STEM based activities for children aged 6-14
We’ve seen great success with our full and half day STEM camps across the UK in partnership with local schools and communities. 25 camps have been held in the last year, engaging more than 150 CGI volunteers and reaching more than 900 students.
Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, our STEM camps have been running virtually in the form of our STEM from Home activity packs!
Recognising the difficulties that parents face when balancing remote working and childcare, we created weekly STEM based activity packs that you can do at home with your children.
The activities are aimed at students aged 6-14, but everyone can get involved! Activities encompass all aspects of STEM, including coding, environmental sustainability and robotics. There will be a range of activities each week, involving activities with technical, practical and physical elements.
Find all the resources below and bookmark this page to return for more.
Safer Internet Day 2023
Cyber Security
This pack looks at cyber security, helping us all to stay safe online. Code cyber games, undertake the cyber research project, complete a cyber crossword and design an online safety poster!
Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths
Understanding STEM
STEM inventions
This pack looks at some of STEM’s most famous inventions. Create pattern designs with Scratch, research famous STEM Inventions and design an invention to help children study STEM subjects!
Science
This pack looks at science and how it impacts the world around us. Code your own memory game, conduct home chemistry experiments and play the Big Science Crossword!
New technologies
This pack looks at new technologies and how they impact the world around us. Create a robot to build the schools of the future, build your own home projector and make a virtual rocket!
Engineering
This pack looks at engineering and how it impacts our everyday lives. Code your own tech toys, design and build a bridge and go on an engineering hunt!
Coding and design
This pack looks at two very important STEM skills; Coding and Design. Your tasks are to code your own racing game using Scratch and design your own STEM Superhero!
Robotics
This pack looks at Robotics. Whilst learning about robotics and the important role they play in our everyday lives, learn how to design, build and control your own robot!
Cyber security
This pack looks at cyber security, helping us all to stay safe online. Code cyber games, undertake the cyber research project, complete a cyber crossword and design an online safety poster!
Geography
This pack looks at geography and how we impact the world around us. Code a virtual guide to your country, take a geography quiz, research famous STEM inventions from around the world and create a poster to educate people on pollution!
Smart cities
This pack looks at Smart Cities and the technology that they use. Learn all about how Smart cities run, design your own virtual house with Blender and create a poster to encourage people to walk or cycle to work!
Space
This pack looks at space and exploring our solar system. Create a virtual game world with Scratch, conduct a space research project and make your own model satellite!
Communication
This pack looks at the ways in which we communicate. Complete online safety activities, learn how to read and write in Morse Code and play STEM ‘Who Am I?’.
Sustainability
Using STEM to protect the future of our planet
Environment
This pack looks at the Environment and the key issues that face our planet. Design your own eco-school, create your own environment magazine and go on a nature hunt!
Nature
This pack looks at how we can make the most of nature. Code an animated sunrise, make a homemade bird feeder, learn to grow fruit and vegetables from scraps and complete a nature crossword!
Animal kingdom
This pack looks at the animal kingdom and how we can help to save endangered species. Code a parrot game with Scratch, undertake our endangered animal research project and design a digital magazine to give your top pet tips!
Renewable energy
This pack looks at how the world is adapting to renewable energy. Research how renewable energy works, code energy challenges, discover its benefits, attempt a word search and design a renewable energy magazine.
Smart Homes
This pack looks at smart homes. CGI and Smart DCC will help you to research the technology behind smart homes and smart meters, find out how homes are powered and design a smart home of your own!
Project Seagrass
This pack looks at seagrass. Research seagrass, build your own Secchi disk, undertake the project seagrass word search and take on ocean coding challenges.
Introducing COP26
This lesson plan looks at COP26. Learn more about the event and make your own homemade bird feeder and Secchi disk.
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COP26 Lesson Plan
This pack takes a deeper look at COP26. Research climate change, learn about electric vehicles and take on climate coding challenges.
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COP27
This pack introduces COP27. Research climate change, learn about electric vehicles, take on climate coding challenges, and make your own homemade bird feeder and Secchi disk.
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Culture
How STEM can enrich our lives
Art and design
This pack looks at how art and design impacts everyday life. Code a virtual birthday card, complete your first graphic design assignment and draw your favourite STEM designs.
Music and sound
This pack looks at how we use music and sound in business and our everyday lives. Code a live DJ set, create your own STEM rap and play musical drinking glasses!
Food
This pack looks at some of STEM’s most famous inventions. Create pattern designs with Scratch, research famous STEM Inventions and design an invention to help children study STEM subjects!
Travel
This pack looks at how travel impacts business and our day to day lives. Code a flag quiz, design the cars of the future and complete a travel word search.
BAME Cultures and celebrations
This pack looks at worldwide celebrations and cultures. Discover the Yi Peng Lantern Festival, code your own sunrise and build your own balloon powered boat!
BAME Inspirational role models
This pack looks at some of our inspiring BAME STEM role models. Discover the different jobs available in STEM, meet some of our CGI members and learn about famous and influential BAME STEM figures.
Sport and healthy living
This pack looks at sport and healthy living. Code your own sports games, create a healthy living poster for children and develop your own home exercise routine!
Halloween
This pack looks at Halloween! Code a ghost catching game with Scratch, undertake a pumpkin science experiment, play scary spot the difference, make Halloween bunting and play Spooky Bingooo!
Christmas
This pack is all about Christmas! Code Christmas-themed games, make bunting to decorate the home, bake Christmas biscuits, write festive poetry and take on our Christmas word search!!
Cricket
This pack looks at cricket! Students can learn about the history of Marylebone Cricket Club, find out about the wide range of technology used in cricket, design a poster to encourage children to play cricket and take on our cricket crossword.
Why not pursue a STEM career, maybe even join us at CGI
Did you enjoy learning about STEM? Well there are lots of fascinating careers in STEM and our experts here at CGI get to work with STEM every single day!
Find out more about STEM careers and CGI in these packs, and learn even more with these useful resources.
Careers
This pack looks at STEM careers and the different industries involved. Code a virtual to do list with Trinket, learn what STEM jobs are, design an advert for your dream job and play 'STEM Who Am I?'
CGI
This pack looks at CGI. Use your skills developed over the past 20 weeks to showcase your projects, play CGI bingo, Research CGI and create a STEM job advert!
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