STEM activities for the whole family, inspired by Spring

The weather’s warming. California’s poppies are in full bloom. The hills are still green and the night’s still crisp. Spring is a season of bloom, growth, a building up to the warmth of summer. It’s also a great time to get back outside and have the family learn together while embracing nature.  

We’ve put together a list of a few great STEM activities that are inspired by Spring and are fun for the whole family.  

SCIENCE learning activities:  

With flowers blooming left and right, dissecting a flower is an accessible and simple activity that allows the whole family to get hands-on with the science of flowers. The Learning Hypothesis has a great activity.  

Who remembers their first experience sprouting seeds? I think many of us do! Check out ideas for this timeless learning opportunity from Little Bins for Little Hands.  

TECHNOLOGY learning activities:  

Static electricity – pretty cool regardless of how annoying it can be when you’re the victim of the shock. This activity from I Heart Crafty Things provides a lesson on static electricity that includes paper butterfly wings.   

Homemade Mother’s Day gifts are timeless. This light-up-pop-up flower circuit card activity from Left Brain Craft Brain will be sure to light up Mom’s heart this year.   

ENGINEERING learning activities: 

Let’s go (make and..) fly a kite! Check out this cool engineering-based activity from Buggy and Buddy.   

For all those leftover plastic eggs that you don’t know what to do with – we’ve found the solution! Build egg parachutes with this activity.  

MATH learning activities:  

Now to use up all of those leftover jellybeans from Easter…check out this jelly bean math activity from Simple Centers.  

Learn number patterns and solve math problems all while recycling a common household item – an empty egg carton. Find more egg carton math game on Teach-a-roo.com