Summer is a great time to get outside and practice orienteering skills!
Keep ’em learning this summer: Easy instructions help you build a parachute and explore the forces of air.
Fun and light learning ideas to “keep ’em learning” over the summer months.
22 experiments each in the fields of science and engineering make a perfect summer fun activity to keep ’em learning!
98-page download with STEM-focused optics activities for K–12.
Here is a great summer fun activity to keep hands busy: experimenting with paper airplane designs! Fold & Fly currently has a database of 45 paper airplane designs.
Interactive site based on book by Henry T. Brown — summer learning fun!
Here is a great Summer Fun Activity to keep them learning: Exploring the Extreme is an Educator’s Guide from NASA geared at K–8 students that focuses on math, science, and technology. This free 88-page download covers gravity, jet propulsion, and more!
Celebrate the end of summer with these 10 educational and fun ideas!
Here is a great summer fun learning activity: Learning Synths! This extensive interactive created by a music software company helps students explore the elements of sound in a fun and engaging way. As you work through the interactive you explore: Amplitude. Pitch. Brightness. Movement. Modulation. Oscillation. Waveforms. Filters. Once you have the basics, it’s timeContinue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Learning Synths”
Use a random word generator to keep your children writing every day!
The summer months are a great time to experiment outside — keep ’em learning! No one will object to making a balloon rocket! You’ll find everything you need over at ScienceBob.com. Only four items are needed — ones you most likely have hanging around the home already: string, a straw, tape, and of course, aContinue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Make a Balloon Rocket”
During a total eclipse, from our view the moon moves in front of the sun and for a few minutes covers the sun, casting a shadow on earth, creating darkness, and decreasing the temperature.
Here is a summer fun activity that can not only be fun, but also useful, educational, and creative! Make a wind chime! Making a wind chime can be as easy as grabbing a wire coat hanger and some string and tying objects on at different lengths to create unique sounds. But it can also beContinue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Make a Wind Chime”
Certainly plenty of bugs to find in the summer! Here are a few ideas for making your bug scavenger hunt.
Before you take off why not let your child make his own travel kit? Not only will this involve him in the process, it will also give him something to look forward to using.
Here is a summer fun activity with purpose: create a photographic summer wrap-up collage! Have your child take digital pictures of those things he most enjoyed during the summer. The pictures can be of souvenirs, keepsakes, collections, places, or other reminders. Another option is to collect photos from online sources. For example, if your child’sContinue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Photographic Wrap-Up”
Besides being just plain fun, learn a little math, practice arts and crafts skills, and enjoy races and water fun while building paper boats.
Develop skills in a fun way while staying active: Summer is a great time to enjoy a scavenger hunt!
Here is a fun summer activity from DestinationImagination.org: Roll-A-Challenge! Cut out the three dice on the printable download — “Use,” “Make,” and “That Will” — and tape them together. Gather the supplies listed on the “Use” dice. And you’re ready to go! By rolling the three die, kids will have over 200 different challenge combinations.Continue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Roll-A-Challenge”
Radar & Weather Together is a 71-page illustrated download from the National Center for Atmospheric Research full of educational (and fun!) resources — “Engaging Hands-on Activities for Students” — and makes a perfect summer fun activity to keep ’em learning! The booklet contains 21 hands-on activities from five different categories: Light and the electromagnetic lightContinue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Radar & Weather Together”
Ever wonder how bubbles get their shape? Or what makes them finally burst? Create giant bubbles and find out with this summer fun activity from Exploratorium. With dishwashing liquid (blue Dawn works best) and glycerine you can create enormous bubbles while learning: What shapes bubbles take (surface tension). How bubbles move (convection and air currents).Continue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Create Giant Bubbles”
Whether you are looking for a fun way to wrap up summer or are already into your new year and would like a fun “welcome back,” young ones will enjoy these teddy-at-the-beach cupcakes! We found four different, but equally inviting, recipes to give you ideas for creating your own: Teddy-at-the-Beach Cupcakes Favorite, and easy, fromContinue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Teddy at the Beach Cupcakes”
With summer coming to a close, some might enjoy a fun way to make a smooth transition back to school. Try watermelon science! These fun science experiments from the National Watermelon Promotion Board can help dust off the cobwebs while enjoying the last rays of the summer sun: Sun, Soil, and WatermelonA review of whatContinue reading “Summer Fun Activity: Watermelon Science”