Printable STEAM Worksheets and Activities

The world is a beautiful and complex place, and so learning about different subjects should be as varied and interesting as life itself. That's why STEAM is so important; it allows people of all ages to learn about subjects that are vital to the world around them in a way that feels more authentic, so you truly feel you understand different subjects. After all, there is no binary where one thing is only science or only math or only art, the world is made up of so many different things that all connect together in various ways. STEAM is your teachers' way of bringing that worldliness and complexity to the classroom, so you can get hands-on learning about topics you may find you have more interest in than you thought!

• Build Your Own Speaker - Have you ever watched TV or listened to music and wondered how your devices are able to turn music into sound your ears can hear? This experiment makes it possible for you to see how by building your own speaker out of things you have around the house.

• Balloon in a Bottle - Even though the air is invisible, it still takes up space and in this fun activity, you can learn about airflow and inflation using just a balloon and a water bottle!

• Microbes in the Kitchen: At-Home Yeast Experiment - Yeast is a unicellular fungus that consumes sugar and turns it into carbon dioxide and alcohol. This is especially important when baking bread, as it is what makes bread big and fluffy and you can see it for yourself with this fun balloon experiment!

• Soda-Straw Rocket - Practice your engineering skills by creating a rocket you can launch from a soda straw. Try to make a few different creations so you can see how length, width, shape, and angle can change the outcome.

• Cellular Soap Opera - The cell membrane regulates all the different things your cell needs to take in and export without any issues and you can use the properties of soap films to get an idea of just how the cell membrane is able to complete that monumental task!

• Code.org Game Lab - In this programming activity you can design a simple animation using JavaScript code blocks. Game Lab allows you to make multiple objects and characters that interact with each other thanks to your code creations!

• Scratch - Similar to the Game Lab, you can create your own environment, characters, and objects using code blocks. You can even check out some creations other people have made and learn how they did it!

• Code Monster - The Crunchzilla code monster helps you learn about JavaScript by showing a side-by-side comparison of what the code looks like vs what it creates! It's a great way to see just how much your code can do!

• Waving Snowman Challenge - Once you've learned a little bit about coding, you can use what you learned to work on this challenge from Khan Academy. Use commands to draw a snowman and follow the instructions to work your way up to animating your cool creation.

• Build Your Own Computer - Coding isn't the only activity you can do with a computer, building a computer is a great way to understand all the intricacies that go into the technology you use every day! Hello Ruby breaks it down so that it seems like an easy enough task online that you could one day do it in real life too!

• Don't Lose Your Marbles Engineering Challenge - Grab some friends and work as a team to build a marble track. The point is to create a tall free-standing structure with plenty of twists and turns while also getting the marble down to the ground without falling off the structure. Do you think you can do it?

• Build Your Own Robot Arm - Building a robot arm may seem like a far too difficult task to manage, but it's a great way to learn about simple machines and problem-solving techniques. All you need is a few things you can find around the house, and plenty of drive to try new things and see what works!

• Create a Saltwater Circuit - It may sound crazy, but did you know it's possible to use salt water to make a light bulb work? Salt is a great conductor of electricity thanks to being made up of sodium and chloride ions. This experiment is a great way to test out if you can make a circuit using saltwater!

• Newspaper STEM Challenges - If you have a bunch of newspapers hanging around the house and you aren't sure what to do with them, try turning them into a science experiment by building a tall tower, creating a structure that can hold a ton of weight, or use those newspapers to build your own chair that can keep somebody at least 2 inches above the ground for at least 5 seconds.

• Filtration Investigation - Using everyday objects, you and your friends can build your own filtration system to get rid of impurities in your test water. It's a great way to learn about engineering, work as a team, and solve problems through trial and error!

• Discovering Science Through Art-Based Activities - This article has a few different activities designed to use arts and crafts to bring the excitement of science into your life!

• Activity Collection: Art Bots - This step-by-step tutorial makes it easy to make your own robot that you design with its own unique face or design created by you!

• Gadget Anatomy - This specific activity is inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's experiments. He would experiment with machines to see how they worked and then try to discern how to improve on them and in this activity, you would observe a gadget from multiple angles and sketch out exactly how it works.

• The Science of Frescoes - This video and following instructions use art to show off the science of frescoes and how the murals from old buildings were created.

• Balancing Mobiles - Using math, science, and art, you'll get to design a mobile that fits your interests and also explores the concept of balance through engineering.

• Pig: A Probability Experiment (PDF) - This game is a great way to learn about probability using a dice. It's a three-round game that you can play with all your friends and all you need is a dice, some paper, and a pencil.

• Make Your Own Tetrapuzzle - Print out the tetrahedral pieces on this page and cut them out then follow the instructions to use the pieces to create different shapes.

• Tic-Tac-Math - This fun game is also called 24 and you and your friends need to add, subtract, multiply, or divide four numbers in order to get twenty-four. The game continues until a player gets 24 at least three times in a row.

• Owl Adventures Math Game (PDF) - Owl Adventures is similar to Jeopardy! Where you and your friends answer questions with a dollar value attached. If you answer the math problem correctly, you get the monetary value added to your score, if you get it wrong the money gets deducted from your score. The winner is the person who ends up with the most money at the end.

• The Game of Sprouts (PDF) - This game is a great way to start learning about graphs and graph theory. It's a little more advanced than some of the other projects, but it's no less satisfying to learn about!