STEM²D @ Home

You can learn STEM²D skills in your own kitchen, basement, or patio, and we’ve created quick-and-easy activities to get you started. We call them “Ignite” activities, and they typically take 5 to 15 minutes to complete, using everyday materials that you can find at home or at your local grocery store. Each activity and video is available in Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish (click the links below the videos). There’s also a tip sheet for each activity, for adults to join in!

Ready for more? Each of the following Ignite activities take 5 to 15 minutes to complete and use everyday materials you can get at the grocery store. Many activities are available in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Find Your Ideal STEM²D Career!

How will you use your unique talents to make a difference?

There are thousands of incredible jobs in science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing, and design. You could design the next solar panel or clean energy resource, help heal injured animals, or solve seemingly impossible equations.

Take this quiz and explore how a career in STEM²D can help you shape the future.

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Take a Virtual Tour of the Powerhouse

From the comfort of your own home, you can tour the Powerhouse, the Johnson & Johnson museum. Step into the interactive museum by clicking below, and you’ll feel as though you’re there. Get ready for a journey to discover more than 130 years of transformational healthcare innovations.

Explore the virtual museum

For too long, women’s contributions to science have widely gone untold.

Do you know who created the paper bag machine or who researches invertebrate sea life at the world's largest museum and research complex? The Smithsonian Science Education Center, Smithsonian American’s Women History Initiative, and Johnson & Johnson created Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian to champion the ingenuity that has transformed America and beyond.

Stories of Women in STEM at the Smithsonian features biographies of trailblazing women who made history through their scientific discoveries and innovation. From aerospace engineer and mathematician Mary Golda Ross to hair care entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker, learn how women have defied gender stereotypes and overcome structural barriers to advance the science, technology, engineering, and math industry.

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More @Home Activities and Games from the Smithsonian

There’s so much more to do, including this section of activities brought to you by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Start with exciting @Home videos that help you turn your kitchen in a science and engineering lab. Keep scrolling to play a game or two! And check out a few more quick (5- to 15-minute) activities that center on timely issues, like COVID-19, sustainable food sources, and mosquito-borne diseases!