Autumn Science Bundle for Preschool | STEM Activities for Fall

Bring the colors and discoveries of fall into your preschool science lessons with a comprehensive autumn STEM bundle. This printable resource gives teachers ready-to-use lessons, hands-on experiments, science activities, worksheets, posters, and word-wall cards for engaging seasonal learning.

Children investigate plant life cycles, animal habitats, nutrition, hibernation, migration, and adaptations through five connected science units. The activities are designed for preschool classrooms, mixed-age groups, and homeschool settings, making it easier to plan meaningful autumn science exploration without starting from scratch.

What’s Included

• Hibernation, Migration & Animal Adaptations Unit: Explore autumn animal science through lessons, activities, posters, and printables.
• Sunflower Science Unit: Investigate plant life cycles with preschool-friendly science activities and STEM experiments.
• Spider Science Unit: Explore arachnid life cycles, habitats, and behavior through hands-on learning.
• Apple Science Activities: Investigate apple growth, life cycles, nutrition, and seasonal science concepts.
• Bonus Pumpkin Science Unit: Discover the pumpkin life cycle with fall-themed STEM experiments and activities.
• Teacher-ready materials: Use printable worksheets, colorful posters, word-wall cards, experiments, and lesson resources to support vocabulary and observation.

Learning Benefits

• Scientific inquiry: Encourage children to ask questions, make observations, and explore how plants and animals grow and change.
• Life-cycle understanding: Compare the stages of sunflowers, apples, spiders, and pumpkins.
• Animal science: Build early knowledge about habitats, hibernation, migration, and animal adaptations.
• Vocabulary development: Reinforce science words with posters, word-wall cards, discussion, and hands-on activities.
• Critical thinking: Help children make predictions, notice details, and connect evidence to their ideas.
• STEM engagement: Give young learners practical ways to investigate seasonal science through experiments and exploration.

Important Digital Details

• Instant Download: Access your file immediately after purchase. No physical items will be shipped.
• Print and Prep: For best results, print the posters, mats and cards on cardstock and laminate for rugged, daily classroom use. Print the instructions, worksheets and booklets on standard 8.5" x 11" paper.
• Usage Policy: Licensed for personal use or a single classroom only.