Check out these States of Matter activities and experiments you can do at home or in the classroom. These are also a great way to break up your home school lessons with some interactive activities. Click to find kids activities, STEM challenges, STEAM projects and science experiments at STEMtropolis.com

Mr. R’s STEAM Lab on Instagram: "Straw Rockets! 🚀 Looking for an activity that requires low prep, simple supplies, and is K-2 friendly? Look no further than Straw Rockets! Makers build their own rocket and observe it's flight pattern by adding tail fins. You can even modify the lesson for older students by playing a game of UFO Hunter where you can turn the rockets into balloon blow darts! You can find this lesson on my TPT. I also recorded a student friendly build along for my YT…

Bucket Towers is an original STEM Challenge for upper elementary classes and it is a student favorite. You will love the easy prep! This is hard to believe, but some of our best STEM Challenges have been created accidentally. The STEM Bucket Tower challenge is one of those! Building boats was another total spur-of-the-moment challenge.

Provide a hands-on STEAM learning opportunity with the DIY Robot Hand Activity! Children will love making their own robotic hand with straws, string, and paper.

Discover some fascinating, no prep, STEM activities and challenges you can do with your students using paper! Engineering, math and science.

STEM / STEAM for Kids: Create your own straw pan flutes! A fun craft you can use to explore the science of sound and music. Children can create their own songs and record them on the free song recording sheet printable! #stem #steam #music #sound #scienceforkids #kindergarten #firstgrade #musicforkids #craftsforkids #kidscrafts

History STEM activities and challenges for the classroom ensure students have a hands-on way to learn history material of the world.

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

Make a straw rocket with a free printable file! This STEM activity is for kids of all ages and they will love playing with their creation!

How to Make a Pom Pom Shooter. This is a fun STEM activity for preschool and kindergarten kids to make. #stem #preschool #kindergarten