STEAM Power: a Quaker Valley High School club helping kids see their STEAM power through exposure to science, technology, engineering, art, and math!
This STEAM index includes a list of STEAM-centered resources for youth.
NASA STEM Engagement — Free lessons, activities, videos, engineering challenges, and educator resources. K–12
Smithsonian Learning Lab — Digital collections, lesson plans, and interdisciplinary STEAM activities. K–12
Discovery Education — Standards-aligned STEM and science resources for classrooms. K–12
National Geographic Education — Geography, environmental science, engineering, and exploration activities. K–12
PBS LearningMedia — Thousands of free educational videos and lesson plans. PK–12
MIT Full STEAM Ahead — Curated K-12 STEAM activities, lessons, and outreach materials from MIT. K–12
TeachEngineering — Engineering lessons, activities, and design challenges developed by universities. K–12
Engineering for Kids Activities — Hands-on engineering projects for elementary and middle school students. PK–8
Science Buddies Engineering Projects — Project ideas spanning multiple engineering disciplines. 3–12
Tinkercad — Free 3D design, engineering, and modeling platform. 3–12
Lemelson-MIT Program — Invention education resources and the InvenTeams program for high schoolers. 9–12
Code.org — Free coding curriculum, Hour of Code activities, and computer science pathways. PK–12
Code.org Elementary Curriculum — Grade-specific computer science courses for younger students. PK–5
Scratch — Block-based programming platform created by MIT. 3–8
MIT App Inventor — Lets kids easily build visual, functional mobile apps. 6–12
CS Unplugged — Computer science concepts taught through hands-on, no-computer activities. K–8
Khan Academy Computing — Programming, computer science, and digital literacy courses. 6–12
Tynker — Kid-friendly coding platform with game- and app-building courses. K–8
Common Sense Education — Helps kids navigate technology and the internet safely. K–12
Science Buddies — Science fair projects, experiments, and STEM career information. K–12
PhET Interactive Simulations — Interactive simulations for physics, chemistry, biology, and math. 6–12
HHMI BioInteractive — Biology-focused videos, virtual labs, and classroom materials. 9–12
Exploratorium Science Snacks — Hands-on science activities using everyday materials. K–8
ChemMatters (American Chemical Society) — Chemistry-in-the-real-world articles and lesson resources for teens. 9–12
NOAA Education — Ocean, atmosphere, weather, and climate science resources. K–12
Khan Academy Math — Comprehensive math instruction from elementary through college level. K–12
NRICH Mathematics — Rich mathematical tasks and problem-solving activities. K–12
Illustrative Mathematics — Standards-based math tasks and lessons. K–12
Mathigon — Interactive, visually engaging math lessons for kids. 6–12
Amplify Education — Free graphing tools and interactive math activities for the classroom. 6–12
Tate Kids — Games, quizzes, and make-and-share art activities from the Tate galleries. K–8
NGAkids (National Gallery of Art) — AI-powered art explorers, digital painting tools, and artist-inspired games. K–8
#MetKids (The Met) — An interactive map of the Met's collection made for, with, and by kids. 2–8
KinderArt — Free art lesson plans and projects sorted by grade and age, from drawing to art history. PK–12
Art for Kids Hub — Thousands of step-by-step drawing, painting, and sculpting lessons. PK–8
Google Arts & Culture — Explore museum collections, virtual tours, and art history from institutions worldwide. 6–12
Ducksters: Art History — Kid-friendly explainers on famous artists, movements, and techniques. 3–8
Crayola Education — Art-integrated lessons connecting creativity with STEM concepts. PK–8
The Kennedy Center Arts Integration Resources — Resources for integrating arts into STEM learning, plus dance, music, and theater. K–12
FIRST Robotics — Robotics competitions, curricula, and STEM programs. K–12
Maker Ed Resources — Maker-centered learning activities and educator tools. K–12
Arduino Education — Electronics, coding, and engineering projects. 6–12
Micro:bit Educational Foundation — Coding and physical computing resources. 3–8
Maker Faire — Global showcase events and a community directory of local maker faires and makerspaces. K–12
Regeneron ISEF — Pre-college science and engineering fair; qualify through an affiliated regional/state fair. 9–12
Regeneron Science Talent Search — Prestigious research competition, open to seniors only. 12
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge — Premier middle school STEM research competition. 6–8
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) — DoD-backed original-research symposia held across 47 regions, feeding into a national event. 9–12
National Science Bowl — Department of Energy–run STEM quiz-bowl with separate middle and high school divisions. 6–12
Breakthrough Junior Challenge — Global science-communication video competition; winner gets a $250,000 scholarship. 7-12
eCYBERMISSION — Army-sponsored, free team competition solving a real community problem with STEM. 6–9
ExploraVision — Toshiba/NSTA competition where teams envision a future technology 20 years out. K–12
National Ocean Sciences Bowl — Quiz-bowl-format oceanography competition with 25+ regional qualifiers. 9–12
Envirothon — Team-based environmental science competition covering soil, aquatics, wildlife, and forestry. 9–12
MATHCOUNTS — National math competition series for middle schoolers, run as bee-style rounds. 6–8
American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) — MAA's flagship series (AMC 8/10/12), the traditional path toward the USA Math Olympiad. 6–12
Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle School (MOEMS) — Monthly problem sets building toward olympiad-style math reasoning. 4–8
Congressional App Challenge — Official U.S. House of Representatives competition where students build an original app for their district. 6–12
USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) — Free, fully online individual competitive-programming series with monthly contests. 6–12
CyberPatriot — National youth cyber defense competition run by the Air & Space Forces Association. 6–12
picoCTF — Free, beginner-friendly cybersecurity "capture the flag" competition run by Carnegie Mellon. 6–12
FIRST Robotics Competition & FIRST Tech Challenge — Head-to-head robotics competitions with regional and world championships. 7–12
VEX Robotics Competition — Guinness-recognized largest robotics competition in the world, with IQ and V5 leagues by age. 4–12
Future City Competition — DiscoverE's engineering-design competition where teams build a model city around an annual theme. 6–12
Destination Imagination — Open-ended team challenges building creativity, STEM, and problem-solving skills. K–12
Odyssey of the Mind — International creative problem-solving program combining building, performance, and spontaneous challenges. K–12
Future Problem Solving Program International — Six-step critical- and creative-thinking model with competitive and non-competitive tracks. 4–12
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — The longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens across art and writing categories. 7–12
Doodle for Google — Annual national art contest where a winning student design is featured on Google's homepage. K–12
Genius Olympiad — International project competition on environmental issues, spanning science, art, film, music, and writing categories. 9–12
Technovation— Global tech entrepreneurship challenges where kids build an app or AI solution for a real-world problem. 2-12
Career Girls — Videos and career exploration featuring women across STEM fields. 6–12
STEM Like a Girl — STEM exposure and career pathway resources. 6–12
AAAS STEM Careers — Information on science and engineering careers. 9–12
O*NET Online — Detailed career information, skills, and education requirements. 9–12
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook — Government-verified salary, outlook, and requirement data by career. 9–12
NASA Kids' Club — Space-themed games for young children. PK–3
Mystery Science — Short, open-and-go science lessons for elementary classrooms. K–5
STEM Activities for Kids (Science Buddies) — Curated, age-sorted hands-on activities. PK–5
National Geographic Kids — Kid-friendly articles, videos, and games on nature and science. K–5