STEM Play

Students respond to an animated story prompt by designing a creative LEGO build that solves a problem, then document their design with a drawing, written journa…

Hands-on STEAM course building three working hydraulic models (box, drawbridge, crane) using syringes, tubing, cardboard, and water while exploring force transf…

A four-week beginner course that develops computational thinking through robot missions, puzzles, and algorithm challenges. Each session includes a short mini-l…

Design ramps, tracks, jumps, and crashes to test force, motion, energy, momentum, friction, and mass using Nearpod lessons plus hands-on car and track challenge…

This course introduces students to the engineering design process and the six simple machines (pulley, screw, wheel and axle, inclined plane, lever, wedge). Eac…

Students learn step-by-step methods to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube while exploring related math concepts and algorithms.

Learn a beginner layer-by-layer method to solve the Pyraminx, practice last-layer cases and intuitive edge techniques, and build speed through repeated practice…

A Level 2 ScratchJr course for students with prior ScratchJr experience that teaches block-based coding via a rotation of projects. Lessons follow a show-try-do…

Learn to recognize Part 2 OLL cases and apply the correct algorithms to orient the last layer (get the top color) on a 3x3 cube, with drills to improve speed an…

Daily short videos present new Minecraft build prompts; students build, share creations in class, and receive instructor feedback and tips.

This course introduces programming problem-solving and core C++ constructs: expressions, decision structures, iteration, functions, structures, and strings. Les…

Three build-and-reflect LEGO challenges that develop imagination and problem-solving through story-driven projects and journaled reflections.

Three animated story challenges that prompt imaginative LEGO builds, journaling, and submission of a photo or video of the final creation.

Students receive an animated story prompt, design a LEGO solution to the challenge, record their ideas in a journal page, and submit a photo or video of their b…

Respond to an animated story prompt by inventing a LEGO solution, document the design in a provided journal page, and submit a photo or video of the build.

Students receive an animated story prompt, invent a LEGO solution to the problem, record their design in a journal, and submit a photo or video of their build.

Respond to an animated story prompt to design and build an inventive LEGO solution, then document the build with a journal entry and photo or video.

A one-time LEGO design challenge where learners use an animated story prompt to build a solution, document it in a journal page, and submit a photo or video.