Letting Off STEAM

Maker activities your family can do at home - shhhh, there's science in that fun!

The entire playlist is available here. For printable instructions see the Supporting Documents linked at the bottom of this page.

Build a solar fan to harness the power of the sun.
Play with rainbows using a spectrograph.
Rock out with your phone and paper speakers.
Sunny days means you can try your hand at sunscreen art!
See what happens when you combine nail polish and water.
Make art with waxed paper, an iron and watercolors.
Cause an explosive chain reaction using popsicle sticks, rubber bands and the power of levers.
Make beautiful skyline art using common math formulas.
The paradoxes don't stop - next up is water candles.
Get geometric with a geoboard.
Our most multifaceted and polysyllabic project yet - a rhombicuboctahedron.
Make a pastel leaf.
Soap dough?!? A confounding substance.
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those monster eyeballs?
BATTLE SLIME: An Epic Letting Off STEAM/Kitchen Science Co-Production
Try making penny art.
Make a chicken noisemaker! Bwaaak!
Make gelatin plastic and fight the urge to eat the results.
Make your peekin' extra sneaky with spy glasses.
Fulfill that need for speed with rubber band cars.
What folds around, comes around: origami boomerangs.
Get metal! Make art!
Make a buzzy noisemaker and show the bees some love.
You may be handy, but are you make-a-robotic-hand handy?
Survey the scene with a pool noodle periscope.
Get creative and flexible with flextangles.
Sidewalk fun with DIY chalk.
Get your head spinning with a zoetrope.
Solve a geologic argument with egg geodes.
Protein, calcium, and science. Make toys out of milk.
Create a walking horse with paper, scissors, and a simple ramp.
You may have made slime, but have you ever made edible slime?