Active Learners E-STEaM

Active Learners E-STEaM E-S.T.E.A.M. Integrated Environmental Education; Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math Welcome to Active Learners E-STEAM! We document everything!

E-STEAM stands for:
Environmental Education - Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math

EE & Science: Experiments, Observations, Exploring our natural world and phenomenon, testing and communicating our discoveries. STEAM: Solving Problems, Creating, Making, Design, Communicating

Makerspace: A creative space to make and create anything you please! Great ideas have no limits and we take pr

ide in having amazing connections throughout the community. We strive to immerse your children in the wonderful world of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics through FUN, hands-on, high quality curriculum and activities out in nature and in the community. Check out our 2017 / 2018 Classes:
Maker Mondays: Downtown Iowa City Maker Classes at RADInc

Kinder Club Coralville: Amazing STEM preschool Program located in the Coralville Rec

Kinder Club North Liberty: Preschool STEM at the North Liberty Rec

Summer STEM Excursion Programs: From farms to museums we partner with our areas best informal learning environments to provide a unique and fun time. Informal learning environments are ripe with opportunity for exploration and inquiry. Before we partner with a location we make sure our foundational standards align. Here are some of our foundational standards:

1. Hands-On:
Kids sit passively in classes all day long. Fortunately, here at Active Learners we are not governed by mandated tests and confusing curriculum. Therefore we do the majority of our education through ACTIVE participation. A BIG difference from learning about something by filling out a worksheet to experiencing it out in the field! Place -based STEAM & environmental learning is almost exclusively hands-on and ACTIVE!

2. Tangible Themes:
The environment is a tangible theme that incorporates broader learning topics in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. We also base all of our classes around the current seasons, social trends and student interests. Our classes RELATE to your child on the deepest level.

3. Aligns With Interests:
The environment is consistently rated one of children’s top interest areas. This is why our summer programs are strictly place based and over 80% outside June - August! We have also created an outdoor classroom at the Coralville Kinder Club and fall field trips to local farms and orchards.

4. Fosters Achievement/Empowerment:
Classes result in a visible impact made by students which fuels inspiration and a sense of achievement. Our older students not only visit local zoos they lend a hand! We teach kids to be passionate about life and inspire them to reach for more!

09/26/2025

Throw Back:
Kinder Club Fall Class!
We used Makey, Makey, Scratch programming, Fall Apples, and simple circuitry to play the piano!
AND YES, in a Pre-k program 🙌

03/27/2021

Little ducklings 🐥 will be making an appearance at STEM ADVENTURES today!

Get ready mini astronauts and space engineers in today’s class we will be discovering Mars and learning about the import...
02/20/2021

Get ready mini astronauts and space engineers in today’s class we will be discovering Mars and learning about the importance of Perseverance!
Students today will take home fun OFFICIAL curriculum and activities all the way from Washington DC! See you all today at 1:30!

Watch an epic journey unfold on Thursday, Feb. 18 as our Perseverance rover lands on Mars. To reach the surface of the Red Planet, the rover has to survive t...

01/16/2021

Polymer Science - stay tuned! More fun pictures coming after today’s class!

Fake Snow: We learned about polymers last class and got crazier than Ellen & Steve Spangler!
01/16/2021

Fake Snow: We learned about polymers last class and got crazier than Ellen & Steve Spangler!

Steve Spangler teaches Ellen DeGeneres how to make Instant Snow. September, 30th 2008.About Steve Spangler…Steve Spangler is a celebrity teacher, science toy...

Final product - everyone took some snow doh home 🙌❄️
01/16/2021

Final product - everyone took some snow doh home 🙌❄️

01/16/2021

The BIGGEST SNOWBALL CHALLENGE!
Using ONLY materials provided we had a timed snowball challenge!

❄️ Snow-Doh Station builds sensory and fine motor skills - plus it’s just plain FUN! ❄️ All the snowy mix ins and landsc...
01/16/2021

❄️ Snow-Doh Station builds sensory and fine motor skills - plus it’s just plain FUN! ❄️
All the snowy mix ins and landscape pieces can be used to create and scene and share a story.

01/16/2021

Snowy Art Scenes with our DIY Snow Paint!

Kids made Puffy Snow Paint for our Winter Wonderland class.
01/16/2021

Kids made Puffy Snow Paint for our Winter Wonderland class.

Antarctic Explorations:
01/16/2021

Antarctic Explorations:

Explore a penguin and seal colony as a storm moves in.➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribeAbout National Geographic:National Geographic is the world's ...

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