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Join our STEAM TEAM as they discover and explore the fun of STEM Toys, Games, Projects & More! From Droid races to making ice cream, our team has a blast learning, experimenting, tinkering and goofing around!
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Our STEAM team shares STEAM and STEM Toy Reviews, DIY Activities, Projects, Camps & Classes, Places to Explore and so much more!
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Get to know the Backpack Bytes STEAM Team: Sabina, Caiden, Delaney and Dylan! Discover who we are and why we love everything about STEAM / STEM!
STEM Toys, Games & Apps Videos
Meccano MAX Robot Unboxing - Let's Build a Robot! | STEM Toy Review
Unboxing the Meccano MAX Interactive Robot! The Backpack Bytes S.T.E.A.M. Team checks out the Meccano M.A.X. Robot in this weeks STEM Toy Review!
Top Secret! We're Creating Coded Messages with Project Mc2 Secret Message Decoder Rings!
Shhhh! It’s a top secret mission! We’re using Project Mc2 Secret Message Decoder Rings to send top secret messages to each other. Let’s see if Sabina can figure out what the secret message from Delaney is!
Coding is Fun with Dash and Dot by Wonder Workshop | STEM Toy Review with Backpack Bytes
Meet our new friends Dash and Dot by Wonder Workshop! We’re seeing what these interactive little robots are all about… from making music to playing tag and so much more! Our S.T.E.A.M. Team unboxes Dash and Dot and a fun Accessory kit and finds out how easy and fun it is to code these curious robots!
Snap Circuits LIGHT - Project Dance to the Music | STEM Toy Review with Backpack Bytes
We’re checking out Snap Circuits LIGHT Project 34: Dance to the Music with Caiden and Sabina from the S.T.E.A.M. team. We love making new projects with SNAP CIRCUITS!
Project Mc2 Sudsy Eruption! | Unboxing the Project Mc2 Chemistry Lab - Kids Science Experiments!
We are unboxing the Project Mc2 Chemistry Lab and checking out the Sudsy Eruption Experiment! Delaney and Sabina get hands on with this fun Science Experiment! See what they think of all this foam!
Let’s Play Osmo Tangram! Check out this fun interactive video & puzzle experience | STEM Toy
We are checking out OSMO and Tangram for OSMO! See our S.T.E.A.M. Team take on the challenges of arranging wooden puzzle pieces to match the on-screen shapes. Using an iPad or iPhone, you can test your spatial thinking and visual problem solving skills!
Making Music with Project MC2 Circuit Beats & Bananas | Backpack Bytes STEM Toy Review
We’re checking out Project MC2 Circuit Beats! Let’s make music using bananas and our creativity with this fun activity from Project MC2. Sabina and Delaney from the Backpack Bytes S.T.E.A.M. Team test their STEM skills to see if they can use bananas as piano keys to make different sounds!
Meccano MAX: Let's Play a Game of Would You Rather! | Fun STEM Toys
We’re playing games with the Meccano M.A.X. Interactive Robot! The more you play with MAX, the more he learns. Let’s play a few rounds of Would You Rather!
Unboxing Sphero Star Wars BB-8 and Force Band… Let’s Take This Droid for a Spin!
We are unboxing the Sphero Star Wars BB-8 and Force Band. Let’s see this Droid roll! We love BB-8 (in our opinion, the true hero of The Last Jedi) and have a ton of fun creating missions and games and seeing what this awesome little droid can do!
Make a Flying Saucer with Snap Circuits LIGHT! | STEM Toy Review with Backpack Bytes
We’re checking out Snap Circuits LIGHT today with Dylan and Delaney from the S.T.E.A.M. team. Watch us make a super fun Flying Saucer with one of our favorite STEM Toys – Snap Circuits!
ORB Molecules Backpack Challenge: Creating Crazy Combo Animals | STEM Toys
It’s Backpack Challenge time! Caiden and Sabina are checking out Orb Molecules and seeing what kind of crazy combo animals they can create. Comment on who you think wins this challenge!
Can M.A.X. The Robot Tell Our Fortune? | Interacting with the Meccano MAX Robot!
We’re playing more games with the Meccano M.A.X. Interactive Robot! The more you play with MAX, the more he learns. Let’s see if M.A.X. can tell our fortune!
