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Looking for some fun hands-on STEM education ideas? Need ideas for your next science fair project? Look no further! This is a round-up of 20 Elementary STEM science projects from my site. Check them out and try some for yourself! Be sure to check out my 200+ Elementary STEM projects, too!
20 Elementary STEM Science Projects
4. Water Clock
5. Water Filtration Experiment
7. Easy Engineering Experiment
11. Green Eggs Chemistry Experiment
12. Lego Earthquake Experiment
13. Food Chemistry- Turn Juice into Solid
16. Insect Hotel
19. States of Matter
20. DNA Teaching
Science projects are some of my favorite things to do with my kids. Many of these ideas can be used in science fair projects, in STEM classes or just for fun learning activities at home.
How are you learning STEM with your kids? Learn more about How to Teach STEM & Why it Matters. What’s your favorite project? I co-authored a STEAM book to help kids get excited about learning these important topics. Learn more about the STEAM Kids book HERE.
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Rebecca says
August 15, 2016 at 6:19 amThanks so much!
Sarah says
August 15, 2016 at 6:19 amI am new to homeschooling this year and I don’t know what we’ll be doing for a STEM program. My children love hands-on activities, so I know I need to figure something exciting out soon! I love your blogs and posts with ideas that I can use at home!
Sam says
August 15, 2016 at 6:26 amI love STEM! Our favorite project so far has been creating rockets and roller coasters. With rockets each child was given one piece of paper and a roll of tape. The object of course was to make it fly. After some trial and error they did. There were a lot of great aha moments. With roller coasters they were gone foam pipe insulation cut in half, marbles and tape. Third goal was to create a coaster that had one loop and one jump where the marble landed in a bucket at the end. Lot of fun!
Diana M says
August 15, 2016 at 6:28 amWe love STEM projects here. Gak is always a favorite with the youngest. But my older two really enjoy physical engineering challenges, like boat or bridge building with limited materials. I love watching them be create.
Kyla Hughes says
August 15, 2016 at 6:29 amWe love marshmallow and toothpick STEM building challenges!
Traci K says
August 15, 2016 at 6:31 amMy son loves to take apart anything that doesn’t work. We try to figure out what the different parts do ( which is quite hard with some of the electronic items) but we have learned a lot. And even fixed a few things!
shelley says
August 15, 2016 at 6:33 amWe use a variety of blocks and craft materials regularly and come up with challenges as a family. We also have a science book of experiments that we like to pick from too.
Kendra Wright says
August 15, 2016 at 6:39 amWhere do you enter?
Karyn Tripp says
August 15, 2016 at 7:03 amSORRY!!!! My form wasn’t showing up. It is there now.
Stacey Ross says
August 15, 2016 at 6:50 amOne of my favorite STEM activities is creating square foot gardens with my children. Using a seed package can yield a wide variety of mathematic concepts. The square foot garden concept allows for measuring, adding, multiplication, and division– and al of this on top of the scientific nature gardening gifts children. Children use technology to plan the design, capture changes, and share their learning.
Renee says
August 15, 2016 at 6:58 amStem is such a great addition to homeschool. We like to incorporate art as well (steam). This year we will have weekly stem challenges. The kids will choose from a bin of pre prepped bags and complete the challenge inside.
Alyssa Ziegler says
August 15, 2016 at 6:58 amI was teaching 5/6 science and math. I connected the two subjects and incorporated other subjects to create STEM projects. This past year we created gravity cruisers and presented our projects to the entire community. This year I was moved to 4th grade the week before school started! STEM is still something I want to incorporate so I am looking for new ideas for a different grade level.
Mary W says
August 15, 2016 at 7:00 amUsing an extra large suntan lotion bottle ( which I received from a friendly drug store display) we compared the size of items for a person who used a regular sized suntan bottle Most of which are are about one human hand tall. This introduced our nut on ratio and proportion. It also used estimation and opened their eyes to actual applications.
runak6 says
August 15, 2016 at 7:38 amAs we are entering this wonderful world of STEM in our homeschooling, I am so excited to have this opportunity to enter such an awesome give-away! Thank you thank you!
