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Screenshot of Tinkercad
91/100 · ages 8–18

Tinkercad

A free browser-based Autodesk app for 3D design, electronics, and coding with hands-on projects and classroom curriculum.

Website3D designBlock coding
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Avanza STEM Interactive Labs

A free set of browser-based STEM labs covering physics, coding, chemistry, engineering, and virtual experiments with no installation or sign-in.

WebsiteChemistryEngineering
8–16 · Free; no sign-in or install88
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micro:bit

A creative physical-computing platform with block coding, Python, classroom projects, guides, videos, and teacher courses.

WebsiteBlock codingMicrocontrollers
8–16 · Free with paid hardware91
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NSF Technology Educational Resources

Technology lessons, activities, videos, and web resources for classroom teachers, students, and families from the U.S. National Science Foundation.

WebsiteDownloadableComputer scienceRobotics
7–18 · Free88
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VisualModder

A free browser-based coding environment where children program inside Minecraft Java using drag-and-drop blocks and Python.

WebsiteBlock codingGame design
8–14 · Free85
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QwikXR

A browser-based coding platform where learners explore 3D worlds through Blockly, JavaScript, and Python simulations, with ready-made missions and remixable projects.

WebsiteBlocklyJavaScript
8–18+ · Free access stated; account and plan details not stated84
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FIRST LEGO League

A guided robotics and STEM program where children build, code, collaborate, and solve real-world challenges.

WebsiteDownloadableCreative codingEducational games
5–16 · Paid with free information90
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UT Austin Academy for All

UT Austin Computer Science offers a free residential summer academy for rising high-school seniors, combining Arduino or Python/AI projects with teamwork, campus life, and technology-career exploration.

WebsitePhysical placeArduinoArtificial intelligence
16–18 · Free including housing and meals90
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CodingTeading

CodingTeading is a nonprofit education group that shares free browser-based coding and AI programmes, from early block coding and no-reading puzzles to game making, science, maths, and AI exploration.

WebsiteYouTube channelArtificial intelligenceBlock coding
5–15+ · Free88
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Lantern Learn

Lantern Learn offers free online courses in coding, science, math, reading, engineering, and AI from kindergarten through high school, organized by grade and course series.

WebsiteCodingEngineering
5–18 · Free; account required for saved progress86
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Coding with Kids

Coding with Kids provides live online and in-person classes, camps, school programmes, robotics, engineering, game design, Python, Minecraft modding, and age-progressive coding and AI projects for children and teens.

WebsiteAI literacyCoding classes
5–18; K–12 school programmes · Pricing varies by class, camp, and location89
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KID Museum Invent the Future Expo

KID Museum’s Invent the Future Expo showcases young people’s creative technology and making projects, encouraging children and teens to imagine and build solutions to real-world challenges.

WebsiteCreative technologyDesign challenges
Ages 8–18; programme-specific · Event terms, tickets and registration vary88
Screenshot of ESA Back to School 2026–2027 STEM Projects

ESA Back to School 2026–2027 STEM Projects

ESA Education’s current school-project overview connects students with Climate Detectives, Mission X, Astro Pi, CanSat, and Moon Camp activities.

WebsiteAstronaut trainingEarth observation
Ages 5–19 by project · Free project information and participation routes93
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