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Home & School Learning: STEM/STEAM Resources Collection 25
We know teachers & parents are always surfing the web looking for fun, interesting activities for their children, so we’re sharing our Inspiration Stations to help.
Each Inspiration Station is packed with home & school resources, videos, virtual tours, projects, awards and more! There are 60+ collections with over 2000 ideas!
You can also find activities to promote positivity, mindfulness and exercise.
Science – Technology – Engineering – Art – Maths – Mind – Body – Enjoy!

- WOW TIME!
Pop a balloon with orange peel.
- STEM Ambassadors LIVE!
Recorded live events with experiments including chocolate bridges & exploding rainbows!
- The Astro Science Challenge LIVE!
A free, online space science adventure for children aged 7-11.
- British Science Week Activity Packs
Early Years/Primary/Secondary: If you missed them during BSW, these fantastic booklets are available all year round!
- Frozen Bubbles!
See ice crystals form on bubbles in real time, you can make them yourself here!

- STFC Remote Robots
STFC are opening up their Remote Robots project to all 10-14 year olds. Get involved here and start the Scratch challenges.
- Dendrite: Home Learning Channels – Primary & Secondary
Science, Technology, Coding, Computing, Robotics, Engineering and Mathematics

- Wind & Marine Energy Systems CDT:
Take the Floating Wind Turbine Challenge.
Tons of engineering fun with items from home & the bath!

- NASA: On Target!
Make a marble lander.
- CREST: Make your own fizzy drink

Today’s focus – Get Creative!
Pencils & Plums is an easy-to-use website with thousands of creative drawing ideas for kids of all ages. The site features drawing prompts, pictures to finish, and even a free pdf ebook!
You will find more than enough drawing inspiration to keep you and your kids having fun for hours.

- You can try another ‘finish the picture’ masterpiece using a clipping from a magazine – let your imagination & creativity run wild!

- MathsZone: Online Games
- Frogs!
- Free printable: Make the frogs & toads swap places in this fun maths puzzler!
- STEM Learning & Cre8ate Maths:
Flight test a paper helicopter!
- Primary: Active Maths!
Get moving & calculate…

- Printable – Binnie the Baboon Activity Book:
Talk about worries, stress & anxiety & nurture calm.
Includes Worry Web & Worry Wall worksheets
- Mindfulness Boot Camp
21 Days of mindful mini-clips for children
- Create your own motivating or calming sensory box
- Journaling acrostics for children:
I love my family
I choose gratitude
I am thankful

- Youth Sport Trust:
So many awesome ideas, exercises & games for primary & secondary learners.
- Children’s exercises for posture
(Great during lockdown to battle all that sitting!)
Don’t forget to follow @AllAboutSTEM on Twitter & Facebook for more.
You can tag us in your home or school project photos, we’d love to share them and celebrate your activities!
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