of different ages. I have included a few…

Hands-on STEM fun with paper plate roller coasters! Elementary students will love designing paper plate STEM roller coaster to learn about energy physics.

Design a boat made from nothing but straws and tape, and see how many items it can hold before it sinks. Straw boats STEM challenge!

Mr. R’s STEAM Lab on Instagram: "Straw Rockets! 🚀 Looking for an activity that requires low prep, simple supplies, and is K-2 friendly? Look no further than Straw Rockets! Makers build their own rocket and observe it's flight pattern by adding tail fins. You can even modify the lesson for older students by playing a game of UFO Hunter where you can turn the rockets into balloon blow darts! You can find this lesson on my TPT. I also recorded a student friendly build along for my YT…

Bucket Towers is an original STEM Challenge for upper elementary classes and it is a student favorite. You will love the easy prep! This is hard to believe, but some of our best STEM Challenges have been created accidentally. The STEM Bucket Tower challenge is one of those! Building boats was another total spur-of-the-moment challenge.