MAKERSPACES – BE A MAKER!
- 4-H Inspire Kids to Do Guide – (STEM, Art and Healthy Living activities to download)
- Build a paper airplane launcher – (STEM – grades 4-8)
- Make a marble roller coaster – (STEM- grades 2-8)
- Make your own rainbow – (STEM – grades 2-5)
- Build a recycling sorting machine (- STEM – grades 4-8)
- Duplicate your drawings with a homemade machine – (Art & STEM – grades 4-8)
- Find your blind spot – (STEM grades 3-8)
- Build your own speaker – STEMS – grades 2-5)
- Test the strength of hair (STEM – grades 5 and up)
- Holes that do not leak –(STEM – grades 4-8)
- Gear up your candy – (STEM – grades 4-8)
- Sweet Earthquake structure shake (STEM)
- Robot, make me a sandwich – (CODING- grades K-5) – unplugged – no computer needed, 2 people+
- Flying stick chain reaction – (STEM – grades 3-8)
- Weathering rocks – (STEM – grades 5-8)
- What are the chances? (STEM – grades 4-8)
STEM – SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATH
- NASA STEM – (STEM – youth grades K-4)
- NASA STEM – (STEM – youth grades 5-9)
- NASA STEM – (STEM- youth grades 9-12)
- Science with Your Smartphone- Make an Accelerometer- (STEM – grades 4-8)
- NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) STEM – parents and educators pages
- Bring Science Home –some activities listed on this webpage – but even more at Scientific American Education (STEM K-8)
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum – learning activities center – all ages
- STEMfinity – (STEM – all ages)
- Engineer Girl – design and build a mini catapult, eyeglass case, Paper Airplane, Sorting machine and more! (STEM – All ages)
- Wonderopolis – what are you wondering about and what to know today? (All subjects – Grades 3 and up)
- Generation Genius – (STEM – grades K -2, 3 – 5, 6 – 8)
NATURE LESSONS
- Bird Academy – 200 instructional videos about birds from the Cornell Lab (STEM – all ages)
- All About Feathers – interactive instruction on birds (STEM – all ages)
- Macaulay Library – Learn about birds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology – be a citizen scientist, explore species and their regions, including sounds and videos, and learn how to identify birds from around the world. (STEM – all ages)
FOOD & FITNESS – STAY HEALTHY
- Life Lab – cultivates children’s love of learning, healthy food and nature through garden-based education lessons and videos for grades K-5 (Gardening/Healthy Living – grades K-5)
- People’s Garden – educational toolkit from Washington State University with lessons on garden-based education lessons (Gardening/Healthy Living/Nutrition – grades 2-5)
JUST FOR FUN – GAMES
- Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems – Making art doodles with Mo Willems, author & artist (Art – all ages)
- Dreamscape – Reading game (Reading grades 2-8)
- Starfall – educational games (All subjects – pre-K through grade 3)
- All Pony – games for learning about horsemanship
- The Mint – Financial education lessons for young people (grades 4 – 12)
- 4-H Knitting (ages 8+)
- 4-H Sewing (ages 8+)
- Monterey Bay Aquarium – live cams of sea life! (all ages)
- Seattle Aquarium – live cams of Otters and Harbor Seals! (all ages)
- Make Code – learn to code – (STEM – all ages)