We have the best EASTER STEM ACTIVITIES COUNTDOWN for junior scientists! Join us for the Easter STEM countdown challenge and play along with great STEM ideas. Simple themes give everyday science and STEM a whole new feel. Make sure to download the FREE printable challenge cards below too.
EASTER STEM ACTIVITIES COUNTDOWN FOR KIDS!
WHAT IS STEM?
Do you know much about STEM? You can read more about this cool acronym here. STEM is science, technology, engineering, and math. All of these can be applied to our fun and easy Easter STEM activities. Plus, if you add Art to STEM you get STEAM!
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WHY EASTER STEM ACTIVITIES?
Of course you can do these simpleEaster STEM activities and ideas without a theme, but we love to celebrate the holidays. Around here we celebrate them with themed science, STEM activities, and of course slime!
Experimenting and exploring Easter theme STEM activities is a great way to practice basic concepts in a fun new way, and the kids love it because of the novelty of the theme items.
We always check out the local dollar store and grocery store for cheap and easy supplies. Many of our supplies are saved from year and year and come in handy when I least realize it!
Let’s get started with our ideas for amazing Easter STEM activities for kids! Super fun, easy to set up, cheap, and very playful! Kids will have a blast and actually learn something too.
NEW! Check out our EASTER STEM/SCIENCE Calendar
Make sure to download this awesome calendar with clickable links! Save it to your desktop and have a month of cool Easter science and STEM at your fingertips.
HOW ABOUT A STEM ACTIVITIES EASTER BASKET?
Why not give your kids an Easter STEM basket this year and fill their days with STEM for the whole year! Books, experiments, and favorite science and STEM tools plus small kits are a great way to keep kids learning all year long.
EASTER STEM ACTIVITIES COUNTDOWN
I love to start our countdown off with a theme tinker kit, so of course I had to put together a tinker basket! Add our FREE printable Easter STEM Challenge Cards for extra fun and ideas.
EASTER THEME STEM ACTIVITIES TINKER BASKET
A tinker tray/basket/kit is a great way to kick off Easter STEM activities with the kids. It includes various materials that are inexpensive and easy to find but perfect for little inventors and engineers.
We love tinker trays with a holiday theme. Check out our STEM on a budget too get some great ideas. Our previous St. Patricks Day and Valentine’s Day Tinker Trays were a big hit!
There’s always a ton of candy around during these holidays, so why not use one of it for learning instead of eating. Of course our peeps taste test for the 5 senses is very scientific with it’s printable worksheet.
GROW CRYSTALS AND DESIGN PIPE CLEANER EGGS
EASTER CATAPULT WITH FREE PRINTABLE
BUILD A HOUSE FOR A PEEP ENGINEERING CHALLENGE
PLASTIC EGG RACES AND LAWS OF MOTION
One neat use for rain gutters, Easter STEM activities! You can of course make your own ramps, but the plastic rain gutter was rather inexpensive and can come in handy for other activities.
Do plastic egg sink or float? Can you make them sink or float? Grab a bunch of plastic eggs, pennies or marbles and a container of water.
This is a fun way to incorporate math and science skills when you have tons of plastic eggs on hand!
CLASSIC EGG DROP STEM CHALLENGE
This is a classic STEM challenge, but we took it down a notch for the preschool/kindergarten level. Though this year we may just have to try it another way!
Whoa a rubber egg! What happened to the shell? It’s not really just hardboiled? Yep. It’s gone. No it’s not hardboiled. This is pretty darn cool. Though you need to allow 7 Days for the experiment to do it’s magic.
This was a fun project last year. How many ways can you launch an egg. Build your own egg launcher!
BUILD AN EGG PULLEY
A pulley system that can lift an egg up without breaking or dropping it. Doesn’t have to be very high. Check out our Paper Bag STEM challenges. Recycling bins are a great place to find materials. Check out this winch we made.
SUSPEND AN EGG
Can you suspend an egg a determined height off a table or counter by building a contraption to hold it?Check out our guide to inexpensive STEM materials to gather supplies for your STEM challenges
2D, 3D LEGO Easter eggs. It is your choice. Build a basket or a bunny. I haven’t quite decided which ones we will do yet. Gather your LEGO! Set up a LEGO Easter egg hunt for Easter morning too!
WIND POWERED EGG CAR
Build a car for an egg {real or plastic} and use wind power to move it.
Build something to keep your egg from sinking. You can also check out this classic salt water density science experiment on the floating egg.
TAKE THE EGG TOWER CHALLENGE
All you need is a batch or can of play dough and plastic eggs for this fun Easter STEM activities challenge.
COOL EASTER STEM ACTIVITIES TO LET YOUR LITTLE INVENTORS GO CRAZY!
We have even more Easter science ideas for physics and chemistry too. Click on the photo below! We love to make homemade slime for all our holidays too.
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