{"id":12687,"date":"2018-12-04T10:22:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?page_id=12687"},"modified":"2025-10-21T13:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:40:33","slug":"grades-3-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/grades-3-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Grades 3 &#8211; 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12675\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5-105x105.png 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5-317x317.png 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5-423x423.png 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2018\/12\/4H-grades-3-5.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/youth\/4-h-events\/4th-h-for-health\/\">4th H for Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/4h-art-of-math\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Art of Math<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/climate-project\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Climate Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n(Some activities easily adapted for early elementary)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/elementary-science-of-energy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elementary Science of Energy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n(Grade 5)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/exploring-entomology\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exploring Entomology<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/fruit-science\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fruit Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/harmful-shifting-species\/\">Harmful and Shifting Species<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/lego\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LEGO Mindstorms EV3<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/light-up-the-night-an-electrical-engineering-challenge\/\">Light Up the Night &#8211; An Electrical Engineering Challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/maine-rivers-and-perspectives-kit\/\">Maine Rivers and Perspectives Kit<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 (Grades 3 &#8211; 5)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/minerals-gems\/\">Minerals &amp; Gems<\/a><br \/>\n(Grades 5 &#8211; 8)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/offshore-wind\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Offshore Wind<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n(Grade 5)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/physics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Physics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/wind-power-project\/\">Power of the Wind<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/4-h.org\/programs\/stem-challenge\/power-protectors\/\">Power Protectors (the 2023 4-H STEM Challenge)<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 (Grades 3 \u2013 8)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/project-learning-tree\/\">Project Learning Tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/stem-toolkits\/food-preservation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put It Up! 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