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.
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).What gives…
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 what…
Summer Fun Activity: Build a Sunspot Viewer
A way to view the sunspots on the sun without looking directly at the sun.
Summer Fun Activity: Feel the Heat {Free Download}
Ready to feel the heat of summer? Here is a fun summer activity experimenting with heat.
Summer Fun Activity: Make Your Own Mosquito Repellent
Experiment with different ways of making your own mosquito repellent.
Summer Fun Activity: Solar Observation
Free solar observation lesson from NASA covering ultraviolet and infrared radiation.
Summer Fun Activity: Summer Memory Jar
Memory jar can hold special things collected over the entire summer — memories in the making.
Summer Fun Activity: Tying Knots!
When it gets too hot to stay outside, and little hands are looking for something to do, keep them busy tying knots!
Summer Fun Activity: Explore the Ocean
Summer is a great time to explore the ocean by designing your own ocean unit study.
Summer Fun Activity: Create Pure Water With a Solar Still
Enjoy drinking pure water from your own solar still.
Summer Fun Activity: Make a Nature Walk Bracelet
Make a summer nature walk bracelet by attaching small nature treasures to sticky-tape.
Summer Fun: Easy Homemade Ice Cream {Roll the Can}
Use the “roll the can” method of making ice cream while learning the science behind how it works with these easy directions.
Summer Fun Activity: Build a Solar Oven
Educational and fun, building your own solar oven can provide tasty summer treats!
Summer Fun Activity: Sun Prints
If you put something on the paper to block or obstruct the sunlight from reaching that space, you can make patterns.
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