Designed For:
Before School
After School
Summer Programs
NGSS-Aligned
K-6
Hands-On Learning
California’s Expanded Learning Opportunities Program is designed to provide engaging learning experiences that support students academically, socially, emotionally, and physically through before-school, after-school, summer, and intersession programming. STEM Sports helps schools accomplish those goals through active, standards-aligned STEM lessons students genuinely enjoy.
Students explore STEM concepts through real-world sports.
Movement is integrated into every lesson.
Students collaborate, communicate, and solve problems together.
Every lesson connects STEM to real careers in sports, engineering, data, health science, technology, and more.
After-school
Summer Learning
Before-school
Intersession
Expanded Learning Academies
District STEM Nights
Family Engagement Events
Community Partnerships
Camps
✔ 16+ hours
✔ Hands-on lessons
✔ Equipment
✔ Teacher Guide
✔ Student Worksheets
✔ Digital Access
✔ Assessments
✔ Career Connections
Teacher
After-school Director
Paraeducator
Community Partner
Camp Director
Coach
Volunteer
No specialized STEM or sports experience required.
“The first time my class of 18 middle school boys and 2 girls were actually excited about doing math and science! As fun as I think I make my lessons, the nature of STEM Sports lessons is designed perfectly.”
Lindsey Buck, Teacher at San Pasqual Union School District
Districts determine approved vendors, while STEM Sports is designed to support ELO-P objectives and standards-aligned enrichment.
Yes. Because all STEM Sports® programs are aligned with all or either of the following standards: Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards and National Standards for K-12 Physical Education, our curriculum is a perfect fit for public, private or charter school classrooms. And because of the curricula’s standardization, the modules are a great fit for after-school programs as well as camp settings.
Absolutely! The curriculum rigor levels can be adjusted to fit summer enrichment program goals.
For sure! ELOP funding delivers our hands-on, inquiry-based science programs aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). It’s known that ELOP provides after-school and intersession funding that many districts use to enrich STEM and environmental education.
We have programming that covers K-8 as well as a special education program designed for students in K-12.
Minimal. By design, our programming is designed as plug-and-play based on the lesson sequence. We utilize the 5E model, and you can learn more by reading our 5E lesson Blog post. We also provide Professional Development. Learn more by clicking on the link.
Yes. All kits and the items within are designed for repeated use and can serve hundreds of students. Within each classroom, after-school program or camp setting, implementation for one student up to 30+ is possible per module. Or, two modules can be implemented simultaneously. There are lots of variables to consider and our curricula is well designed for expandability and scalability.
Yes. Several of our programs are available in a secure digital LMS. Learn more by visiting our Digital Curriculum webpage.