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.
5 Easy Insect Trappers at The Homeschool Scientist
6 Engaging STEM Activities from Teachers are Terrific
10+ Awesome Homemade Marble Runs from Buggy and Buddy
Apple Oxidation Science Experiment at Teaching to Inspire
BioFilm Experiment from The Homeschool Scientist
Homeschool STEM Activities
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
Candy Corn Catapults from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Changing States of Matter with Chocolate, Perfect for Valentine’s Day at Teaching to Inspire
Charcoal Water Purifying Experiment – The Homeschool Scientist
Chemical Reaction: Turn Pop Invisible From Steve Spangler Science
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
Create Your Own DIY Inventor’s Box from Little Worlds
Creative Arts by Charles Leonard Chenille Stem
Dissolving candy hearts in various liquids, perfect for Valentine’s Day at Teaching to Inspire
DIY Exploding Volcano from Educents
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
DIY Solar System Bracelet from The Homeschool Scientist
Easy Bird Feeders at The Homeschool Scientist
Edible Cell Model from 5 Perfect Imperfections
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
Fall Engineering Challenge with Nature Items at Teaching to Inspire
Fall Structure Building Engineering Challenge with Toothpicks and Food at Teaching to Inspire
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 Bend a Chicken Bone, Perfect for Thanksgiving at Teaching to Inspire.
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
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
LEGO Brick Plant Cell from LEGO Ideas
Magic Bending Water at Frugal Fun 4 Boys
Make a DIY Flashlight from Mak ezine
Make a Mini Bow and Arrow using a Popsicle Stick, Q-tip, and String at Teaching to Inspire
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 Tabletop Mini Hovercraft at Parents.com
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
Pumpkin Geoboard from Danya Banya
Rubber Band Helicopters – Instructables by LanceMakes in Education
Simulate a Cloud Experiment from Adventures in Mommydom
Sink or Float Experiment from Let’s Explore 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
Spring Engineering with Jelly Bean Catapults at Teaching to Inspire
Spring Engineering with Jelly Bean Structures at Teaching to Inspire
STEM Challenge Foosball FREEBIE from Teachers Pay Teachers
STEM Paper Airplane Challenge from Kids Activities Blog
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
Walking rainbow experiment at Teaching to Inspire
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?
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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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Hey Abby, glad you like it. Your project sounds cool. Kids love STEM for sure.
Glad to have you here.♥