Featured STEAM Activities
Our Family Code is a STEAM educational blog with a commitment to teaching kids to code. We offer various coding activities as well as STEAM resources and activities in effort to make STEAM accessible and engaging for everyone.
Summer of STEAM Activities!
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Frozen Baseball Experiment Sports STEM
Find out how temperature impacts a baseball and learn the history of how a baseball is made with this sports STEM activity for kids!
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45+ Technology Activities for Kids: Computer Science, Coding, and Tech Fun!
45 computer science, coding, and technology activities for kids!
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Free Shark Worksheets for Kids for Shark Week Fun!
Grab these free shark worksheets for kids that are perfect for Shark Week!
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How to Code a Dirt Volcano
Learn about variables, sequences, algorithms, and loops and code a volcano! Learn how to communicate with a robot with clear steps and commands.
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Find a wealth of unplugged coding activities for kids designed to encourage computational thinking and logical reasoning while developing early coding skills.
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Scratch Platform Collision Detection: Make a Sprite Land on Platforms
Learn Scratch platform collision detection by making a sprite land on platforms, track onGround status, detect platform edges, and resolve collisions.
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How to Make a Sprite Jump in Scratch with Gravity
Learn how to make a sprite jump in Scratch with a smooth gravity system using yVelocity, y-coordinates, keyboard input, and floor detection in Garden Glitch Part 2.
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Scratch Player Movement: Move a Sprite with Arrow Keys
Build the first part of a Scratch platformer by coding smooth left and right player movement with arrow keys, x-coordinates, direction, and a forever loop.
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Scratch Chase Game: Make a Cat Chase a Mouse
Build a Scratch chase game where a player-controlled mouse collects cheese while a cat uses distance sensing, random movement, collision detection, variables, and simple game AI to chase it.
Javascript Activities for Kids
Learn how to use the JavaScript programming language, p5.js, for creative coding purposes.
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Code Fibonacci Rectangles in JavaScript
Are you ready to code Fibonacci rectangles and make some cool digital Fibonacci art? You don’t want to miss this math + tech + art kid coding activity!
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How to Code a Rectangle with JavaScript
Teach your kids to code a rectangle in JavaScript with this hands-on, interactive coding activity!
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How to Code a Circle with JavaScript
Turn drawings into code with this coding activity for kids and code a circle with JavaScript and ProcessingJS.
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Scratch Frog Game: Catch the Flies Before Time Runs Out
Build a Scratch frog game where players move, jump, catch flies, and race the clock while learning clones, variables, collision detection, Boolean logic, timers, and game design.
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Scratch Rainforest Coding Activity: Code the Layers of the Rainforest
Explore the layers of the rainforest with a Scratch coding activity using movement, conditionals, Boolean logic, variables, lists, classification, and debugging.
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Mini Erupting Pumpkins: Easy Science Experiment for Kids
Turn mini pumpkins into bubbling volcanoes! Explore a simple fall STEM activity that teaches kids about chemical reactions using baking soda and vinegar.
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Optimal Javelin Throw Angle Measurement & Graphing
Learn about optimal javelin throw angles, height of throw, and the relationship between the two with this Summer Olympics optimal throw javelin angle measurement activity.
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You are going to love these Science Activities for Kids!
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You’ll love these hands-on science STEAM activities!
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20+ Coding Apps for Kids
We put the best coding apps for kids to the test to see how they engage and teach kids to code! Read this and get your kids started coding!
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Make Digital Mondrian Art in Google Sheets
Make Digital Mondrian art using Google Sheets with this Math + Art + Tech activity perfect for upper elementary students!
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Coral Reef Virtual Dive Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
Go on a coral reef virtual dive around the world and use the sights you see to complete the digital scavenger hunt!
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Seven Wonders of the World Virtual Field Trip
Explore the seven wonders of the world and complete a latitude and longitude challenge with a Google Earth scavenger hunt!
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You are going to love these Technology Activities for Kids!
Find Tech + Science, Virtual Field Trips, Math + Tech, Tech + Art, and more!
You’ll love these hands-on Technology STEAM activities!
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25+ Elf on the Shelf STEAM Challenge Cards
Become an Elf Engineer with these 25 Days of Elf on the Shelf STEAM challenges and free STEAM challenge cards!
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60+ Maker Activities for Kids
You and your kids are going to love these maker activities! Find design builds, tinker trays, invitations to play, and more to get started with STEM today!
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100+ Exciting Summer STEAM Activities for Kids
Summer of STEAM activities for kids! 100s of projects for Math Monday, Tinker Tuesday, Wonder Wednesday, Techie Thursday, & Foodie Friday!
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Stone Age Tools Engineering Challenge
Learn about Stone Age tools, animals, and people by downloading this free Stone Age STEAM challenge cards activity!
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You are going to love these Engineering Activities for Kids!
Find STEM Challenge Cards, Engineering + Math, STEAM challenges, and more!
You’ll love these Engineering STEAM challenges!
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Scratch Christmas Animation: Code a Festive Holiday Scene
Create a festive Scratch Christmas animation with twinkling lights, a flickering fireplace, moving presents, music, costumes, loops, broadcasts, and colorful graphic effects.
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Make Digital Mondrian Art in Google Sheets
Make Digital Mondrian art using Google Sheets with this Math + Art + Tech activity perfect for upper elementary students!
