FREE Soil Layer Pudding Activity

The PERFECT fun and easy summer STEM activities for homeschoolers, camp leaders, or parents at home.

This bundle includes three STEM activity guides covering physics, engineering, chemistry, and biology, and environmental sciences. Each guide incorporates engaging summer reading selections paired with hands-on STEM activities. The STEAM challenge deck provides 24 additional quick and easy building challenges from bird's nests to bridges!

With cross-curricular learning extensions in each guide, this bundle will also help mitigate summer learning loss and keep kids practicing core skill areas in math and literacy.

A Beginner’s Guide to Rockets for Kids

Blast off into space with ROCKET SCIENCE! This STEAM activity guide is the perfect way to introduce kids to the engineering design process. Rocket Science! can be used for a week or more as a secular homeschool unit study for a wide range of ages - perfect for family-style homeschooling. Kids will build their own rockets with two main project-based learning activities that teach kids design thinking. These hands-on rocket projects are ideal for preschoolers through elementary age.

A Young Naturalist’s Guide to Earthworms

Get ready for some gloriously wormy hands-on fun with Worm Science! This STEAM activity guide is an excellent introduction to biology for budding young scientists and nature-lovers. Worm Science! can be used for a week or more as a secular homeschool unit study for a wide range of ages - perfect for family-style homeschooling. Kids will explore worms with project-based learning building earthworm habitats and observing worm anatomy and behavior. Then, create worm-themed process art in an open-ended tactile sensory activity, excellent for children of any age who are working on sensory integration and processing. These hands-on worm science activities are ideal for preschoolers through elementary age.

The Curious Kid’s Guide to the Science of Slime!

Get your hands dirty with ooey gooey slime! This STEAM activity guide is the perfect introduction to the scientific method for kids with incredible hands-on FUN slime science activities! Slime Science! can be used for a week or more as a secular homeschool unit study for a wide range of ages - perfect for family-style homeschooling. Kids will make slime and explore the chemistry and structure of slime. Then, create and experiment with different types of slime in a fun, open-ended project-based learning activity. These hands-on slime science activities are ideal for elementary through middle school-age children.

Complete Soil Science Guide for Kids!

Dig deep into soil science with Dirt: Expedition Guide. This four-unit course is a perfect way to explore environmental science and the wonders of the natural world. Dirt can be used for 8 weeks or more as a secular homeschool science curriculum for a wide range of ages - perfect for family-style homeschooling. Young environmentalists and scientists will develop an appreciation for this precious natural resource through inquiry-based learning. Kids will explore soil texture, quality, conservation, and more with soil experiments, STEAM activities, games, and project-based learning activities. These hands-on soil science activities are ideal for elementary students through middle school.

Introduction to Soil Science for Kids

Get your hands dirty with the basics of soil science with Dirt: Dig In, a cross-curricular science unit study. This homeschool unit is the perfect way to introduce kids to environmental science and explore the wonders of the natural world. Dirt: Dig In can be used for two weeks or more as a secular homeschool unit study for a wide range of ages - perfect for family-style homeschooling. Young gardeners, naturalists, and scientists will get their hands dirty understanding what soil is - it’s NOT just dirt. Kids will learn about soil types and textures with soil experiments and STEAM activities that encourage hands-on open-ended exploration. Project-based learning activities will help kids model and test how soil is formed, what it’s made of, and how plants and people use soil. These hands-on soil science activities are ideal for preschoolers through elementary age. Take it further to explore the role of soil in culture with social studies extension options for older children. This unit study is the first in a four unit course all about the science of soil.

Soil Science for Kids - Life in the Soil

Journey underground to meet living organisms in the soil and learn how soil sustains life with Dirt: Living Earth, a cross-curricular science unit study. This homeschool unit is the perfect way to introduce kids to environmental science and explore the wonders of the natural world.  Dirt: Living Earth can be used for two weeks or more as a secular homeschool unit study for a wide range of ages - perfect for family-style homeschooling. Young gardeners, naturalists, and scientists will peek underground to find what organisms live in the soil. Kids will learn about biodiversity and healthy environments with a hands-on STEAM investigation finding and identifying the organisms in the soil. Project-based learning activities will help kids research insects and small animals that live underground and identify all the parts of a proper habitat for worms. These hands-on life science activities are ideal for preschoolers through elementary age. Take it further with a biodiversity assessment, make your own short nature documentary, or use our additional resource recommendations to build habitats for bugs. Though this study guide is effective on its own, this unit is also the second in a four-unit course all about the science of soil. 

Soil Science for Kids - Layers of Soil

Investigate the many layers of soil, learn how soil is formed, and all about different types of soil with Dirt: Soil Secrets, a cross-curricular science unit study. This homeschool unit is the perfect way to introduce kids to environmental science and explore the wonders of the natural world.  Dirt: Soil Secrets can be used for two weeks or more as a secular homeschool unit study for a wide range of ages - perfect for family-style homeschooling. Young gardeners, naturalists, and scientists will explore the mysteries of the soil, including how it changes over time. Kids will learn about soil layers and types with soil experiments and STEAM activities that encourage hands-on open-ended exploration. Project-based learning activities will help kids model the layers of soil and assess soil to determine its properties. Learn about soil type with a real test used by farmers and soil scientists, which also explores the concept of density. These hands-on soil science activities are ideal for elementary students through middle school. Buried Life, Buried History mini-studies provide an option to delve into paleontology or archeology.  Take it further researching the connection between soil type and biomes with a geography project for older children. Explore soil in stories and mythology with a language arts extension.  Though this study guide is effective on its own, this unit is also the third in a four unit course all about the science of soil. 

Soil Science for kids - Erosion and Conservation

Investigate soil erosion and conservation with Dirt: Losing Ground, a cross-curricular science unit study. This homeschool unit is the perfect way to inspire kids to conserve soil and protect the earth with this excellent environmental science resource.  Dirt: Losing Ground can be used for two weeks or more as a secular homeschool unit study for a wide range of ages - perfect for family-style homeschooling. Young naturalists, environmentalists and scientists will develop an appreciation for this precious natural resource through cross-curricular inquiry-based learning. Kids will learn how soil erodes and how to stop it with soil experiments and STEAM activities that encourage hands-on open-ended exploration.  Take it further exploring the history of soil erosion through the Dust Bowl. Project-based learning activities will help kids model the ecosystem of the soil through art. Games and puppets are used to explore the connection between the carbon cycle and soil. (The Carbon Cycle game can also be purchased separately.) These hands-on soil science activities are ideal for elementary students through middle school. With wordplay, content-based vocabulary helps deepen the connection between language and scientific learning. Though this study guide is effective on its own, this unit is also the final in a four-unit course all about the science of soil.