Read • Build • Solve:
Hands-On STEAM Challenges
Grades K–8

Combine literacy, engineering design, and problem-solving with ready-to-use STEAM kits!
Deliver literacy-rich STEAM education for up to 20 students with minimal prep. Each kit promotes active participation and critical thinking through hands-on science activities. Request more information to see how these classroom-ready kits can support your school or district goals.
Each kit includes:
- STEAM Challenge Supplies for 20 students to support immediate implementation and reduced teacher prep time
- Student Journals (20 copies) to provide students with dedicated workspaces for capturing ideas, planning, sketching, testing, recording data, and reflecting
- Smithsonian STEAM Reader (20 copies) to build background knowledge with high-interest text connected to the challenge
- Engineering Design Process Poster to help students visualize and track each phase of the challenge
- Teacher’s Guide includes instructional support, implementation guidance, and facilitation strategies
- Digital Learning Resources include an ebook and audiobook of the reader and fillable PDFs of student activity pages