Becky says
August 15, 2016 at 8:00 amSuch great ideas. My guys love chemistry. Making bouncy balls and goop are a favorite. I need to try some of these other experiments.
Kelly Kiggins-Lund says
August 15, 2016 at 8:21 amMy favorite STEM based activities are biology and chemistry based. We’ve even done crime scene investigation science studies as my father is a retired police officer.
Danielle Evans says
August 15, 2016 at 8:28 amI give a building challenge every day and that is our favorite stem activity!
Miranda says
August 15, 2016 at 8:42 amI love having my students in eighth grade learn about velocity by building their own marshmallow guns using a variety of materials and then testing the effectiveness.
Sunnie says
August 15, 2016 at 8:51 amI need help with stem, we don’t do it enough!
Andrea Peak says
August 15, 2016 at 9:35 amMaking a volcano is one of our favorites
becky says
August 15, 2016 at 10:23 amWe love to do anything related to physics. My kids had fun hitting a plate out from under an egg and watching the egg drop straight down into a cup of water.
AmyC says
August 15, 2016 at 10:38 amWe’ve really enjoyed garden projects this season. Music lessons are in their honeymoon stage & I’d be excited for ways to continue their enthusiasm. We’re looking into Rube Goldberg now! I’d love to play more games with our 7 & 10 year old kids.
Samantha L says
August 15, 2016 at 11:07 amDr. Bonyfide! Everything on my science list! Thank you!
Anne says
August 15, 2016 at 11:12 amLove all of these, especially the solar-powered lego car!
Samantha L says
August 15, 2016 at 11:23 amI pinned a STEM page from your site. Your jpg file won’t link and allow your giveaway to pin. Missing image?
Teri Knight says
August 15, 2016 at 11:26 amWhat is your favorite STEM project to do with your kids/students? We are beginning to enjoy loads of stem activities. We have made a rocket and launched it, put together a jumping frog robot, and constructed bridges and volcanoes and towers. We are planning on adding a ton more stem activities this year as my kids have showed an incredible interest in these areas. This would be a terrific asset. Thanks for the opportunity.
Rebekah says
August 15, 2016 at 11:26 amI’m totally new to this STEM concept, so I haven’t done any projects yet, but I’m looking forward to incorporating some this school year!
BunnyMom says
August 15, 2016 at 11:33 amSo many great experiments to choose from…..Lately we have been doing lots of exploding Chemistry on our Table of Science (said in a loud, booming voice!). Elephant toothpaste has been a HUGE hit!
Cheryle Smoot says
August 15, 2016 at 11:57 amMy boys love anything they can build/create with their hands. I am looking forward to seeing their minds blossom this year as we increase these kinds of projects.
Isa Melvin says
August 15, 2016 at 11:58 amMy boys love all types of robotics and putting together electrical components. However, I prefer life science projects so we mix up our activities to cover all types.
Rita says
August 15, 2016 at 12:42 pmMy favorite STEM projects are anything with legos.
Leigh says
August 15, 2016 at 12:50 pmThanks
Erin says
August 15, 2016 at 12:51 pmOur favorite STEM activity is making oobleck! Also, breaking open geodes!
Sasha says
August 15, 2016 at 1:24 pmMy boys love to work with the snap circuits, and Legos.
Jray Jhones says
August 15, 2016 at 2:01 pmLove it
Mitzi Cline says
August 15, 2016 at 2:03 pmI’m fairly new to science, but last year my 7th grader students loved making goop that was runny unless under impact. Probably their favorite!
Kate Johnston Tucker says
August 15, 2016 at 2:57 pmMy kids love hands on building activities. Legos, cubes, systems.
Angela Klenke says
August 15, 2016 at 3:16 pmWe have enjoyed gardening projects, along with many other projects.
