i think it's hard to get kids into these topics (beyond shallow youtube factoid videos) at an age when they're mostly into fun. for the STE part of STEM, you ca

i think it's hard to get kids into these topics (beyond shallow youtube factoid videos) at an age when they're mostly into fun. for the STE part of STEM, you can engage more of them with "maker"-type projects aimed at creative enjoyment rather than at strict utility. i would find it hard to get #1 Son to do physics experiments for fun on his own, but he's pretty happy to learn about pendulums and gears using tinker crates [0]. somehow it's more interesting when the gears are making a bird mobile flap its wings. [0] https://www.kiwico.com/tinker https://www.kiwico.com/tinker