STEM activities, exercises and lessons are beneficial for children and teenagers in their learning efforts because they provide real-world applications of the concepts they learn in school. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math; these subjects are important to everyday life as well as future job prospects. These hands-on STEM activities, lessons and experiments with technology, engineering and math give students a better understanding of important STEM topics.
In addition to helping kids understand what is being taught at school more deeply than traditional methods do, STEM activities also help develop problem solving skills that will be useful later on in life when faced with complex challenges. Through experimentation and activities like building robots or a solar oven allows them to explore different solutions until one works out best – teaching them how to think critically about situations instead of simply relying on memorization techniques alone..
Finally, engaging in STEM related tasks encourages creativity which helps form connections between ideas that may have seemed unrelated before hand – this type of thinking is essential for success no matter what field you end up pursuing down the line! By engaging in such activities and exercises, young people will be able to build an invaluable set of tools necessary when it comes time to face any challenge ahead – making sure they’re prepared whatever lies around the corner.
Also check out our STEM activities and experiments for primary grade students, our other STEM learning pages and our science category.
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Documents with Multiple STEM Activities and Experiments
- 12 Grab and Go Science Activities
- 5 STEM Activities Booklet
- 60 Science Experiments for 5th and 6th Grades
- 700 Science Experiments For Everyone
- Domestic Science STEM Activity Pack
- Middle School STEM Activities
- Practical Work in Science – Biology, Chemistry, Physics
- STEM Activities for Middle School Students
- STEM Activity Guides and Activity Sheets, Ages 10-13
- STEM Awesome Activity Book (5.3mb)
- STEM Challenges and Activity Sheets, Grades 6-8
- STEM Challenges and Team Designs
- Super Science STEM Activity Pack
- The Science of Food and Fitness Activities
- What on Earth STEM Activity Pack (3.8mb)
- Many Interactive STEM Activities from learn.concord.org
- STEM Invention Lessons from avidopenaccess.org
- STEM Exploration Lessons from avidopenaccess.org
136 STEM Activities, Experiments and Lessons (1 per document)
- 3,2,1-Natural Disaster
- 3D Printing Earth
- AI is no longer Sci-fi Lesson
- Bio-engineering for a Cure Lesson
- Body System Amusement Parks Activity.zip (6.3mb)
- Breakout Box Hurricane Activity
- Build an Atom – Inquiry-based basics.zip
- Build a Dome Activity, Grades 5-10
- Build a Dome Activity, Grades 5-10.mp4 (video, 6mb)
- Build a Hyperloop, Grades 6-12
- Build a Hyperloop, Grades 6-12.mp4 (video, 15mb)
- Build a Molecule – Molecular Formulas and Coefficients.zip (2.2mb)
- Build a Thermos Activity
- Building a Solar Oven using Design Thinking
- Building a Water Filtration Plant Lesson
- Building Bridges Activity, Grades 6-12
- Building Materials to Study Heat Transfer Lesson
- Calculate Distance Biomass Travels to Biorefinery – Calculus based
- Carbon Cycle Lesson
- Catalysts and Reaction Rates in Bioenergy Lesson
- Catapult Challenge
- Cell Membrane – The Gatekeeper of the Cell Lesson
- Chemistry of Life Lesson
- Chemistry Simulations and Questions (23.3mb)
- Civil Engineering – Tower Construction Activity
- Coding Constellations Lessons
- Color Vision Remote Lab.zip
- Comparing Ratios.zip (2.8mb)
- Convection Currents Activity
- Convection Currents Lesson, Grades 6-8
- Converging Lens Image Formation
- Cooking with Fractions Lesson
- Deciphering Chromosomal Mutations Caused by Radiation Lesson
