Youth & Family Learning Activities
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Get educational activities for youth made to encourage interacting with the world, and learn about youth and family related topics.
Balloon Car
Design and build a balloon car to help better understand Newton's Laws of Motion.
Bean in a Bag
Students will observe germination and growth of bean plants in this simple activity.
Bird Beaks
Learn how to engineer a bird, using the engineer design process.
Circle of Friends
This learning activity will help you examine qualities that you look for in a good friend. This is Activity 2 for the 2021 4-H Health Officer program.
Coder Says
Emma Gardner turns the game "Simon Says" into "Coder Says", using terminology from basic coding and explains how to play a STEM game.
Code the Class
Make your own Cipher Wheel to code secret messages that only the person you are sending it to will understand.
DIY Flashlight
Design and build your own flashlight with a few simple materials that really works!
DIY Flashlight SuppliesEgg Parachute
In this activity, learn how to harness the power of physics and air resistance to make an egg parachute.
Egg Parachute Activity Steps
Ghost Spheres
Ghost spheres are made from a superabsorbent polymer that absorbs hundreds of times its weight in water and allows them to seemingly vanish when submerged.
Grow Dinosaurs
Grow a polymer dinosaur to help understand how to record and interpret observations over time.
Listening Power
Boosting listening skills makes friendships and relationships better. This is Activity 3 for the 2021 4-H Health Officer program.
Me Map
This learning activity will help you visualize relationships that you have in your life. This is Activity 1 for the 2021 4-H Health Officer program.
Oobleck
Get your hands messy by creating the Non-Newtonian mixture of Oobleck.
Phases of Matter
Learn about the phases of matter, solid, liquid and gas, and do an experiment for each phase.
Pinhole Projector
Create your own Pinhole Projector to view and experiement with the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse!
Pocket Solar System
Create your own Pocket Solar System and test your planet knowledge!
Powerful Words
This learning activity will help you think about the power in our word choices and how we say them. We challenge you to create a Happy Gram with a helpful and encouraging message for someone in your life. This is Activity 4 for the 2021 4-H Health Officer program.
Rubberband Car
In this activity, build a four-wheeled car from random materials you likely have lying around your house.
Rubberband Helicopter
Build a rubber band helicopter to investigate components that alter flight and help them understand the forms of energy involved.
Sail Car
Using a printed template, build a car that is powered by the wind!
Simple Machines
The simple machines video and associated lesson plan is brought to you courtesy of Engineering is Elementary.
Smart Relationships
This learning activity will help you think about the keys to smart relationships. Play the game, Smart Checkup, with the Health Officers. This is Activity 5 for the 2021 4-H Health Officer program.
Spoon Catapult
In this activity kids will create a catapult that can launch a marshmallow or craft pompom. There are many different ways to make a catapult using these materials.
Spoon Catapult Activity SuppliesStraw Oboe
Learn how to upcycle a drinking straw into a musical instrument, like the oboe!
Straw Rocket
Design and build a launcher and straw rocket and then launch your creation.
UV Beads
Make a UV bracelet to learn about ultraviolet radiation and investigate the protective power of sunscreen.