Northern Virginia STEM Learning Ecosystem: Kitchen and Garage Experiments for Families

About us:

About us: The Northern Virginia STEM Learning Network was established by Virginia Tech in 2007 as an informal network of STEM educators, maintained by Virginia Tech's DC Area Technical Education and Workforce Development Team. It became a formal part of the DMV Ecosystem in 2021 until that ecosystem grant expired in 2024. In October 2025 we received national recognition for our ecosystem and were now building the architecture to accomplish our goals. Please join us. STEM@vt.edu or Workforce@vt.edu

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Safety: Many (most) activities in the following sites provide opportunities for stressing the use of safety glasses, and in some cases gloves or aprons. Be sure to read through the activities in advance.

Babble - Craft-Based Experiments

Bill Nye - Home Demonstrations

BuzzFeed's Peggy Wang - Crafts-based Activities

Exploratorium - Family Experiments

PBS Kids - Categorized Lists

Pinterest - Experiments for Kids

Pinterest - STEM (Engineering) Activities for Kids

Red Tricycle - Classic at-home Experiments

Parenting Magazine - 10 Easy Science Fair Projects

Phlebotomy Technician Schools - List of 52 activities

Science Bob - List of Projects Experiments

Science for Kids - Experiments and Projects