STEM Playbook Activity Library

STEM Activities for Curious Kids

This is your go-to collection of STEM Playbook activities—designed to keep kids curious, moving, and thinking wherever learning happens. Each activity blends sports, play, and real-world problem solving to make STEM feel relevant and fun, without heavy prep or specialized equipment. Perfect for classrooms, afterschool programs, camps, or enrichment time at home.

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The Flow Zone Lab

This challenge teaches students to maintain their "Internal Anchor" by comparing how a calm "Flow State" versus "outcome obsession" impacts their ability to balance an object.

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The Science of Elite Performance

This Balance Challenge helps students explore how movement, feedback, and control work together—just like they do in elite gymnastics.

The WNBA Expansion Audit

Help your students act as "Growth Analysts," using the WNBA’s historic 366% salary cap jump as a real-world case study in Market Correction and Systems Scaling.

  • This Controlled Motion Challenge helps students explore how physics, mathematics, and engineering principles apply to curling.

    Download The Power of Controlled Motion

  • Test yourself - what kind of NFL Coach would you be?

    Take the Quiz

  • AI has made it to the NBA. Design AI solutions for basketball.

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  • Take the speed challenge and see how math powers Formula 1 racing.

    Get Math in Motion

  • The NBA Emirates Cup saw custom courts designed for each team, matching creativity and design thinking for an optimal viewing experience for fans.

    Test Your Design Thinking Skills

  • Hydration is a key factor in peak athletic performance. Test your students’ science skills with this investigative challenge.

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  • Grow confidence AND data analysis skills through this fun math challenge.

    Become a Data Detective

The WNBA Expansion Audit

The Flow Zone

The Power of Controlled Motion

Science of Elite Performance

NFL Head Coaching Quiz

Great coaches solve problems using data, teamwork, creativity, and confidence—the same STEM skills behind real-world careers—so take our quick quiz to see what kind of NFL head coach you’d be.

🏈 What Kind of NFL Head Coach Would You Be?

Every great coach solves problems. Answer honestly and see your leadership style.

1. You’re preparing for a big game. What’s your first move?

2. A strategy isn’t working mid-season. You…

3. Your biggest leadership strength is…

4. Something unexpected happens (injuries, weather, rule changes). You…

AI is Changing the Game.

The NBA’s new AI robots are redefining what athletic performance looks like, showing how engineering, data, and innovation now shape the game as much as skill.

This lesson invites students to explore that intersection by designing their own AI-powered robot for a sport they love.

Your Turn to Take the Shot. Activate the Lesson.

Hydration Investigation

Try our Hydration Investigation to see how students connect data, health, and athletic performance in one quick, hands-on lesson.