Project Mc2 H2O Remote Control Car Unboxing - Let’s Take This Car for a Spin! | STEM Toy Review
We are unboxing the Project Mc2 H2O Remote Control Car! This fun car is powered by S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math). Our Backpack Bytes Team is checking this hot car out and taking it for spin
Getting Creative with MagCreators | STEM Toy Review
We’re getting creative with MagCreators! Let’s see who can make the coolest creation with these magnet toys. MagCreators are a fun STEM toy recommended for kids age 6+! Build shapes, animals, buildings and more. Challenge your friends and add more kits to build amazing new things! spin
Surprise Fizzy Bombs! LOL Surprise Charm Fizz Bath Bomb and Fizzy Fun Dino Egg
We are checking out the LOL Surprise Charm Fizz Bath Bomb and the Fizzy Fun Surprise Dino Egg. Things that fizz are super fun and we can’t wait to see what we get!
STEM Camps & Classes Videos
Girls Who Code - We're checking out Codeverse in Chicago! | STEM in the Wild!
Sabina and Delaney are checking out Codeverse in Chicago for a very special Girl Scouts Only Coding Event! They even earned a very cool Software Engineer badge!
Let’s Get Coding! Join us for the Hour of Code during Computer Science Week!
We are participating in the 2017 Hour of Code! The Hour of Code is celebrated during Computer Science Week (December 4-10, 2017), but you can do the hour of code anytime! Are you ready to get coding with the S.T.E.A.M. Team? Let’s get coding!
STEM Activities & Projects Videos
Balloon Experiment! How to Inflate Balloons with Baking Soda & Vinegar | Kids Science Experiment
We are inflating balloons with bottles! In this fun kids science experiment, we are seeing how the combination of Baking Soda and Vinegar in a bottle can blow up a balloon! Check out our S.T.E.A.M. Team as they put this fun experiment to the test
Let’s Make Some Psychedelic Slime! DIY STEM Activity with Backpack Bytes
We’re making borax free slime – we call it Psychedelic Slime! Be sure to watch the entire video to see our special ingredient to make this over-the-top super cool psychedelic slime!
Let’s Make Some Ice Cream | The Science of Yum with Backpack Bytes! DIY STEM Activity
We are making DIY homemade ice cream! Did you know that making ice cream is science? Check out our S.T.E.A.M. Team as they make ice cream from scratch! Do you think it will pass the discriminating tastes of our team?
Insta Snow is Snow Much Fun! | Making it Snow Inside with the Backpack Bytes S.T.E.A.M. Team!
We’re playing with Insta-Snow Powder! Let’s open up Grow Snow and make it Snow inside today! Insta Snow is Snow Much Fun! This is a super fun activity recommended for kids age 4+! Insta Snow is a cool Science experiment that kids just love! It looks like real snow!
Backpack STEM Challenge: Build a Magna Tiles Tower
In this Backpack STEM Challenge, the S.T.E.A.M. Team has to build a tower as high as they can using Magna Tiles. The tower must support a toy bird. Who do you think will win the challenge… Team Dylan and Delaney or Team Caiden and Sabina? Watch and find out!
We’re Making St Patricks Day Slime! Leprechaun Crunchy Slime & Pot-O-Gold Fluffy Slime
We’re making some crazy St Patricks Day Slime! We have two really cool slime recipes today: Crunchy Slime and Super Fluffy Slime!
Celebrate Earth Day Everyday with Backpack Bytes- Dirt Don't Hurt!
While it is raining and snowing outside, join the STEAM Team as we plant flowers indoors to celebrate Mother Earth. In honor of Earth Day, we are celebrating by planting sunflowers in recycled, biodegradable, egg carton containers. Get your hands dirty and plant some fun flowers to enjoy this summer. Let us know what flowers you love to grow and how you celebrate Earth Day, everyday!
STEM Events & Places to Explore Videos
We’re Coding the Droids from Star Wars using Sphero Edu at the Apple Store Kids Hour of Code
We visit the Apple Store for the Kids Hour: Coding the Droids from Star Wars. We get to check out SpheroEdu and have hands-on fun with the Sphero droids including BB-8, R2D2 and BB-9E. Our S.T.E.A.M. Team learns the basics as well as some more difficult coding challenges with obstacle courses, races and more!
Exploring the Chicago Toy & Game Fair #CHITag | Check out all the STEM Toys!
We’re at the Chicago Toy and Game Fair 2017! We are on the hunt for the coolest STEM toys and games! We take a closer look at Augmentify IT, Octobo, Magformers, Sphero, E-Blox, Groovy Blocks, Light STAX, Unboxed and more!
Exploring the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago (MSI Chicago) - STEM in the Wild
We are exploring the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) in Chicago. Join the S.T.E.A.M. Team as they check out cool science experiments, get hands-on with technology and even get lost in an endless mirror maze! This museum is amazing!
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