Looking for online opportunities for your daughter to continue learning and exploring STEM ideas? The following websites offer age-appropriate activities, games, and interactions for elementary and middle school girls.
The EngineerGirl website is designed to bring national attention to the exciting opportunities that engineering represents for girls and women. Read bios from female engineers, learn about careers and projects women engineers work on, enter their yearly essay contest for 3rd-12th grade girls, and ask an engineer any question you have. This site is a service of the National Academy of Engineering.
The SciGirls website is created by PBS Kids specifically for girls interested in learning about science. Topics include animals, outer space, and our environment. Play games, watch videos, and create your own SciGirl profile to interact with other girls interested in STEM.
Design Squad is another great online resource from PBS. With a focus on engineering, building, and creating, this site has lots of DIY activities, videos, and games to excite your daughter’s interest in STEM. Like SciGirls, kids can create their own profile to share ideas with other kids and engineer mentors.
Engineering, Go For It! (eGFI) breaks down over 10 different engineering specialties with information on what each field studies, where they work, how their work makes a difference, and so much more. This is a great resource for your daughter to learn about all the different aspects of engineering and to dream big about her future!
Exporatorium
, the San Francisco-based museum, has so many fun at-home projects in every field of STEM you can imagine! The best part is many of these projects require minimal supplies and have accompanying videos to show you what to do – perfect for when your daughter is looking for something to do but you don’t have time to plan an activity!
NASA For Students has everything a budding astronaut is interested in! From fun topics on space flight, to the current NASA missions, to opportunities for students, this website will inspire any girl to aim for the moon and beyond!
When you’re daughter is looking (ok…begging!) for a TV show to watch but you want some thing educational, turn to The Science Channel. With videos on their website and a full listing of their television programming, you can feel good about allowing a little extra screen time for your daughter!
Kodable is a fun website that helps teach coding skills for kids as young as preschool. Kids program step-by-step moves for their Kodable monster through mazes and to collect tokens. This website is completely free but does require each kid to have an account to track progress.