How To Check Out
Users must have a library card to checkout STEM kits. If you do not have a card, view information on how to get a card.
To view STEM Kits inside your library, ask library staff. STEM Kits are checked-out under the following agreements:
- Check out for 14 days.
- 1 STEM Kit per card.
- Return all of the contents in the kit together.
- Return item inside branch to staff at desk.
Science - Learning at home with your library!
The Library District's STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) kits encourage scientific discovery. Each kit includes hands-on exploration with an interactive toy, book, and DVD. The interactive toys include activities, learning games, or age appropriate scientific equipment.
The kits enhance children's natural gifts in science by inspiring exploration. Using STEM concepts in play builds confidence, motivation, and knowledge in all science subjects.
Our kits are a great resource for children in pre-school through 5th grade. The kits can also be an excellent support to homeschool or virtual learning. This collection is available thanks to the generous support of the Rotary Club of Gainesville. View the complete collection below or in our catalog.
Astronomy
This kit includes a home planetarium interactive, a visual space encyclopedia for kids, a Magic School Bus film and a guide for ages 8+.
Birding
This kit includes binoculars, a book on how to find birds, Bill Nye the Science Guy’s birds film, and a guide for ages 3+.
Electrical Circuits
This kit includes an interactive snap circuit, a book about electronics, Bill Nye the Science Guy’s electricity film, and a guide for ages 8+.
Electricity
This kit includes a circuit maze brain game, a book about Nikola Tesla, a movie on electricity and Disney Imagineering, and a guide for ages 8+
Geometry
This kit includes interactive MagSnaps, a book about complex shapes, a movie about common core kindergarten math, and a guide for ages 3+.
Health
This kit includes a Science Kit head-to-toe human body, a book on Dora going to the doctor, a movie about Curious George at the doctor, and a guide for ages 5+.
Human Body
This kit includes an educational squishy human body, a book on body cross-sections, a movie about the human body, and a guide for ages 8+.
Inventions
This kit includes a MakeyMakey computer key toy, a Bill Nye the Science Guy inventions film, and a guide for ages 8+.
Measuring
This kit includes measuring tool, a book on measurements, a movie on kindergarten common core math, and a guide for all ages.
Microscopic Discoveries
This kit includes a microscope, a book on Antony Von Leeuwenhoek, a movie about microscopic organisms, and a guide for ages 8+.
Physics
This kit includes Wacky Wheels STEM challenge, a book about force, a movie on gravity by Disney Imagineering, and a guide for ages 5+.
Rockets
This kit includes dueling stomp rockets, a book on rockets, a Disney Imagineering film on the laws of motion, and a guide for ages 6+.
Simple Machines
This kit includes K’nex building toys, a book about simple machines, a movie on simple machines for kids, and a guide for ages 8+.
Sound
This kit includes set of 8 palm pipes and a thunder tube, an informational book about sound, a movie about sound, and a guide for ages 5+.