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100 Brilliant STEM Activities Using Everyday Items

October 15, 2018 | 2 Comments
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Hands-on STEM learning makes learning come alive, but I’ve always been science-phobic. My kids not so much. So, STEM learning has to be easy in my home and nothing is easier than using everyday items.

Your kids will love these 100 brilliant STEM activities using everyday items. I know you’ll find one or two STEM activities you can use.

STEM learning has to be easy in my home and nothing is easier than using everyday items. Your kids will love these 100 brilliant STEM activities using everyday items.

6 Engaging STEM Activities from Teachers are Terrific
10+ Awesome Homemade Marble Runs from Buggy and Buddy
BioFilm Experiment from The Homeschool Scientist

Build a Drinking Straw Roller Coaster from Frugal Fun 4 Boys
Build a Lemon Battery from Inspirational Laboratories
Build an Area and Perimeter City from Teach Beside Me
Building Structures with Candy Gumdrops from Lemon Lime Adventures
Candy Cane Science from Inspirational Laboratories

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Homeschool STEM Activities

Candy Corn Catapults from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Charcoal Water Purifying Experiment – The Homeschool Scientist
Chemical Reactions: Make a Penny Turn Green from Buggy and Buddy

Circuit Maze Stem Activity from The Homeschool Scientist
Cleaning Pennies Experiment from Teach Beside Me
Collect Iron Bits from Cereal from Scientific Americanl
Constellations Geoboard from School Time Snippets

DIY Geodes From Egg Shells from Planning Playtime
DIY Magnetic Slime from Frugal Fun 4 Boys

DIY Oobleck from Babble Dabble Do
DIY Rock Candy from Growing a Jeweled Rose
Easy Bird Feeders at The Homeschool Scientist
Electricity STEM: Lighting Up a Shoebox Tiny House

Homeschool Science

Edible Earth’s Layers from Left Brain Craft Brain
Edible Science for Kids from Little Bins for Little Hearts
Elephant Toothpaste Experiment at From ABCs to ACTs
Engino Discovering Stem: Levers, Linkages & Structures Building Kit

Gingerbread House Building STEM from Science Kiddo
Glow In The Dark DIY Play Dough from DIY Candy
Grow a Potato Indoors at What We Do All Day
Grow Your Name in Grass from iFamily

Homemade Glow in the Dark Slime from A Pumpkin and A Princess
Homemade Glow-in-the-Dark Bouncy Balls from Growing a Jeweled Rose
How Many Ways Can You Stop a Pipeline Leak? at Teachers are Terrific
How to Grow Bacteria from No Time for Flashcards

How to Make a Rainbow at Inspirational Laboratories
How to Make a Sinkhole – Education Possible
How to Make a Solar Oven at Education.com
How to Make a Worm Observatory from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
How to Make Edible Glass from Go Science Girls

How to Make Ice cream in a Bag from 2 Little Hooligans
How to Make Lightning from Learn, Play, Imagine
How to Open and Close a Pinecone from Lemon Lime Adventures
How to Shrink an Egg from Science Sparks
How to Turn Milk into Plastic from How Wee Learn

STEM Activities Using Everyday Items

How to Use Squishy Circuits: The Technical Side of STEM from Schooling a Monkey
Invisible Ink with Baking Soda and Juice from Share it Science
Invisible Messages with Wax and Watercolors from Share it Science
Juice Box Balloon Car from Raising Whasians
Keva Planks – Structures, 200 Plank Set

STEM learning has to be easy in my home and nothing is easier than using everyday items. Your kids will love these 100 brilliant STEM activities using everyday items. CLICK HERE!

LEGO Brick Plant Cell from LEGO Ideas
Magic Bending Water at Frugal Fun 4 Boys
Make a Mold Terrarium at The Homeschool Scientist

Make a Simple Solar Still to Distill Water at Teach Beside Me
Make an Electroscope from The Homeschool Scientist
Make Your Own Compass from Gift of Curiosity
Make your own Electromagnet from The Naked Scientists

Make Your Own Tinker Box Robot from KC Edventures
Medieval China STEM Activity from Student Savvy
Morse code with beads at Mama Smiles
Pencil Catapult STEM Activity from Little Bins for Little Hands
Pitsco Heavy Density Balsa Wood Strips

Plastic cups in love – experimental demonstration of Bernoulli’s principle from Reeko’s Science
Playdoh Layers of the Earth from Playdough to Plato
Poolside Stem using Pool Noodles from My Little Poppies
Pop Rocks Science Exploring Viscosity at Little Bins for Little Hands

Rubber Band Helicopters – Instructables by LanceMakes in Education
Simulate a Cloud Experiment from Adventures in Mommydom
Skoolzy Straws and Connectors Building Kit
Snow Ice Simple Science from STEAM Powered Family

Solid to Liquid to Gas Experiment With Ice Cubes from Gift of Curiosity
Spaghetti Tower STEM Challenge with a Twist from Mama Smiles

STEM Activities

STEM: Build a Da Vinci Parachute Activity

Sticky Water, Surface Tension – Reeko’s Mad Science Lab
Sunshine and Solar Panels from The Educator’s Spin On It
Testing the Strength of Aluminum Foil from Schooling a Monkey
Tangrams from This Reading Mama

The Science of Condensation and Frost from Schooling a Monke
The Science of Yogurt from Science Buddies
Tornado in a Bottle Experiment from Edventures with Kids
Water Cycle Discovery Project from Little Bins for Little Hands

Keep this list handy because it’s great to add to any unit study! Did you find one or two you can do now?

This blog hop is organized by iHomeschool Network, a collaboration of outstanding homeschool bloggers who connect with each other and with family-friendly companies in mutual beneficial projects.

Click the image below to visit all the other blog articles from the homeschool moms of the iHomeschool Network.Hugs and love ya,

2 CommentsFiled Under: Hands-On Activities, Science Tagged With: 100, 100 Lists, chemistry, earthscience, hands-on, hands-on activities, handson, handsonhomeschooling, life science, physical science, science, STEM

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  1. Abby says

    December 24, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    I must say this was a pretty elaborate list. Last week I did a project with my nephew in which you have to draw a circuit on a piece of paper with the help of a pencil. Since graphite is a good conductor of electricity we were able to use that circuit to light up an LED paper. His mind was totally blown. And now he is totally into STEM projects. I might do a few of these with him on my next visit.
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    • Tina Robertson says

      December 31, 2018 at 7:23 pm

      Hey Abby, glad you like it. Your project sounds cool. Kids love STEM for sure.

      Glad to have you here.♥

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