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Science Activities for Kids! Find Science + Tech, Science + Art, Science + Math, and more! You’ll love these hands-on science STEAM activities!
Some of our favorite Science Activities are paired with art!
Science Art Activities
Find more awesome activities that pair science with art!
Exploring Science with Gravity Paint Pours
Gravity makes some of the most interesting art! Learn about gravity with paint pours and make awesome marbleized patterns with kids today!
Chalk Pastel Leaf Rubbings STEAM Activity
We created leaf rubbings to learn about and capture the nature of leaves as well as explore how our chosen medium interacted with different papers.
Oil Resist Tessellation Art Science & Math STEAM Activity
This oil resist tessellation art is a great way to combine science, art, and math into one masterful activity for kids!
How to Make Awesome Sharpie Art with Science!
Learn about solubility, color mixing, and diffusion with Sharpie art on a canvas!
3D Art: How to Create Awesome 3D Art Drawings & Anaglyphs for Kids
Learn how to draw 3D images and make anaglyph artwork and grab some free 3D art worksheets!
Squeegee Art Butterfly Process Art Activity
This butterfly squeegee painting art activity is exactly the type of Spring process art activity that you are looking for!
What is Op Art? Optical Illusion STEAM Activity
What is Op Art? Find out how to make awesome optical illusion art and download a free optical illusion coloring book for kids!
Salt Painting: Learn about Absorption!
Learn about polar molecules and absorption with this salt painting activity! This is such an easy art project for kids with science that is great for preschoolers through tweens!
How to Make Constellation Art STEAM Activity
This constellation art activity is great for introducing constellations and sparking a sense of wonder for galaxies and planets above while also helping kids to recognize patterns in the sky by observing, describing, and turning them into art!
Plastic Bottle Butterflies Recycled Art
Make plastic bottle butterflies with this easy recycled art activity and learn about Monarch butterfly migration and how they find shelter and food during their journey!
How to Draw a Lion Chalk Pastel Glue Resist Art
Learn how to draw a lion and make chalk pastel glue resist art with this easy low-prep STEAM activity for kids!
Plastic Water Bottle Sun Catchers
Recycle plastic water bottles into a sun catcher with this great spring recycled art project for kids!
Blow Painting with Straws: Velocity STEAM Activity
Make blow painting with straws to explore how velocity works by controlling gusts of wind in this STEAM activity for kids!
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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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Map the Olympic Host Cities World Geography Activity
This world geography activity challenges kids to use technology to map the Olympic host cities since the Summer Olympics started in 1896.
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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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Plastic Bottle Butterflies Recycled Art
Make plastic bottle butterflies with this easy recycled art activity and learn about Monarch butterfly migration!
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Flying Elf Static Electricity Balloon Challenge
This flying elf static electricity balloon STEAM challenge is super easy to set up and a great elf engineer activity for your Elf on the Shelf to bring!
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How to Make Sticky Spider Webs STEAM Activity
In this Halloween STEAM activity, we are learning how to make sticky spider webs and exploring proteins!
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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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Rubber Chicken Bones Science Experiment for Kids
In this rubber chicken bones activity, vinegar, an acid, will slowly dissolve the calcium in the bones, making the bones weak and bendable.
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Brain Slime: How to Make Zombie Food
Learn how to make brain slime without glue with this easy guar gum slime recipe that you can use for a fun Halloween sensory bucket or game!
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How to Draw a Lion Chalk Pastel Glue Resist Art
Learn how to draw a lion and make chalk pastel glue resist art with this easy low-prep STEAM activity for kids!
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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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STEAM Food Activities for Kids
These 15 STEAM food activities offer great hands-on learning opportunities for kids of all ages! You and your kids are going to love learning with food.
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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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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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Balance Ninja Center of Mass Challenge
This balancing ninja activity is designed to help kids understand what the center of mass is and encourage critical thinking to solve the ninja’s balancing problem.
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Balance Broom Preschool STEM Challenge
Explore the center of mass with this storybook STEAM Activity perfect for pairing with the fun Halloween book, Room on the Broom!
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Learn the Science of Mummification with Apple Mummies
Learn about mummification by making apple mummies with this Ancient Egypt science experiment!
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How to Make Spooky Ghost Sounds STEM Activity
This Spooky Ghost Sounds STEM Halloween Activity is a fanastic way to incorporate a simple physics experiment with some Halloween fun!
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Learn Dinosaur Names with Greek and Latin Words
This Magic Tree House activity explores dinosaur names by breaking them down into the latin and greek words that are used to form them.
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Patchwork Heart Resist Art Valentine’s Day STEAM
Create resist art with this logical thinking patchwork heart tech + art activity!
Hey there, I’m Toni! I’m a software engineer and Maker Mom of 5 Kid Coders!
I’m on a mission to make STEAM activities that spark curiosity and learning through play!
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.
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