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    Home » Summer STEM Challenges for Kids

    Summer STEM Challenges for Kids

    June 11, 2022 By Emma Vanstone 1 Comment

    These summer STEM Challenges are great fun whatever the weather and all use materials you’ve probably already got around the house.

    Make treasure maps, play dough models, fizzy potions, sugar cube towers and lots more!

    We teamed up with the lovely Mrs Mactivity to create the printable STEM challenge cards, which you can download by clicking the image below.

    Easy summer STEM Challenges for kids with printable STEM Challenge cards #scienceforkids #summerscience #STEMChallenges

    Summer STEM Challenges

    Sugar Cube Structures

    Make sugar cube towers and place different materials such as kitchen foil, cling film etc in between the cubes to investigate which material is the most waterproof.

    This is a great activity to turn into a game of who can build the tallest tower before it collapses!

    3 sugar cubes sat in a shallow plate of water and red food colouring. Foil sits between the first and second cube. The idea is to test different materials to see which can stop the second sugar cube absorbing water.

    Treasure Maps

    Use cold coffee or tea to make white paper look old, then draw a map of your garden, house or even a map from a story!

    coffee and tea stained treasure map being held by a child dressed as a pirate

    Secret Messages

    Write secret messages with lemon or lime juice!

    a heart drawn on paper with lemon juice for an invisible ink activity

    Fizzy Potions – Summer STEM Challenge

    There’s not much better than a fizzy potion outdoors on a sunny day. Add baking soda, vinegar and dish soap for a super eruption!

    To make this extra exciting add a little red cabbage indicator to make colour changing potions!

    Purple and blue potion in a conical flask made with red cabbage indicator, baking soda and vinegar

    Ice Painting

    Freeze a sheet of ice and paint over the top. Once you’ve finished, wipe the ice clean and start again!

    a sheet of ice and a watercolour paint set for painting on ice.

    Flower Dissection

    The best way to learn about the different parts of a flower is to take one apart! Can you spot all the different parts?

    Once the stem, petals, leaves and roots have been identified try to spot the male and female parts of the flower.

    labelled flower diagram and a dissected flower

    Jump Up!

    Make jumping frogs, jumping unicorns and anything else you fancy with this easy static electricity experiment.

    Blue balloon with a green tissue paper frog attached by static electricity

    Build a Raft – Summer STEM Challenge

    Make a raft from whatever materials you have around the house and test how much weight they can hold.

    A raft made from wooden lolly sticks with a toy wolf sat on top for a summer STEM challenge

    Play Dough Models

    Make a play dough model brain, bone, heart or anything else you fancy!

    Model Brain

    Bubble Wands

    Build your own bubble wands with pipe cleaners and straws! This is also a fun activity for learning about how rainbows form.

    different shaped bubble wands made with straws and pipecleaners - fun summer STEM Challenge

    Bean in a Jar – Summer STEM Challenge

    Did you know you can grow a bean in a jar? Or use paper or card to construct a beanstalk for Jack!

    Bean in a jar

    More STEM Challenges for Kids

    Try our fun newspaper STEM Challenges, make shoes, towers, dens and more.

    I’ve also got some easy Fairy Tale STEM Challenges to try! Make a beanstalk for Jack, a raft for the Billy Goats and more!

    Fairy Tale Science worksheets
    Image of Free downloadable summer STEM challenge cards
    SUMMER STEM Challenges

    Science Books for Kids

    I’ve also got a couple of fun science books you might like!

    Last Updated on June 11, 2022 by Emma Vanstone

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    These activities are designed to be carried out by children working with a parent, guardian or other appropriate adult. The adult involved is fully responsible for ensuring that the activities are carried out safely.

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    1. TechyKids Canada

      July 05, 2021 at 4:16 pm

      STEM activities and challenges like these are perfect for helping kids in developing some life essential skills. Thanks for sharing these ideas!

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