Young girl looks through light refraction glasses.

STEM at Home

Are you looking for fun, informal STEM activities that you can do at home with some simple materials? Explore our resources below to discover how to make an atmosphere lantern, how cars lose control on ice, and more!

This section is in development, and we have plans to grow our selection of activities in the future!

Preview of the Cloud Trivia Game with different names of clouds and trivia questions.

Cloud Trivia Game

Make a fortune-teller style hand-held game to test your cloud knowledge.

Students identifying clouds by look up at the sky through the rectangular hole in the paper cloud viewer.

Cloud Viewer

Use the Cloud Viewer to explore the clouds and sky outside. What type of clouds do you see? What color is the sky?

Several toy cards on ice

Explore How Cars Lose Control on Ice, Safely

Build a model of an icy road to explore winter driving conditions and develop your own slippery experiments.

About 20 atmosphere lanterns lit up in a dark room

Make an Atmosphere Lantern

Learn about our atmosphere and create a cool night light.