Summer Fun Activities Archive

Fun and educational ways to keep ’em learning!

Summer Fun: Make a Moon Phases Calendar

This free download from NASA contains everything you need to create a 2022 Moon Phases Calendar.

Over 35 Summer Fun Activities ~ 2022

Fun and light learning ideas to “keep ’em learning” over the summer months.

Map and Compass Activities ~ Free

Summer is a great time to get outside and practice orienteering skills!

Summer Fun Activity: Build a Parachute

Keep ’em learning this summer: Easy instructions help you build a parachute and explore the forces of air.

Over 30 Summer Fun Activities ~ 2021

Fun and light learning ideas to “keep ’em learning” over the summer months.

Summer Fun Activity: STEM Challenge Cards

22 experiments each in the fields of science and engineering make a perfect summer fun activity to keep ’em learning!

Summer Fun Activity: NASA Optics Educator’s Guide

98-page download with STEM-focused optics activities for K–12.

Summer Fun Activity: Fold & Fly Paper Airplane Designs

Here is a great summer fun activity to keep hands busy: experimenting with paper these free 47 paper airplane designs!

Summer Fun Activity: 507 Mechanical Movements

Interactive site based on book by Henry T. Brown — summer learning fun!

Summer Fun Activity: Exploring the Extreme ~ Free NASA Educator’s Guide

NASA Educator’s Guide covering gravity, jet propulsion, and more!

10 End-of-Summer Ideas

Summer is winding down. Celebrate the end of summer with these 10 educational and fun ideas!

Summer Fun Activity: Learning Synths

Interactive helps students explore the elements of sound in a fun and engaging way.

Activity: Creative Writing with the Random Word Generator

Use a random word generator to keep your children writing every day!

Summer Fun Activity: Make a Balloon Rocket

Make a balloon rocket with these four items!

Summer Fun Activity: Total Solar 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.

2017 Total Solar Eclipse

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.

Summer Fun Activity: Make a Wind Chime

Fun, useful, educational, and creative! Resources to make a wind chime!

Summer Fun Activity: Bug Scavenger Hunt

Certainly plenty of bugs to find in the summer! Here are a few ideas for making your bug scavenger hunt.

Summer Fun Activity: Make a Travel Kit

Let your child make his own travel kit and look forward to using it.

Summer Fun Activity: Photographic Wrap-Up

Here is a summer fun activity with purpose: create a photographic summer wrap-up collage!

Summer Fun Activity: Build Paper Boats

Besides being just plain fun, learn a little math, practice arts and crafts skills, and enjoy races and water fun while building paper boats.

Summer Fun Activity: Scavenger Hunt!

Develop skills in a fun way while staying active: Summer is a great time to enjoy a scavenger hunt!

Summer Fun Activity: Roll-A-Challenge

200 different challenges to keep ’em learning this summer: make, use, and do.

Summer Fun Activity: Radar & Weather Together

71-page educational resource and perfect summer fun activity to keep ’em learning!

Summer Fun Activity: Create Giant Bubbles

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”

Summer Fun Activity: Teddy at the Beach Cupcakes

Wrap up summer with these teddy-at-the-beach cupcake ideas!

Summer Fun Activity: Watermelon Science

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”