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title: Fuel At-Home STEM Explorations
description: The National Science Foundation supports innovative STEM programs that supplement classroom learning and draw from education theory and best practices.
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# [Fuel At-Home STEM Explorations](https://www.connect4learning.com/insights/fuel-at-home-stem-explorations)

 Written by [Staff Writer](https://www.connect4learning.com/insights/author/staff-writer) | Sep 7, 2022 6:08:28 PM

### **Explore ****free resources supported by the National Science Foundation**

 

The National Science Foundation, which provided support for the development of Connect4Learning, has long supported innovative STEM education programs that supplement classroom learning and draw from education theory and best practices. To help schools that have closed their doors to restrict the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the National Science Foundation has identified a few STEM resources that help children to get creative and dive deeper into STEM concepts.

### **PEEP Family Science**

 

PEEP Family Science is designed for parents and their children. It comes in free, easy-to-use apps, in English and Spanish, that make it fun for families to do science together at home. It focuses on the science about which young children are naturally curious: shadows, ramps and movement, sounds, and colors. Featuring characters children love, the apps combine animated stories from the TV show *PEEP and the Big Wide World*, one of the first STEM-focused shows for preschool-aged children, with playful, hands-on science activities.

Each app features four weeks of videos of animated stories, live-action videos featuring real children, hands-on activity instructions, and parent videos. Along with the science apps, there is an extensive set of video and print resources to support educators and program coordinators.

 

- [Peep Family Science: Shadows](http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/peep-family-science/shadows/#item-0) Parents and children **explore** shadows outdoors, including their own. They’ll **notice** how shadows change over the course of the day. Indoors, they’ll **create** shadows using lamps and flashlights and **experiment** with changing their shapes and sizes. They’ll use what they discovered to make shadow and puppets and put on a play.
- [Peep Family Science: Ramps ](http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/peep-family-science/ramps/#item-0)Parents and children **explore** ramps indoors and outdoors. Together, they’ll **experiment** with ramps that are steep, **test **how objects move down ramps with smooth and rough surfaces, **discover** that some things roll while others slide down ramps, and invent some ramps of their own.
- [Peep Family Science: Sounds](http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/peep-family-science/sounds/#item-0) Parents and children **listen to** and **identify** sounds that make up their everyday world, indoors and outdoors. Together, they’ll **explore** and **compare** loud, soft, high, and low sounds, **experiment **with their voices, **create** their own musical instruments, and **record** and **test** the sounds they make.
- [Peep Family Science: Colors](http://peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/educators/peep-family-science/colors/#item-0) Parents and children **explore** the colors they see around them, indoors and outdoors. Together, they’ll **experiment **with mixing two colors to create a new one, **notice** colors that blend in with their environment, **compare** different shades of the same color, and **discover** how light can change colors.

 

PEEP Family Science supports preschool science concepts and skills emphasized in Connect4Learning such as making observations and comparisons, testing and problem solving, and communicating and sharing ideas. These skills strengthen literacy and critical thinking, and develop initiative, curiosity, attention, and perseverance.

We encourage you to share one or more of these resources with the families of children you serve.

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