Jennifer says
August 15, 2016 at 4:00 pmSO we just organized my youngest rock collection into buckets on a toy shelf by type, color, etc. He now has his own geology station! One of my twins loves all things physics and experimented with flight one at science fair for his explanation of overcoming gravity. Basically, some people run, dance, read, paint……ummm… we science.
Karyn Tripp says
August 15, 2016 at 4:07 pmHaha!! I love this!!! We Science, too. 🙂
JOAnn Johnson says
August 15, 2016 at 4:13 pmLove building roller coasters!
Yukendra says
August 15, 2016 at 5:25 pmI don’t have a favorite, yet, but I’m looking forward to doing a sink/float activity that is connected to our summer book James and the Giant Peach!
D'vorah says
August 15, 2016 at 5:31 pmAnything SCIENCE 😀
Dotty G says
August 15, 2016 at 7:11 pmGreat stuff.
Sally D says
August 15, 2016 at 7:15 pmWe haven’t done any STEM projects yet, just starting kindergarten this year!
Chrystal Stalzer says
August 15, 2016 at 7:17 pmWe love making volcanoes, but are kind of new to the STEM world. I am really looking forward to incorporating more in our home school this year. thanks for the opportunity to win!
Jessica Justice says
August 15, 2016 at 7:36 pmWe haven’t had the chance to do any STEM projects. Hoping to get started on some soon. This is my first year, and I’m still getting a feel for things.
Angie says
August 15, 2016 at 8:09 pmMy 6 year old daughter loves any hands on science experiment.
Dawn S. says
August 15, 2016 at 8:30 pmLove science and can’t wait to get my student more involved.
VICKY BRAME says
August 15, 2016 at 9:20 pmMy kids love to play with polymers.
Amy says
August 15, 2016 at 10:08 pmVolcanoes, explosions, etc.
HELOIZA CASTELLANA says
August 15, 2016 at 10:12 pmNice ideas!
Amber Green says
August 15, 2016 at 11:13 pmWe need to do more STEM projects! Our biggest thing right now is technology so we work on web design and making simple computer games.
Wendi B. says
August 15, 2016 at 11:45 pmAnything involving Legos 😉
Debra Perez says
August 16, 2016 at 7:28 amThis is so exciting!! My kids love stem!!!!
Kristina U says
August 16, 2016 at 9:28 amMy kids love creating things with legos and snap circuits.
Tamara Hinkle says
August 16, 2016 at 9:58 amAll the things! All the books. 🙂 Ahhh!
She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. -Annie Dillard
April says
August 16, 2016 at 2:52 pmWhat is your favorite STEM project to do with your kids/students?
Last school year we made a paper skeleton with the bones and organs. We learned a lot along the way and plan on putting “her” on poster board so we can refer back to what we learned.
Thanks for the opportunity to enter this great giveaway!
andrea says
August 16, 2016 at 3:16 pmSTEM is new to me. Thank you for all the great ideas!
Terri Holbrook says
August 16, 2016 at 6:58 pmOur favorite stem project so far has been the robotic fuel cell car that we made from a kit last year. This year we plan on building different types of bridges and seeing how they fare during earthquakes!
Darlene Hicks says
August 16, 2016 at 7:06 pmFree periodic tables battleship? Free STEM giveaway? Yup, sign me up please!
Kelly M Barnett says
August 16, 2016 at 9:00 pmMy 10 year old is a budding engineer, this would be right up his alley.
Intisar Khanani says
August 16, 2016 at 10:58 pmMy kids are still young so we are very much still exploring STEM. They love building things – legos have been great, marble runs, etc. Still so much to discover, though!
Magda Miller says
August 17, 2016 at 1:50 amWe love science in our household 🙂 <3
Tonya says
August 17, 2016 at 7:00 amOur co-op is doing a STEM class this year and my daughter is super excited. Science experiments is an area I struggle in teaching, so this could really help.
Danielle Hull says
August 17, 2016 at 8:40 amThe younger kids definitely enjoy the edible ones 🙂
Freda says
August 17, 2016 at 10:13 amI’d love to get these items, to share in a coop setting I’m in as well as the fun I find in exploring in these ways with kids!
