STEM Education Solutions
Kid Spark Programs offer engaging STEM learning for elementary and middle school students, perfect for formal or informal settings. Explore how our programs can nurture a love for STEM in every child.
Start STEM Early & Sustain the Journey
Kid Spark programs are designed to help young students learn foundational STEM fluencies the moment they enter school and then build upon their learning each and every year. Our elementary and middle school programs are comprised of progressive units of instruction that cover a range of STEM concepts, and can be used to meet any student where they are.
Foundational STEM Fluencies
Applied Mathematics
Mechanical & Structural Engineering
Rapid Prototyping & 3D Printing
Coding & Robotics
Innovation & Invention
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What’s Included in a Kid Spark Program?
Our Elementary & Middle School Programs are supported by the following resources:
Curriculum
A progressive, engineering and computer-science based curriculum including teacher lesson plans, student workbooks, design challenges, evaluation rubrics, interactive coding tutorials (2nd-8th Grade only), and unit assessments.
STEM Labs
Kid Spark STEM Labs feature diverse, reusable engineering and robotics materials that effortlessly cater to various STEM concepts across multiple grade levels. These materials are sturdy, user-friendly, and perfect for collaborative learning and invention.
Professional Learning
Through targeted training and support, we ensure that educators not only gain expertise but also the confidence to implement impactful STEM learning in their classrooms or informal spaces. Kid Spark is committed to ensuring ongoing program success by providing continuous support each year.
Experience our Dynamic STEM Curriculum
Kid Spark’s engineering and computer science-based curriculum helps students learn foundational STEM fluencies the moment they enter school, and then build upon their learning every year. As students develop content knowledge and skill they will gain confidence in their ability to design, engineer, and invent new things.
Foundational STEM Fluencies
Applied Mathematics
Mechanical & Structural Engineering
Rapid Prototyping & 3D Printing
Coding & Robotics
Innovation & Invention
Ignite Endless Discovery and Invention with Kid Spark’s STEM Labs
Fuel creativity and innovation with our versatile STEM Labs, designed to empower elementary and middle school students. Perfect for classrooms, afterschool programs, and collaborative learning spaces, these labs inspire hands-on exploration and problem-solving.
Become a Confident STEM Mentor with Kid Spark
Kid Spark empowers educators to become confident STEM mentors. Through focused training and ongoing support, Kid Spark ensures that educators build both the expertise and confidence needed to deliver impactful STEM experiences in their classrooms and informal learning spaces.
Benefits for Learners and Teachers:
Our programs are a fun, effective, and affordable way to develop students’ STEM identity and technological fluency.
Stem Identity
Students who see themselves as capable of learning and understanding science, technology, engineering, and math have a healthy STEM Identity.
Technological Fluency
Students with the confidence and skills to solve real world problems and design new solutions with technology are technologically fluent.
Students who are “STEM fluent” learn to think critically, solve creatively, and engage fearlessly with the world around them. By providing tools to support STEM education, from toddler to teen to teacher, Kid Spark helps students develop the courage to imagine a better world and the skills to create it.
Elementary school children who participate in Kid Spark’s STEM program, especially girls, report a dramatic increase in how much they like or love engineering.
Teachers using Kid Spark’s program report that their students substantially increase learning of STEM concepts and show increases in curiosity and creativity.
Educators report significant increases in their own comfort with teaching STEM.
What Kid Spark Educators are saying:
I really like the way the STEM Labs are organized. I think the curriculum is spot-on for older elementary kids. They love being able to make things move and having so many more components at their disposal. The design briefs have been engaging and challenging for them. We just started the Mechanisms and Movement unit and they LOVE being able to see their designs come to life with the Spark.
Alicia Sandy, Bel Air Elementary
In the past, our STEM fair was all boys, but now that we’re using Kid Spark, 3 of the best presenters at our STEM fair had girls on the team. In 4 of the 6 teams, it was girls who presented. I see the boys looking to the girls for the support—girls are really engaged. They are believing in themselves.
Steve Stutz, Director of Catholic FIAT Schools, San Diego, CA
I'm in my second year of teaching engineering concepts with Kid Spark to kindergartners. I am amazed at how easily the students learn and start applying math, science, and engineering concepts with Kid Spark. Since the concepts are taught in the context of designing, building, and improving various types of structures, students are motivated to apply these concepts immediately in order to improve their creations.
Lisa Schifrin, Teacher at Chollas Mead Elementary School, San Diego, CA
I have used Kid Spark in my classroom this year. As a whole the program is running well. I have had the chance to use it with 20 different third grade classes, as well as 18 different fifth grade classes. What I like: The clear lid with parts map, website is user friendly, and curriculum is well-planned.
Kitty, Hermiston School District
Kids Spark lessons are so easy for myself and my co-teacher to follow - not to mention easy for children to create airplanes, bridges, trucks, tractors and even robots. My students loved learning about patterns, learning new vocabulary and experimenting with new ways to invent and design their own creations. Kid Spark is a great resource to get your students engaged and their brains moving, as well as adding to their current skill set.
Misty Priola, A.S. in Early Childhood Education - Semmes Educational Campus
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