This paper outlines a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning experience for children in the early years of school. It builds on STEM education in early childhood with a shared purpose, "to help children to explore and make sense of their world using childrelevant and appropriate contexts" (Preston, 2018 p. 137). The extended, multi-part learning experience was implemented over four one-hour lessons and formed the second half of a Foundation year unit of work that combined children's interests in riding scooters with curriculum content about weather. Children's learning about the wind is contextualised through a design problem where the force of the wind (moving air) is used to propel a scooter. This STEM experience was implemented in a school where children bring scooters to ride in the playground during break times promoting physical activity and resilience.