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PreK-12 STEM activities from FIRST ®

Kids engaged in hands-on learning with STEM

Whether you are a teacher, parent, or FIRST® coach, you can use the free FIRST @ Home curriculum series to engage PreK-12 students in STEM learning, skill-building, and FUN with age-appropriate activities designed to build STEM and social-emotional skills.

Each activity features a specific skill area and topic for students to work through using the engineering design process and can be done individually or in collaboration, used as a stand-alone lesson, or bundled together as a series to deepen STEM learning.

Keep your students engaged and nurture their critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with guided activities featuring different aspects of STEM learning, from coding and programming to computer-aided design.

 

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Twelve lessons for each age group to enjoy at home, with a team, in the classroom, or remotely. There are four age groups to choose from. Mix and match lessons that meet the needs of your students! Each lesson includes a teacher lesson plan and a student activity guide. Check out the getting started guide to learn about the details in each lesson, series structure, and strategies to use the lessons in various learning environments.  
  • Grades PreK – 1, Ages 4-6

  • Grades 2-4, Ages 6-10

  • Grades 4-8, Ages 9-16

  • Grades 7-12, Ages 13-18

FIRST Core Values Activities

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10-lesson series focusing on social, emotional learning practices combined with FIRST Core Values.

Download the Social-Emotional Curriculum Series

Command Based Programming Series

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5-lesson series using the Pololu Romi robot to explore programming in FIRST® Robotics Competition through the WPILib platform.

Explore command-based programming activities

Operation Clean Water by Kneoworld

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1 lesson combining the exploration of water cycles at the K-4 grade levels, a fun story, and engineering challenge.

Activity summary and student mission guide

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