These STEAM activities are perfect for homeschool classes or co-ops. Put science, technology, engineering, and math into hands-on homeschool STEM learning.

Here is everything you need to host a fun, hands-on homeschool co-op on composting worms! Includes printable lists!

Organized by subject matter, here are over 150 ideas for your next co-op class. There are homeschool co-op classes for all age levels and abilities.

Are you looking for fun science ideas for your co-op class?? You might want to give STEM activities a try! Basically STEM activities teach basic science (and some math) principles while students engage in fun hands-on group-based activities! Check out this link to find out more about STEM! Deciding what activities to do, how to run them, and materials to buy can be a little overwhelming! First, you need to consider which grade levels you are working with. Younger students need simple, fun activities that give them the opportunity to create and play with each other while learning basic concepts and beginning to follow the engineering process—exploring how to design and build. As students progress into their later elementary years, they need to be pushed and challenged to learn new science and math concepts while engaging in hands-on challenges using the engineering process. Heading into middle school, kids begin to gain more advanced math and science skills that can be put to use in the STEM classroom as they design and build with more intentionality. I've compiled a few FREE STEM activities to get you started at each level! STEM Activity Challenge Hoop Glider Competition 3rd-5th grade STEM Project for Third, Fourth and Fifth grades. This activity challenges students to build a glider that will glide as far as possible. Working in groups, students will cut and tape various hoops to their straw. They will experiment with hoops of different sizes, positioning, and throwing styles. STEM Activity Challenge Jumping Bugs K-2nd grade STEM Project for Kindergarten, First and Second Grades. This activity involves putting an effervescent tablet inside a film canister with a little bit of water. As gas is produced, pressure will build in the film canister causing the cap to pop off. Students will color and tape a bug* of their choice to the bottom of the film canister and see how high their bug can go!!! The students can experiment with the amount of tablet and water to see what works best. *Bug illustrations are also included! STEM Activity Challenge Levitating ping pong ball 6th - 8th grade STEM Middle School Classroom Project Students will work in groups to discover the phenomenon that occurs when a ping pong ball is placed above a straw and air is blown through the straw. Most people would expect the ping-pong ball to fly up and off to the side—but it doesn't. Due to Bernoulli's Principle, the ball will hover in the air above the straw. This project can end with a demonstration using a shop-vac or hairdryer with a ping-pong ball that will produce the same interesting results. STEM Activity Challenge Marshmallow Catapult 3rd-5th grade STEM Project for Third, Fourth and Fifth grades. In this activity, students will work in groups to create a catapult from popsicle sticks. They will modify their catapult in order to produce the best launch possible. Kids will have a great time launching mini marshmallows across the room while learning about potential and kinetic energy. STEM Station Activity: Troll Bridge Free STEM Station (STEM Center) Activity: Troll Bridge A little troll is looking for a way to earn some big cash and he’s decided to build a toll bridge. He needs help from STEM Man and your students to design and build a bridge that’s strong enough to hold lots of toll money. STEAM Task Cards This resource includes six Cinco De Mayo themed STEAM Activity Task Cards, an editable worksheet and a STEAM process poster! In my TpT Store, I have a resource for an ENTIRE YEAR of STEM Activities—one for each week of the school year at each of the different levels. Please click here for more information!

Are you searching for homeschool co-op class ideas? Try this big, fat, gigantic list; it has co-op class ideas for preschool through high school.

Chemistry made simple with this effective demonstration of an endothermic chemical reaction. Common household materials. Ideas provided for turning this into an experiment and taking the learning farther!

Teaching a science co-op class and needing some experiements. Here are seven experiments for a co-op science class.

Are you looking for the ultimate list of inspiring homeschool co-op class ideas? You've come to the right place! This list is to get your creative juices flowing

Teaching middle and high school co-op classes just got easier with this unique post of co-op class ideas for older students.

Do you want your kids to wash their hands? Then check out this awesome homeschool co-op about germs and the lymphatic system!

These homeschool co-op class ideas will help get you started on choosing the best classes for your group. My hope is that you will tailor these co-op class ideas into an educational experience that is perfect for your students.

