STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math
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STEAM Overview
Out-of-School Time programs are ideal for hands-on and engaging STEAM activities; use these resources to help get you started. If you need additional support or have questions - fill out our Request Technical Assistance form in Quick Links and check out our STEM playlist on YouTube.
WI Resource Map
Check out this interactive map of OST STEAM Resources in Wisconsin. Simply select a resource location on the map and click to learn more.
If you have a STEAM Resource not listed on the map - please fill out this survey to have your resource added.
Family Engagement
Families play an essential role in their children’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and children are more likely to engage in STEM learning and see the value of STEM when their caregivers have positive attitudes toward STEM. One way to foster these positive attitudes is through STEM focused family events. View the adapted Family Engagement Toolkit for OST STEAM based on the CARE Framework (image below), view the recorded webinar on this topic housed on our YouTube channel and use the Family Engagement Worksheet to help you in your STEM focused family event planning.
Wisconsin DNR
Access the links below and watch the webinar to learn more about Wisconsin DNR STEAM Resources
PBS Wisconsin
Youth Media Production for Beginners with PBS: View these resources and visit StoryMaker for more media production content. Watch the webinar.
View this previously recorded webinar for additional resources with PBS Wisconsin.
General Resources
Visit PBS to access PBS Design Squad Nation
Design Squad Nation is a TV show produced by PBS that is accompanied by games, activities, and other resources for educators. The website includes games and videos that explore different design projects, individual activities and lesson plans. It is designed for elementary and middle school youth - targeting engineering and project design.
Visit PBS to access Design Squad Global Club
PBS Design Squad supports students in out of school Design Squad Clubs where they explore engineering through fun-packed, high-energy, hands-on activities-and partner with a DSG club from a different country. By working on real-world engineering projects that are meaningful and socially relevant to communities around the world, kids begin to see themselves as young engineers with the power to make a difference.
Visit PBS to access Afterschool Adventure!
This resource is a collection of multimedia activities based on a particular theme and targeted math skills. Each activity guide includes digital content as well as related literacy connections and hands-on activities that allow children to practice and learn math skills to successfully complete a new adventure.
Visit Technovation for free Design Challenges to explore STEM through hands-on activities.
Curiosity Machine is an online platform for families, teachers, and youth program leaders that provides everything needed to set up hands on engineering projects with simple everyday materials. This resource includes a series of web-based engineering challenges co-developed by scientists and engineers. In each challenge, youth participants are guided through by an engineering mentor. The challenges can be completed with low- or no-cost materials, and are designed such that they can be added to by the online community. They emphasize the creative process of science and engineering. Families, educators, and mentors are all part of the community along with youth participants.
Visit the Exploratorium to access Tools for Teaching and Learning
The Exploratorium was designed to make science visible, touchable, and accessible to a wide variety of people—at the museum, online, and in the classroom. They adopt an "explore-for-yourself way of learning" and have developed professional development programs to provide educators with the skills, tools, and support they need to apply inquiry-based learning and teaching in their classes. They also have programs that make connections between the traditionally separate worlds of formal (school) and informal (museum) education and understanding.
Do you have questions about providing math homework help? Read Confused by Your Kid's Math Homework and 5 Resources for Helping with Math Homework for additional tools and information.
PDF of STEAM Activities
Looking for activities you can implement in your afterschool program today? Say goodbye to googling or searching on Pinterest. Use this activity resource to support youth in building an engineering mindset.
STEAM Youth Scholarships
Do you know any young women hoping to further their STEM education? If so - there are many scholarships available to Women in STEM. Check out this resource article by Madison Trust Company with a listing of scholarship opportunities.
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