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STEAM KIT

Individual Kit

Hands-on STEAM for one learner at a time. Materials, instructions and activities in every kit, from $3.

One kit, one activity, from $3.
More than 70 hands-on activities across science, engineering, art and math.

Materials, assembly instructions and suggested activities in every kit. RAFT members save 25% on most of them.

Twelve of more than seventy kits

A look inside the collection

Twelve of the more than seventy activities in the collection. Every kit arrives with the materials, assembly instructions and suggested activities for one learner. Tap any kit to see what is inside it.

RAFT Egg Drop STEAM kit, a student-built egg protection vehicle
Engineering design

Egg Drop

  • Price$9.99
  • Members$7.49
RAFT Breadboard Circuits STEAM kit, a simple assembled circuit board
Engineering design

Breadboard Circuits

  • Price$6.00
  • Members$4.50
RAFT Colors of Light STEAM kit, an assembled cardboard spectroscope
Physical science

Colors of Light

  • Price$6.00
  • Members$4.50
RAFT Hovercraft STEAM kit, a balloon powered hovercraft on a disc
Physical science

Hovercraft

  • Price$7.00
  • Members$5.25
RAFT Germinator STEAM kit, seeds sprouting behind a gridded window
Life science

The Germinator

  • Price$6.00
  • Members$4.50
RAFT Moon Mobile STEAM kit, hanging discs showing the phases of the moon
Earth and space science

Moon Mobile

  • Price$7.00
  • Members$5.25
RAFT Mathematical Dream Catcher STEAM kit, wooden hoops with coloured beads and cord
Art and math

Mathematical Dream Catcher

  • Price$10.00
  • Members$7.50
RAFT Electric Wind Generator STEAM kit, a cardboard turbine on a built frame
Engineering design

Electric Wind Generator

  • Price$17.00
  • Members$12.75
RAFT Simple Motor Plus STEAM kit, a coil and magnet motor on a foam base
Physical science

Simple Motor Plus

  • Price$6.00
  • Members$4.50
RAFT Kumihimo STEAM kit, a braiding disc with coloured cords
Art and math

Kumihimo

  • Price$6.00
  • Members$4.50
RAFT Zippy Catapult STEAM kit, a spoon catapult built on a cardboard tube
Physical science

Zippy Catapult

  • Price$6.00
  • Members$4.50
RAFT Makerspace in a Box STEAM kit, a box of assorted craft and building materials
Engineering design

Makerspace in a Box

  • Price$8.00
  • Members$6.00
What you get

What is in a kit

Each STEAM Kit includes the required materials, assembly instructions and suggested activities. A single kit supports one learner working through one activity, which makes it the right size for a home project, a small-group station or trying a topic before committing to a bundle.

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Materials

The required materials for the activity, sized for one learner.

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Assembly instructions

Directions for building the activity from the materials in the kit.

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Suggested activities

Ways to explore the topic with the finished kit.

Why educators pick it

Built for one learner at a time

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Sized for one learner

A single kit supports one learner working through one activity: the right size for a home project, a small-group station or trying a topic before committing to a bundle.

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Built from what others threw away

RAFT collects clean, usable surplus from local businesses, schools and community organizations, material that would otherwise have gone to waste, and turns it into kits. Buying a kit keeps material out of landfill and puts it in a student’s hands instead.

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From $3, with 25% off for members

Kits start at $3, and RAFT members save 25% on most of them. Ten-packs start at $18, or $13.50 for members, which is the usual choice for a classroom station or a group running the same activity together.

Hands holding trays of small sorted beads and components used in RAFT STEAM project kits
The details

Specs & pricing

Collection

More than 70 hands-on activities across science, engineering, art and math.

Kit size

One learner, one activity.

Includes

The required materials, assembly instructions and suggested activities.

Grade range

Pre-K to 12 across the collection.

Price

From $3 a kit. Ten-packs from $18.

Members

RAFT members save 25% on most kits. Ten-packs from $13.50.

Materials

Clean surplus collected from local businesses, schools and community organizations.

Other sizes

Other ways to buy the same activities

A finished single-learner project: a paper habitat diorama with a felt tree, flowers and labelled parts
Spark STEAM Kit

Discovery Pack

A pack for one to three learners with several activities in it, themed by grade.

Bagged kit components sorted into labelled rows, one row per activity in the unit
Spark STEAM Kit

Classroom Bundle

A full classroom set, sorted by activity and ready to teach.

Ready to put a kit in a student’s hands?

Browse the full collection, or talk to us about pricing for a school, district or program.

Your support helps educators

RAFT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We provide reuse-based and low-cost STEAM materials, makerspace support and professional development to educators across the Bay Area and nationwide.