Inspire Creativity with Outdoor STEM Activities!

Take STEM learning outside with this Outdoor STEM Activities Resource Pack, a low-prep STEM learning resource designed to encourage students to explore, design, and build using natural materials. Perfect for incorporating real-world problem-solving and creativity into your lessons, this pack provides everything you need to guide your students through engaging outdoor STEM activities.

Easy Outdoor Stem Activities for Kids

This comprehensive resource includes a variety of templates, cards, and prompts to help you prepare and implement Outdoor STEM Activities. With these printable resources, you’ll find that these easy outdoor STEM activities for elementary students are manageable and fun! This Outdoor STEM Activity pack includes the following:

• Parent Communication Note: This is a ready-to-use note to send home, asking families to help gather natural materials like sticks, leaves, or stones for class activities.
• Material Picture Cards: We have included 16 Outdoor STEM Material picture cards featuring clear, vibrant photos of approved natural materials students can use in their designs.
• Building Challenge Cards: This resource includes 20 Outdoor STEM Activity cards featuring a variety of prompts to spark creativity, such as “Build a bridge ” or “Design a birdhouse”.
• Reflection Cards: These cards encourage students to think critically about their designs by asking questions like, “Could you make your structure taller?” and “How would you improve your structure?”
• Planning and Design Templates: We have included six formatted Outdoor STEM Activity templates for brainstorming ideas, sketching designs, and documenting the building process.

Step Into STEM – Outdoor Activities Download

This resource is available as a printable PDF resource file and an editable Google Slides download. To get your copy of our STEM Outdoor Activities, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and select your preferred file type.

We have also included a full-colour version and a black-and-white version if needed.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter collaborator.

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