Check out these great STEM activities to develop science, technology, engineering and maths at home! Real world skills for today’s kids.
STEM activities – STEM projects you can do at home
The World Science Festival always goes off with a BANG in Brisbane and it’s easy to see why. The STEM revolution is well and truly here to stay. Australian kids want to be actively involved in, and excited by, science!
There are amazing companies that bring science to kids across Queensland. If you’d like to engage in some similarly explosive and engaging experiments at home then we’ve got some great STEM activities you can do in your very own kitchen. (There may be a little clean up involved afterwards…)
Fireworks in a jar! A project with colour and shape
The end result of this STEM project will look a bit like a lava lamp. The experiment involves the use of oil, warm water and food colouring. Kids will be amazed by the dissolving effects and learn about the density of different properties while they’re at it!
A real life volcano!
You can replicate this classic classroom experience in your very own backyard! Sand, a bucket, baking soda, food colouring and a whole lot of excitement will get kids passionate about the natural world! STEM activities like this can really bring a sense of wonder and a desire to find out more to kids – perfect ingredients for creating the budding scientist.
Build a bridge!
Building a complex structure that responds to different pressures and environments is pivotal to an understanding of engineering. Follow this link to find a HUGE variety of activities and guides to creating bridge structures at home. This is probably our favourite one – imagine the concentration and problem-solving that this could help develop in your own children!
STEM activities and STEM projects you can do in your very own home!
Have you done any interesting experiments at home with your own kids? We’d love to hear about it! Let us know in the comments.