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Fibonacci Activity for Kids: Fibonacci Flowers
Make Fibonacci flowers with paper circles sized to the number sequence. Explore diameter, radius, repeating colors, and math art with step-by-step directions.
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4 Free Spring Graphing Coordinate Plane Worksheets
Plot ordered pairs and reveal Spring graphing coordinate plane pictures! Four free graphing worksheets for grades 4–6 + printable PDFs.
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You are going to love these Art Activities for Kids!
Find Tech + Art, Science + Art, Resist Art, Recycled Art, Directed Drawings, and more!
You’ll love these Art STEAM challenges!
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Fibonacci Activity for Kids: Fibonacci Flowers
Make Fibonacci flowers with paper circles sized to the number sequence. Explore diameter, radius, repeating colors, and math art with step-by-step directions.
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Finding Pi with Math Sun Catchers: Circles, Beads, and Fibonacci
Explore pi with fuse bead math sun catchers and a free workbook. Compare circle measurements, bead estimates, and Fibonacci-inspired designs with kids.
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Fibonacci Art for Kids: Beaded Spirals and Square Patterns
Make Fibonacci art with pony beads, pipe cleaners, and a free template. Explore number patterns, square sizes, and the connection to the golden ratio.
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First 100 Digits of Pi Color Wheel Activity
Learn the first 100 digits of Pi with this color wheel activity that helps kids to visualize numbers of Pi in the first 100 digits and learn about color wheels!
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Pilish: How to Write a Poem for Pi Day
The number Pi, inspired it’s own language known as “Pilish”. Pilish is a challenging form of writing. Learn it today and write a piem!
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Pi Day Activities: 14+ Ways for Kids to Celebrate Pi!
Check out these great STEAM Pi Day activities for kids that pair math with technology, art, engineering, and science!
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Finding Pi with Math Sun Catchers: Circles, Beads, and Fibonacci
Explore pi with fuse bead math sun catchers and a free workbook. Compare circle measurements, bead estimates, and Fibonacci-inspired designs with kids.
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Scratch Christmas Animation: Code a Festive Holiday Scene
Create a festive Scratch Christmas animation with twinkling lights, a flickering fireplace, moving presents, music, costumes, loops, broadcasts, and colorful graphic effects.
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Measure Athlete Angles in Olympic Sports
Athletes use angles to analyze their performance. This sports STEM activity challenges kids to measure athlete angles in Olympic Sports.
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Optimal Javelin Throw Angle Measurement & Graphing
Learn about optimal javelin throw angles, height of throw, and the relationship between the two with this Summer Olympics optimal throw javelin angle measurement activity.
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Team USA Medal Tracker Hundreds Chart to 130
Use this Team USA medal tracker to record each medal that Team USA wins during the Olympic Games and complete a hundreds chart to 130.
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Olympic Hundreds Chart: Fill in the Olympic Rings
Practice number recognition and counting within 120 by placing the correct number inside the empty rings on this Olympic hundreds chart!
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Olympic Medal Ten Frames Worksheets for Kids
These Olympic medal ten frames math worksheets are a great way to work on basic number facts with a fun Olympic Games twist designed for Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st grade kiddos!
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You are going to love these Math Activities for Kids!
Find Pi Day activities, Fibonacci activities, math + art, CCSS math activities, and more!
You’ll love these hands-on Math STEAM activities!
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Free Shark Worksheets for Kids for Shark Week Fun!
Grab these free shark worksheets for kids that are perfect for Shark Week!
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Grab these Free Summer Fruit Worksheets for Kids
Grab these free summer fruit worksheets for kids while avoiding some of the extreme heat this summer!
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Preschool Easter Worksheets for Kids
Grab these free Preschool Easter worksheets with Easter I-Spy, Letter Recognition, Number Recognition, and Less Than Greater Than Jelly Bean Math!
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5 Clean Science Experiments for Autistic Children
5 clean science experiments that are quiet and don’t require children to get their hands messy, since these can be typical triggers for autistic children.
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100 Science Activities for Kids
You and your kids are going to love these science activities for kids! These 100 science activities for kids are paired with other STEAM disciplines for some great hands-on learning opportunities!
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Ice Lantern States of Water Winter STEAM Activity
Explore the states of water with this ice lantern winter STEAM activity great for toddlers and preschoolers and create winter decorations!
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Thanksgiving Salt Painting: Turkey Art with Science
Make a Thanksgiving turkey with salt painting, then watch watercolor spread along the raised lines. Includes science, instructions, and troubleshooting.
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Easter Ten Frames Jelly Bean Math Activity
Learn addition and subtraction concepts by composing and decomposing the number 10 with this jelly bean Easter ten frames math activity.
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Grow a Rainbow Chromatography STEM Activity
This growing rainbow chromatography pots of gold activity is a super low-prep STEM activity that demonstrates capillary action, cohesion, and adhesion!
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Candy Heart Math Worksheets: Valentine’s Day Math
These free worksheets are a great way to incorporate math into Valentine’s Day for some hands-on candy heart math!
Find more Preschool Activities for Kids!
Find preschool math, preschool science, free preschool worksheets, and preschool process art!
You’ll love these hands-on pre-k STEAM activities!