STEM activities for Easter
There are many ways to teach your kids computational thinking at home. Make this Easter weekend fun and educational by trying some of these resources.
Scratch is a great way to introduce kids to coding. Simple drag-and-drop instructions are used to create interactive games, animations, and stories.
iCompute has created full lesson plans for Easter egg hunt Scratch coding activities. All you need for this coding lesson is an internet browser! These activities are suggested for ages 5-7 and 7-11.
Download the lesson plan and follow along with your kids.
There are also a lot of ways to incorporate STEM learning away from the computer:
- You can create the Egg Carton Unplugged activity from Teach Your Kids Code with common items found around your house.
- Combine art and computational thinking with this Easter egg Algorithm Art activity.
- Younger kids will enjoy these 10 simple Easter STEM activities.
- Improve math skills with these colouring math worksheets.
- The kitchen is a perfect place to integrate STEM. Try a simple easter recipe to teach math and computational thinking skills.
- Finish your Easter weekend with a Scavenger hunt.