The Playful Pioneers was the highlight at our homeschool co-op in 2020 when the whole world shut down. While everyone’s life was put on hold we explored the option of implementing a curriculum that would bring us back to the ‘good ole days.` Homeschool mamas go above and beyond to make their homeschool the best they

This post was inspired and sponsored by Air Is Not Oxygen: Essential Science You Should Have Learned … But Probably Didn’t!. Opinions are my own and I was not required to write a positive review. If you are part of a homeschool co-op, you probably help come up with class ideas and titles. Maybe you […]

The Playful Pioneers was the highlight at our homeschool co-op in 2020 when the whole world shut down. While everyone’s life was put on hold we explored the option of implementing a curriculum that would bring us back to the ‘good ole days.` Homeschool mamas go above and beyond to make their homeschool the best they

Jodi shared her Insects Class plans (K-3rd) with us last week. This week she is sharing her plans for upper elementary. Thanks, Jodi! I taught another co-op class about insects for upper elementary children. We studied a different insect for each of the nine weeks we were in session. You can download the syllabus here. We used …

Read great books, exercise, sing, lapbook, dance–this My Body preschool and kindergarten science class has it all! Using Homeschool Share’s FREE My Body Lapbook as my base, I put together a co-op class for preschool and kindergarten. I only used parts of the lapbook, but all the pages you need to print are noted in the weekly …

Testing for Vitamin C with Iodine is an engaging activity because of the color changes that happen. Free lesson printable. Try testing pumpkin, lemons, squash, oranges.

Everything You Need to Host a Fun, Hands-On Homeschool Co-op on Composting Worms! Fun Homeschool Co-op Ideas and Activities on Vermicomposting. Homeschool Co op Idea for All Ages!

These homeschool co-op class ideas will help get you started on choosing the best classes for your group. My hope is that you will tailor these co-op class ideas into an educational experience that is perfect for your students.

Logic and critical thinking easily meet science in this bean classification activity for middle school and high school students.

Do you want your kids to wash their hands? Then check out this awesome homeschool co-op about germs and the lymphatic system!

These homeschool co-op class ideas will help get you started on choosing the best classes for your group. My hope is that you will tailor these co-op class ideas into an educational experience that is perfect for your students.

Here are some hands-on activities for your homeschool co-op on the digestive system that will make the topic of digestion fun!

The Playful Pioneers was the highlight at our homeschool co-op in 2020 when the whole world shut down. While everyone’s life was put on hold we explored the option of implementing a curriculum that would bring us back to the ‘good ole days.` Homeschool mamas go above and beyond to make their homeschool the best they

Learn more about Rabbit Trails through Science: Space. See inside of the curriculum, what lessons it includes, and more.

Co-op kids with their "Guts" t-shirts Cow eyeballs to dissect! Hearts to walk through! DNA to extract from kiwi! Here are s...

As homeschool moms already know, flexibility is an incredibly important skill to hone. We love our planners and our outlines (and our laminating machines!), and routine is the beating heart of a healthy homeschool day. But whether you're facing a world pandemic or trying to teach a subject across a…

Shake, Rattle, and Roll! Are you ready for this? It's the earthquake challenge and jiggly jello...... and, boy do I have a story to tell you! Here's My Story... and I'm Sticking to it! This is a challenge I wanted to try for a long time. I thought a jello base as the shake table

We (my 4, almost 5, year old and I…and sometimes my 2 year old) are part of a small homeschool co-op consisting of 7 kiddos (and some younger siblings) who are all currently 4 and 5 years old. We meet once a week and the moms take turns putting a themed lesson together. We’ve been doing this for three years now and have, obviously, tailored what we choose to teach based on the kids’ ages.

LEGO and Science? You bet! Try these awesome LEGO science projects that get kids learning while having a ton of fun. LEGO zip line, magnet maze and more.

Need some ideas for teaching about the states of matter- solids, liquids and gasses to kids? These activities and experiments are perfect!

Scroll through our ultimate list of homeschool co-op class ideas and I promise you'll find what you're looking for and more!

Storytelling for Kids! Try this hands-on class for your homeschool co-op.

Want some great homeschool co-op class ideas? Here is a huge list of different classes that we have done at ours to inspire you!

Summer is coming, and so are the BUGS! A few years ago, my friend, Jodi taught two insect classes at co-op. I’ve asked her to guest post about the class. Most children are fascinated by insects, and this would make a fun class or club for this summer or fall. For our Fall semester 2012, …

Looking for some fun science for kids activities for this Spring and Summer? From weather to animals to earth science to gardening; we've got you covered!

This is part 1 of a 5 part hands-on unit study on Floating & Flying (Fluid Mechanics). This week's focus is buoyancy (floating). Build an aluminium foil barge that can hold the most pennies, experiment with what floats and sinks and why, explore the relationship between density and buoyancy, and more! My lessons are geared toward 4th-5th grade level children and their siblings. These are lessons I created to do with a weekly homeschool co-op. We meet each week for 2 1/2 hours and have 33 childre

This article goes over how to host an awesome, hands-on homeschool co-op on plant and animal cells, microscopes, and microbiology.

You want to teach a co-op class, but you don't know what? Here are 25 easy homesschool co-op class ideas that anyone can teach.