Robin E. says
August 17, 2016 at 10:26 amMy favorite STEM project to do with my kids is making and building stuff. Real stuff, not just projects I come up with. They design and build Lego, Minecraft, their own toys, forts, kites, coding, small engine repair, and so on.
Kyra c says
August 17, 2016 at 10:45 amWe love the experiments but I’m not sure if we have a favorite. Love anything with magnets.
Angel says
August 17, 2016 at 11:08 amWe love all science projects.
Amanda Adams says
August 17, 2016 at 3:12 pmWe are new to STEM but have done several experiments that are hands on that my boys love.
Kathy says
August 17, 2016 at 8:33 pmMy husband and son love doing projects together to see how things work!
Kim G. says
August 17, 2016 at 10:41 pmHonestly I am new to this so I don’t have a favorite yet, but I see you have a lot of great ideas and I am book marking your site!!
Christy says
August 17, 2016 at 11:25 pmWe don’t have any one favorite, they just love anything science related!
Lise McGuinness says
August 18, 2016 at 10:24 amMy daughter’s favorite thing is “chemistry experiments” (i.e. a tray of many ingredients from the kitchen, with bowls for mixing and experimenting).
Thanks for the chance to win!
Julie P says
August 18, 2016 at 11:03 amOur favorite activities are definitely building challenges.
Lynne B says
August 18, 2016 at 12:50 pmCircuits & robotics are favorites around here but regular sink volcanos never fail to please!
Shonnon says
August 18, 2016 at 1:48 pmMy 4 boys love any STEM project involving Lego or changing states of matter.
Lori H says
August 18, 2016 at 3:24 pmBlocks and crafting.
Judith Martinez says
August 18, 2016 at 7:48 pmWe love to do kitchen science while cooking.
Rebecca Kvenvolden says
August 18, 2016 at 9:10 pmi like playing stem like toys with the kids
Cathy Hall says
August 19, 2016 at 12:17 amI am excited about beginning more STEM activities. We are new at homeschooling so just beginning to discover so much that we can do.
Melanie says
August 19, 2016 at 6:03 amWe need to do many more STEM projects. But we love anything volcano related and my boys build rockets with my husband and love that.
jessica medina says
August 19, 2016 at 3:00 pmanything that explodes
Karyn Tripp says
August 19, 2016 at 3:48 pmI have to agree!! 🙂
Melinda says
August 19, 2016 at 8:20 pmMy boys love any STEM project that involves building, or making a mess. Volcano was their favorite last year 🙂
Lacey Carmichael says
August 20, 2016 at 2:23 pmTHe 3d pen looks neat. We are starting to homeschooling this year.
Lisa T. says
August 20, 2016 at 4:10 pmLego Physics Kits!
Tracey M says
August 20, 2016 at 6:15 pmVolcano, solar oven, and slimy polymer experiments are her favorite STEM activities.
Lynna @ Homeschooling without Training Wheels says
August 20, 2016 at 9:26 pmMy kiddos and I recently read “String, Straightedge and Shadow” and experimented with dividing a circle into six segments with a compass!
Karyn Tripp says
August 21, 2016 at 6:46 amoh! I have not heard of that book! Off to check it out!
Connie Johnson says
August 21, 2016 at 3:04 pmLast week it was nature study! Next week it might be physics! 🙂
Robin Walkington says
August 21, 2016 at 3:32 pmWe are working on chemisty this year. My daughter loves stem projects
Robyn says
August 21, 2016 at 6:57 pmAll of this looks pretty great. 🙂
Mindy says
August 21, 2016 at 8:46 pmMy kids like anything that explodes (the messier the better!) or flys.
Nicole Eisenman says
August 21, 2016 at 9:43 pmI love doing snap circuit Jr. with my oldest.
Nicole Lancaster says
August 22, 2016 at 11:57 amMy favorite STEM project to do with kids is Fireworks In A Jar.
Julia Cosgrove says
August 22, 2016 at 8:14 pmI love to do building challenges with my boys.