Whether you need a quick first-week activity, a full curriculum unit, materials kits, or a family STEM night, YES gets students collaborating, building, testing, and solving problems together from the start.
Every unit is built around the same core framework: students face a real problem and work through it together. YES offers research-backed resources for elementary, middle school, and out-of-school time learning. Start with the option that fits your students and setting.
Multi-lesson hands-on engineering challenges for young learners that build science, math, ELA, and problem-solving skills. Students practice persisting through failure and working together.
Best fit: Classrooms, STEM specials, schoolwide STEM initiatives, K-5
Real-world challenges that connect engineering, science, math, and computer science for older students. Students tackle more complex, community-based problems together.
Best fit: Classrooms, electives, STEM & technology block, G6–8
Fun, flexible units designed to be easy to lead, no experience teaching engineering needed. Includes embedded career explorations connecting students to real STEM careers.
Best fit: STEM specials, afterschool, summer programs, clubs, camps, K–8
Back-to-school events are a chance to build that same problem-solving culture with families, not just students. YES STEM Event Activities are 10 to 20 minute challenges that work for family STEM nights, open houses, libraries, and afterschool events. Students and caregivers build, test, and improve solutions together, no engineering background needed on either side.
As part of our mission, YES curriculum is always free for educators to download and use. By popular demand, we also offer materials kits that simplify gathering and setting everything up for the unit. We work to keep these kits affordable for districts, and only include specific materials that we have tested.
Units include five to nine 45-minute lessons. Teach daily over one to two weeks, spread lessons across a semester, or adapt for enrichment, clubs, or afterschool time. One kit supports up to 24 students.
Free to use. High-quality STEM curriculum without the subscription fee.
Skip the sourcing. Purchase a ready-to-use kit and save setup time.
Built for real schedules. Daily, weekly, or spread across the year.
Kits are sold separately. Each kit supports up to 24 students.