Fall STEM Activities for Kids

Get kids ready for autumn with these 30+ Fall STEM activities for kids! Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the food, the colors, the weather, the cozy clothes, and the back to school excitement. Since my daughter is really excited about STEM, I decided to combine our joys and find some of the best Fall STEM activities from some of my favorite bloggers.

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Pumpkin STEM activities for kids

Pumpkin STEM Activities

1. How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? uses a fun children’s book and pumpkin activities to teach kids about pumpkins, counting, and estimation.

2. Oozing Pumpkins from Team Cartwright uses small pumpkins to explore 3 different kinds of reactions that “ooze”.

3. Painting Pumpkins with Paintballs from From Engineer to Stay at Home Mom is a fun painting experiment with watercolors.

4. Exploding Pumpkins from Hands-On Teaching Ideas is a fun and messy experiment that teaches kids about chemical reactions.

5. Pumpkin Volcanoes from Little Bins for Little Hands is a simple chemistry experiment you can do at home.

6. Stacking Pumpkins from The Educators’ Spin On It is a seasonal engineering challenge for kids.

7. Pumpkin Patch Maze from Preschool Toolkit encourages kids to work on their engineering skills by building a maze.

Apple STEM Activities

1. Mummification with Apple Mummies by Our Family Code is a science experiment based on the Magic Tree House book Mummies in the Morning which teaches kids about mummification.

2. Caramel Apple Rock Painting from From Engineer to Stay at Home Mom teaches kids about centripetal force with adorable painted rocks.

3. Salt Crystal Apples from STEAMsational is an easy experiment that makes cute decorative apples out of pipe cleaners and salt.

4. Apple Boats from A Dab of Glue Will Do is a science experiment that teaches kids about buoyancy.

5. Apple Oxidation Science Experiment from Mombrite explores the chemical reaction that turns apples brown.

6. Apple Volcano from Mombrite teaches kids about chemical reactions and offers a chance to practice the scientific method.

Halloween STEM Activities

1. The Room on the Balance Broom Activity from Our Family Code is a center of mass experiment based on a the popular children’s book by Julia Donaldson.

2. Making Ghost Sounds from Our Family Code is a fun experiment that teaches kids about centripetal force.

3. Halloween Pumpkin Science from Active Littles is a seasonal spin on the beloved Skittles Science Experiment.

4. Ghost Balloons from Mama Smiles teaches kids about gases and chemical reactions.

5. Halloween Optical Illusions from Edventures is a creative activity that explores the science behind optical illusions.

Fall Leaf STEM Activities

1. Leaf Stamping and Rubbing encourage kids to explore Fall leaves and create their own artwork out of them.

2. Favorite Leaf Graphing Activity from Really, Are You Serious? teaches kids about bar graphs with colorful leaf cut outs.

3. The Moving Water Sensory Activity from The Keeper of the Memories teaches kids about cause and effect.

4. Free Standing Trees with Leaves from The Preschool Toolbox Blog is a fun experiment that encourages kids to think critically.

5. Leaf Chromatography from STEAMsational explores the brilliant colors of Fall leaves.

6. Salt Crystal Leaves from Little Bins for Little Hands is a fun activity that creates crystals on construction paper leaves.

7. Fall Leaf Scavenger Hunts from Edventures encourages kids to explore the different colors and shapes of leaves around them.

8. Leaf Preservation from Red Ted Art offers six methods to preserve colorful fall leaves.

9. Tracing Veins of a Leaf from Go Science Kids encourages kids to explore Fall leaves by tracing the thin veins.