STEAM Kits: Grade 3 and Up

Building and Design

Interest Grades: 4+

Dive into the Building and Design STEAM kit with hands-on activities. Children can explore their creativity and design skills through the KEVA Brain Builder activity. The City Engineering set allows children to engage their engineering and design abilities.

Estimation and Patterns

Interest Grade: 4+

Kids practice place value, estimation and operation concepts with a 1,000 piece centimeter cubes set helping them visualize quantities with ease. The 120 Activity Mat immerses kids into number concepts through 120 and teaches place value and number patterns. Books support estimation and visualization in a high-interest manner.

Examine Science and Nature

Interest Grade: 4+

The Examine Science and Nature Kit encourages kids to explore everyday items in their house, backyard or on a nature walk. The Handheld Mini Microscope and Specimen slides gives children a lens into assorted specimens including: algae, fish scales, coffee, grasshopper, silk to name a few. The fun and memory boosting game features essential science and nature topics to teach life science topics.

Explore Circuits

Interest Grades: 4+

Play and learn with this circuits kit. Develop problem solving, cause and effect, and logic skills in this addictive marble circuits game. Learn the fundamentals of circuitry with this imaginative play set made to teach key engineering and design principles.

Explore the Outdoors

Interest Grade: 4+

The Explore the Outdoor kit encourages kids to explore the great outdoors. Perfect for nature walks and backyard exploration with the submersible SeaScope and 2-1 Explorer Scope for up-close examination of everything from rocks to bugs. Perfect for STEM learning and exploration on the go!

Family Game Night

Interest Grades: 4+

Break away from screens and engage with this collection of games for children 10 and up. Villains, monsters, and a survival game are sure to engage kids. Small group play at the library or fun at home.

Let’s Explore Space

Interest Level: Grade 4+

Learn and explore space with this kit that includes a telescope, constellation and solar system projector, and book about stars and galaxies. Drive interest in STEM and exploration!

Machines and Contraptions

Interest Grades: 4+

Students construct, examine, and explain simple machines to develop a deeper understanding of how they make work easier. KEVA planks build an early understanding of proportion and balance, while teaching basic principles of physics and engineering.

Makey Makeys

Interest Grade: 4+

Using an internet connected device to run Scratch, a Makey Makey Kit allows you to use a basic circuit board to create touch sensitive controllers that can be used to interact with games, play music, and much more!

Each kit comes with all the wires, tape, pencils, and other goodies you need to get started! For more information, you can see our Makey Makey playlist on our TeenSpot YouTube channel.

My Amazing Body

Interest Grades: 4+

From your head to your toes, the My Amazing Body kit is an introduction to anatomy and explains the important parts of your body. The hands-on manipulatives for the heart, brain and skeleton will provide children an in-depth look into the human body and create an appreciation for everything their bodies can do.

Sphero Specdrums

Interest Grade: 3+

Specdrums are a wearable technology that syncs with your phone or tablet to create a color-sensitive sound-board. Use the onboard sound packs or create your own to remix music that interacts with your environment.

For more information, check out our TeenSpot YouTube channel to see exactly how it’s done.