STEM Resources

Have you ever wanted to jump inside your favorite book or travel back in time? Augmented reality is making it possible to bring stories and history to life! This technology uses cameras and computer programs to add pictures and sound to the reality we see around us. People can use augmented reality in museums, hospitals, and factories. Learn all about this incredible technology!

As part of the Searchlight Books collection, this series explores the latest and greatest in the world of technology. Fascinating text, vivid photos, and real-world examples bring these amazing breakthroughs to life!

STEM Seasonal Challenges for grades 2-5 provides a fun way to enhance STEM learning in the classroom. This boxed set includes 30 challenge cards—each card is seasonally- or holiday-themed. Designed to capture a student's attention, challenges are diverse, simple, and easy to complete and include these fun activities: creating pumpkin catapults, making elf zip lines, designing pool floatation devices, and more!

Help students go full STEAM ahead with festive grab-and-go activities! Seasonal STEM Challenges offers an engaging way to get students interested in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Each challenge card features two sides—the front side includes the challenge and a visual list of materials needed to complete the challenge. The back of the card is ideal for extended learning and includes hints, questions, and explanations of the science behind the challenge. Each activity uses common materials and can be completed individually or during whole-class instruction.

STEM Challenges helps teachers integrate STEM into the classroom by providing hands-on activities that appeal to students. Because of the child-friendly text and the visual materials lists, these easy, but fun, activities can be completed independently, in small groups, or as a whole-class activity. The activities require common materials so students or teachers can "grab and go!” Don't forget to check out the STEM Challenges set for more fun ways to learn STEM.

• Detect objects – and avoid them!
• Follow looping commands
• Navigate obstacle courses
• Follow black lines

• Your child will get to learn early STEM skills while playing and having fun. Botley teaches the basics of coding through active play, completely screen free. Perfect for promoting critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Completely screen free coding – no phone or tablet required. Botley has an easy-to-use remote programmer, which transmits your commands – and off he'll go!
• Botley can detect objects and be programmed to go around objects with if/then logic. He can also follow looping commands, take on obstacle courses, follow black lines and has hidden features to unlock!
• Botley's 45-piece set comes with a remote programmer, detachable robot arms, and 42 coding cards

• Strengthens STEM, physics, basic engineering, strategy & fine-motor skills
• Expands creative, cooperative and logical thinking
• 156 cubes, 9 stunt pieces, 8 marble catchers, 30 steel marbles and instructions
• Sturdy box with handles makes clean-up and storage easy
• Cubes and Stunts are made from phthalate-free and BPA-free ABS plastic
• Marbles are nickel plated steel balls. They are not magnets.

This playset contains 1 indicator rod, 17 magnetic rods and 10 non-magnetic steel balls that let you connect and build whatever awesome creations you want. Make an architecturally sound bridge, a decorative star, or something wild and undefinable. The choice is up to you!

Create kinetic motion - with all the tools necessary to make your creations, spin, flip, rotate, and whirl, the Geomag Mechanics Construction Set is perfect for little engineers who want to design something exciting and kinetic! Contains 6 linear bars, 6 washers, 5 feet for washers, 1 tube, and 1 cone. 33 pcs total. Ages 5 and Up.

Please note: Contains STRONG MAGNETS. Keep away from sensitive devices such as credit cards, computers, magnetic media and medical devices like pacemakers.

Parents are eager to help their children learn, but teaching young children complicated scientific and mathematical concepts can be intimidating. Simple STEAM helps parents realize they don't need to be engineers or scientists to support STEAM learning.

• Help children explore STEAM concepts with fun and engaging activities
• Discover STEAM learning opportunities in everyday activities and experiences
• Prepare children for kindergarten
• Build crucial 21st century learning skills, including collaboration, communication, creativity and problem solving, curiosity, and critical thinking