Erosion Classroom Kit
The Erosion Wave Kit is a hands-on Earth science activity that helps middle school students investigate how moving water reshapes land over time. Using sand, a simple wave generator, and a shallow container, students can model wave action and directly observe erosion, deposition, and changes to shoreline features.
This kit is especially effective for making abstract Earth processes visible and testable. Students can vary wave strength, direction, and starting landforms to see how small changes lead to different erosion patterns. These investigations support evidence-based reasoning as students connect observations to real-world phenomena such as coastal erosion, beach formation, and the impact of storms on shorelines.
Exploring Rotational Inertia Classroom Kit
The Exploring Rotational Inertia Classroom Kit is a hands-on physics kit that helps middle school students investigate how mass and its distribution affect rotational motion. Using simple, durable components, students can compare rotating systems and directly observe how changing where mass is located changes how easily an object spins.
This kit is especially effective for moving students beyond “it spins faster/slower” descriptions and toward evidence-based reasoning. By testing different configurations and measuring rotational behavior, students collect data, look for patterns, and connect their observations to core ideas about forces and motion. The activities are well suited to small-group investigations and guided inquiry labs.
Extech Infrared Temperature Gun
Measure surface temperatures with this infrared thermometer. Includes a built-in laser pointer, adjustable high alarm, two AAA batteries, soft case, and a wrist wrap.
FabLab ModelMaker 3D Modeling
Fablab ModelMaker software is used to render 3D shapes. The output initially shows the net of the shapes which can be printed on paper and cut out using a paper cutting machine (also available for loan). Each shape created includes additional information such as description, formulas (volume, surface area), parameters, and more for reference. These reference metrics allow students to learn more about each shape, as well as assess their understanding of geometric shapes, volumes, variables and ratios.
Note: For Macintosh users, the last version of macOS that is compatible with FabLab is 10.4, Mojave. If you require alternate computers to run FabLab, just let us know!
Gear Car Kit
Explore the basics of gears with the Gear Car kit. The cars come in sets with two different gear ratios that allow students to investigate the effect of gear ratio on the car’s performance (speed and power). This tool comes with curricula that includes a powerpoint, a video link, and an investigation and can be used as is, or modified for your class. The lessons and cars can be used as a stand alone investigation or to prepare students for designing a Solar Car.
Germination Station
STEM Pre-Academy has put together a germination station to facilitate seed germination within the classroom. This kit provides a safe and controlled environment for seeds to germinate and grow, allowing optimal conditions before they are transplanted to the final grow-out placement.
Teachers have utilized this kit to involve their students in the germination process and teach them how to cultivate their own food.
The kit is versatile and can be used for hydroponics, aquaponics, or conventional soil farming techniques. It comes with an easily assembled PVC Frame, Grow light, timer, and a germination tray with a humidity dome.
As we have it available, rock wool will be included in the kit.
Global Warming Board Game
From the publisher:
Players work together to clean up the earth and slow climate change while the temperature rises with each turn. Can you and your friends slow it down before “Game Over” happens for you AND Planet Earth?
Draw and trade cards to find the best solutions to the environmental problems that emerge during the game – but make sure you have enough money to pay for those solutions. You may need to join forces with other players to avoid a catastrophe!
Playable by ages 10 and up, this game is especially fun for teens and adults!
Gravity Well
The Gravity Well is a highly engaging physical model that helps middle school students visualize gravity, orbits, and interactions between mass and motion. By rolling balls across a stretched fabric surface, students can see how objects curve paths, spiral inward, or maintain orbit-like motion—making abstract space science concepts concrete and observable.
This model is especially effective for introducing gravitational interactions without heavy math. Students can experiment with mass, speed, and starting position to observe patterns in motion and make predictions about outcomes. These explorations naturally lead to discussions about why planets orbit stars, why satellites stay in motion, and how gravity influences large-scale systems in space.
Gyotaku Fish Printing – Fish Form and Function
This toolkit allows you to explore concepts of structure and function through gyotaku (fish printing).
From the manufacturer:
Dive into learning and art with this Sax Gyotaku game fish model set for schools and classrooms. Dating back to the mid-1800s, “Gyotaku” was used as a practical technique used by Japanese fishermen who made prints of the sea catches they made as a way to record the size and species of fish they caught. Today, Gyotaku art is a very popular art technique used around the world using Japanese fish prints. This fish print models set has aquatic life models that can be embellished with paint or printing ink with a foam brayer. Create realistic fish printing on Sax print paper, rice paper, fabric, t-shirts, and beyond.
Be sure to check out the Starter Pack resources below!
Heat Lamp Kit
STEM Pre-Academy has developed a heat lamp kit for testing solar ovens in the classroom or any situation that requires a constant heat source. Teachers often use this kit for the Solar Oven EDP activity, particularly on rainy days when the sun isn’t available.
The kit comes with an easily assembled PVC frame, two heat lamps, two thermometers, and a power cord.
Horizontal Wind Turbine Kit
Are you looking for a hands-on EDP Challenge for your students? University of Hawai‘i engineering students adapted a wind turbine generator to help teachers learn and teach the Engineering Design Process (EDP). The horizontal wind turbine activity challenges students to design and manufacture blades to transform wind energy into electrical energy using electromagnetism concepts.
Teachers use this tool to cover EDP, electromagnetism, and circuits. The kit includes: Wind turbine test frame, industrial fan, multimeter, and test lamp. (This kit does not include consumable supplies to build the blade.)
HyperDuino – Basic Starter Kit
HyperDuino is an incredible concept that was created by Roger Wagner (writer of the original Apple II documentation!). HyperDuino kits allow users in any skill range to build physical, interactive projects in no time at all using an Arduino and the HyperDuino board. Beginners might make an interactive display that lights up when you press the right button. An intermediate user might add interactive video to the display. And the advanced user can take full advantage of the power of the arduino and create something truly amazing. It’s quite stunning how quickly and easily these projects can be created.
Here are some links to HyperDuino documentation provided by the designer:
HyperDuino – Mini-Makerspace Class Parts Set
The HyperDuino Mini-Makerspace Class Parts Set contains everything you need to bring the HyperDuino Basic Starter Kits to a whole classroom full of students.
Here are some links to HyperDuino documentation provided by the designer:
Inclined Plane
The Inclined Plane is a classic tool for exploring force, motion, and mechanical advantage in a controlled, hands-on way. Students use the adjustable-height ramp to investigate how the angle of an incline affects the effort needed to move an object. With built-in pulley support and a stable base, this kit is perfect for conducting experiments on friction, acceleration, potential and kinetic energy, and Newton’s Second Law.
Insta360 Camera
The Insta360 camera allows students to capture immersive 360-degree photos and videos, making it a powerful tool for documenting scientific investigations, field observations, and engineering projects. Unlike a traditional camera, this device records everything around it at once, allowing viewers to later explore the scene from any direction.
In STEM classrooms, the Insta360 can support authentic scientific practices by helping students collect visual evidence, document procedures, and analyze environments. Students might record a field study, capture multiple perspectives of a classroom experiment, or document the steps of an engineering design project. The resulting footage can be reviewed interactively, allowing students to examine details they may have missed during the original activity.