Winter Games Family STEM Night - 15 Science Centers, Planning Guide, Flyers

Host an unforgettable Winter Games Family STEM Night with this all-in-one bundle of Winter Olympics–themed family STEM centers and planning guide.

This ready-to-use Winter Games family night lesson gives you everything you need to set up high-interest stations, communicate with families, and run a smooth school-wide STEM event from start to finish.

Just print, gather simple materials, and let students and families rotate through hands-on Winter Games challenges together.

What Families Do at Winter Games STEM Night

Families travel with a “Passport to the Winter Games” and spend 10–15 minutes at each station as they explore STEM through playful, sport-themed challenges, such as:

• Champion Medal Creations – Design and decorate a medal worthy of a champion.
• Flags of the Family Nations – Create a family flag and attach it to a straw “flagpole.”
• Race Around the World – Match country cards to a world map and see how fast you can finish.
• Word Games Warm-Up – Build as many words as possible from the letters in WINTER GAMES.
• Bobsled Math Blast – Spin, count, and race your bobsled along a number track to 50.
• Race to the Right Order – Run relay-style to collect Roman numeral cards and put them in order.
• Code the Slopes – Use coding cards and (optional) robots to navigate a skier past flags.
• Design Like a Champion – Complete “finish the picture” creativity prompts to invent new Winter Games designs.
• Balloon Blast Speed Skating – Use balloon air power to send speed skaters racing along a string course.
• Popsicle Peak Ski Jump – Build a ski jumper that slides the farthest down a ramp.
• Cool Curling: Force and Motion – Slide “stones” toward a target and experiment with force.
• Ring for the Gold – Toss rings and learn what the Olympic rings and colors represent.
• Color the Winter Games – Solve math problems and color-by-code to reveal Winter Games pictures.
• Ice Block Builders – Recreate Winter Games athletes and symbols using snap cubes.
• Strike a Gold Medal Pose – Celebrate with a fun Winter Games photo booth station.

What’s Included

Everything is laid out so teachers, PTO/PTA, or volunteers can run the night with confidence:

• Family Night Instructions & Planning Pages
  • Pre-event, event-day, and post-event checklists
  • Stations planning page and materials lists
  • “Why STEM?” explainer page for families

• Editable Event Templates (via Canva link)
  • Family Night flyer/poster
  • Station signs and maps

• Event Materials
  • Sign-in sheets
  • “Passport to the Winter Games” punch cards
  • Exploration/station cards with kid-friendly questions for each activity
  • Makerspace consumables and non-consumable building materials lists
  • Full-color and blackline Engineering Design Process posters

• Station Resources
  • Detailed materials lists for each of the 15 stations
  • Printable game boards, country cards, coding grids, math/color-by-code pages, creativity prompts, curling targets, snap cube task cards, and medal templates.

Grade Level & Standards

Designed for K–5 family events, activities are flexible enough for mixed ages and align naturally with NGSS engineering and forces & motion standards, early math (counting, operations), and literacy (word work and following directions).

Use this Winter Games Family STEM Night resource to turn your school into an Olympic village for one evening—building community, celebrating STEM, and giving families a night of meaningful, hands-on fun.