10 Fun STEM Experiments that You Can Do Today

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Children have a natural curiosity. And, STEM experiments allow a child to explore their curiosities in hands-on ways. It takes learning out of the textbooks and puts it in the forefront of a child’s mind. Asking a simple question and allowing a child to hypothesize the answer ignites a sense of curiosity.

By asking a simple question and allowing a child to hypothesize the answer you can ignite that sense of curiosity. Through experimentation, they learn to answer their own questions and discover results. It’s a simple way to teach the scientific method.

I’ve gathered 10 fun STEM experiments that can do today using simple items found around your home and can help you to kindle the inquisitiveness spirit of your homeschoolers.

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10 STEM Experiments

For instructions on each experiment, click the link in each title.

1-Plastic cups in Love -Reeko’s Mad Science Lab
Bernoulli’s principle

You’ll Need:

Tape
Plastic cup

String

2- BioFilm Experiment – The Homeschool Scientist
Engineering and Biology Inquiry Lab

You’ll need:

Clean, empty soda bottles (one for each child or pair)
Single hole punch
Scissors

Twine or rope
rubber bands
weights (rocks or pebbles)

Large plastic jug
Substances to coat the plastic such as; paint, oil, peppers, cayenne pepper, etc…
foam brushes

3- Make an Electroscope – The Homeschool Scientist
Testing Electrical Charges

You’ll Need:

A Clear glass or jar
A plastic lid to fit over the glass or jar

A Paper Clip
2 small Strips of Aluminum Foil
An Inflated Balloon

Pliers
Tape

4- Testing the Strength of Aluminum Foil – Schooling a Monkey
Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Foil

You’ll need:

Aluminum Foil

5- Charcoal Water Purifying Experiment – The Homeschool Scientist

You’ll Need:

A Measuring Cup

A Teaspoon
2 Baby Food Jars with Lids (or other similar jar)
Activated Charcoal

Water
Red Food Coloring

6- Rubber Band Helicopters – Instructables by LanceMakes in education

You’ll Need:

Propellers with plastic mount

Craft sticks
Paperclips
Rubber bands

Cardstock
Masking tape
Scissors

7- How to Make a Sinkhole – Education Possible
Sinkholes and Karst Terrain

You’ll Need:

Box of Sugar Cubes
Green or Brown Modeling Clay

Clear glass container with high sides (fish tank, bowl, or deep baking dish)
Water
Toothpick or Pencil

8- Make a Mold Terrarium – The Homeschool Scientist
A Study of Fungi

You’ll Need:

A Clear Container
Water

A variety of leftover foods

9- Cleaning Pennies – Teach Beside Me
Reversing Copper Oxidization

You’ll need:

Cups

Aged Pennies
Lemon Juice
Water

Soy Sauce
Dish Soap
Vinegar

Ginger Ale
Ketchup

10- Sticky Water – Reeko’s Mad Science Lab
Surface Tension

Hammer & Nail

Metal Can
Water

I hope that you and your children will enjoy exploring these STEM experiments. Perhaps they’ll start an entirely new world of exploration. You might find your children falling down the rabbit hole in search of more answers to questions they didn’t even know existed.