Our summer fun activities archive includes fun and educational ways to keep ’em learning over the summer break.
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Build a Straw Bridge: Summer Fun Activity
Explore engineering by building a straw bridge and testing its weight capacity.
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Summer Fun Activity: Make a Mars Helicopter
NASA’s project provides step-by-step instructions for building a paper helicopter mimicking the real one on Mars.
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Summer Fun Activity: Launch It!
Summer Fun Activity: Launch It! is a Design Squad Challenge that involves building an air-powered rocket that can hit a distant target.
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Build a Crane ~ Summer Fun Activity
5-page Design Squad Challenge from NASA involving building a crane using every day objects. Summer fun activity to keep ’em learning!
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Build a Circuit ~ Summer Fun Activity
Educational summer fun activity: Build a Circuit. This free simulation lab makes it easy!
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Make a Moon Phases Calendar ~ Summer Fun Activity
This free download from NASA contains everything you need to make a 2026 Moon Phases Calendar.
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Map and Compass Activities ~ Summer Fun Activity
Summer is a great time to get outside and practice orienteering skills!
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Summer Fun Activity: Build a Parachute
Keep ’em learning this summer: Easy instructions help you build a parachute and explore the forces of air.
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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!
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Summer Fun Activity: NASA Optics Educator’s Guide
98-page download with STEM-focused optics activities for K–12.
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Fold & Fly Paper Airplane Designs ~ Summer Fun Activity
Here is a great summer fun activity to keep hands busy: experimenting with these free 47 paper airplane designs!
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Summer Fun Activity: 507 Mechanical Movements
Interactive site based on book by Henry T. Brown — summer learning fun!
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Summer Fun Activity: Exploring the Extreme ~ Free NASA Educator’s Guide
NASA Educator’s Guide covering gravity, jet propulsion, and more!
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10 End-of-Summer Ideas
Summer is winding down. Celebrate the end of summer with these 10 educational and fun ideas!
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Summer Fun Activity: Learning Synths
Interactive helps students explore the elements of sound in a fun and engaging way.
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Activity: Creative Writing with the Random Word Generator
Use a random word generator to keep your children writing every day!