- Demographic Data Dive Lesson
- Density and Properties of Wood Lesson
- Describing Location and Movement
- Design a Game Lesson with Presentation
- Design a Shipping Container Lesson
- Developing Franken Toys Lesson
- Digital Breakout Energy Game
- Disease Investigation Using Basic Math Skills Lesson
- Distinguishing Between Physical and Chemical Changes Lesson
- Diverging Lens Image Formation
- DIY Compass Activity, Grades 4-8
- Don’t Get Burnt – UV Radiation Lesson
- Drip Chamber Activity, Grades 4-12
- Dye Like a Natural Activity, Grades 6-12
- Egg Drop Device
- Eggshell Geodes
- Emerging Tech Lesson, Grades 7-12
- Energy from Chemical Reactions Lesson
- Energy Skate Park- Mechanical Energy Lab.zip
- Engineering Design Prototype – Simple Machines Lesson.zip (20.3mb)
- Engineering for Earthquakes Lesson Activity, Grades 4-12
- Estimating Temperature – The Habitable Zone
- Europa Rover Landing System Project
- Exploring Gravity.zip
- Extreme Weather Hurricanes Lesson
- eZero Island Activity, High School.zip (3.3mb)
- eZero Island Activity, Middle School.zip (4.3mb)
- eZero Island Activity Video – Island in the Wind.mp4 (20mb)
- Finding Lost Cities Activities
- Friction Activities
- Gas Laws Explained Through Basketballs
- Honey Bee Lesson Unit
- How To Make A Pinhole Camera
- How to Power your Smartphone for a Week Lesson
- Infrared Webcam Hack, High School
- Instant Ice Cream
- Interpreting Distance & Time Graph Activity, Middle School
- Introduction to Median.zip (3.7mb)
- Introduction to Photosynthesis Lesson
- Investigating Climate Change at the Micro- and Macroscopic Level
- It’s Electric Lesson
- Just Dropping In Activity, Grades 4-12
- Lava Layering Middle School Lesson
- Least Time Principle
- Lemon Battery Lesson, Grades 4-8
- Lemons and Onions Activity, Middle School
- Making a Catapult
- Maker Mars Lesson
- Math in Ancient Civilizations Lesson
- Mesopotamian Filter Project
- Milk Polarity Activity
- Mission to Mars Activity.zip (24mb)
- Modeling, Questions, and Climate Change Lesson
- Molecular Workbench Software, Select MW.jar, Java required.zip (91.5mb)
- Moon Landing Challenge Lesson with Presentation
- Nature or Nurture Lesson, Grades 6-12
- Navy STEM Ocean Landing Lesson, High School
- Nitrogen Cycle Lesson
- Nuclear Chemistry Card Sort Activity
- Oil Spill Simulation Activity
- Oreo Lunar Models Activity
- Organelle Ailments Lesson
- Organization of Multicellular Organisms Lesson
- Pendulum Lab (Inquiry Based).zip
- Periodic Table Battleship Lesson, Grades 5-8
- pH Rainbows Lesson, Grades 5-8
- Potential and Kinetic Energy Lesson
- Project Earth Lesson
- Race to Find the Cure, Middle-High School
- Radiated Marshmallows Activity
- Rainbow Science Activities
- Reaction Rate Races Chemistry Activity, Grades 5-8
- Reaction Times Activity.zip (3.2mb)
- Reflection, Refraction, and Total Internal Reflection
- Responsible Reservoirs Activity, Grades 4-12
- Rube Goldberg Machines Lesson
- Science Fair Guide
- Shape, Center, and Spread of a Data Set, 6th Grade Math.zip (3.6mb)
- Slope-Intercept Lesson and Activity Sheet.zip
- Solar Cookers Lesson
- Solar Oven
- Solar System Scale and Size, Grades 5-8
- Statistics and Engineering Lesson
- Stoichiometry Explained Through Particle Diagrams Lesson
- Straw Rocket Lesson
- Testing the Waters Lesson, Grades 5-8
- The Egg-cellent Egg Launch
- The Interactive Coordinate Plane
- The Math Behind Circuits Lesson, Grades 4-6
- The Power of Waves Lesson
- The Sun and Solar System
- The Yolks on You Egg Dropping Lesson
- Tiny House Design Lesson
- Unit Conversions in Biofuel Applications Activity
- Waste Free Lunch
- Water Movement
- Water Muddle Up and Clean Up Lesson Plan
- What Just Happened – Chemical Reactions
- What Makes Things Move Activity
- What on Earth STEM Activity Pack
- What’s in the Water Anyway Activity
- Whistling Waveforms
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