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THE ULTIMATE LIST OF SUMMER STEM ACTIVITIES

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If you’re here, you want more ideas for STEM activities. For kids, the summer is all about having fun, getting outside to play, and doing new experiences.

If you’ve never done STEM activities with your kids before, now is the perfect time to try summer STEM activities!

Summer STEAM projects are one of the best ways to keep your kids learning through the summer, but also having a wonderful time learning in new and creative ways.

Try these summer STEM activities and prevent summer slide this year! Make learning fun through the summer with these fun STEM activities for summer. Kids will love learning about summer science, technology, engineering, and math. #sumemrlearning #summerfun #summer #stem #stemed

During the summer, I like to engage my kids with themes they are currently interested in. All of the summer STEM activities in this list are a direct result of my kids’ interests and are perfect for STEM summer camp activities!

Read on to find the complete list of STEM activities for summer!

You’ll also want to check out the  ultimate list of summer science experiments. 

What are STEM Summer Camp Activities?

Try these summer STEM activities at home! Make learning fun through the summer with these fun summer STEAM projects. Super fun STEM camp activities!

STEM is not so much a topical study as it is an approach to teaching and learning the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

Summer STEAM projects use all of these subjects together to solve real-world problems.

summer stem challenge cards

When doing summer STEM activities, you can focus on just one element of STEM at a time, or do projects that include two or more STEM subjects.

A STEM activity uses elements of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to solve problems. All STEM activities are inquiry-based, which means they are designed to answer a question (often a question the child creates herself).

STEM Summer Camp Activities

STEM activities encourage children to see subjects like math and science in a new light, and how to use those subjects to solve their day to day problems and the problems that they might face as adults.

All STEM activities should contain elements of at least two disciplines in STEM, and all of them when possible!

Fun STEM Camp Activities

As critical thinking and creative thinking become more and more important, STEM activities provide a safe and fun way for children to explore the concepts of science, math, engineering, and technology in a kid-friendly and fun way.

Even if a child never goes into a STEM field as an adult, engaging in STEM activities will encourage problem solving, logical thinking, and creativity in any industry.

At the pre-elementary and elementary level,STEM is about exploring STEM subjects in a fun and hands-on way.

Why Do Summer Camp STEM Activities?

Summer STEM Activities


During the summer, kids have about two full months when  they are not participating in educational activities.

Although you might put your child in camp a few weeks to facilitate learning, there will still be gaps in their knowledge when they return to school in the fall.

Adding summer STEM activities to your summer line-up will help prevent some of this summer slide, and summer STEM activities are tons of fun and a wonderful way to bond with your kids over the summer.

summer steam projects

During the summer, we like to do STEM projects that are filled with color, explosions, and fun so that kids see science and STEM as one of their favorite subjects.

My own kids have done summer STEM activities since kindergarten, and science and STEM continues to be their best subject in school.

STEM challenge ideas help kids prepare for real-world challenges. Take your STEM activities up a notch with these summer STEM activities for kids. These STEM project ideas are perfect for summer learning and summer activities for kids. Make learning fun this summer with these hands-on activity ideas. #sumemrlearning #summerfun #summer #stem #stemed

What You Need for STEM Activities for Summer Camp

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Summer STEAM Projects Perfect for an At-Home STEM Summer Camp!

If you can’t get enough of STEM activities for kids, don’t miss the ultimate list of summer STEM activities. These STEM challenges are all about teaching science, technology, engineering, and math in a fun and hands-on way. Hands-on learning has never been this fun before! #sumemrlearning #summerfun #summer #stem #stemed

Follow along with this guide to find super fun and engaging STEM activities for summer! If you want more fun STEM ideas, try these creative STEM activities for kids, the ultimate list of STEM activities, quick STEM activities, and easy STEM activities!

SUMMER SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

Make your very own exploding art this summer with the super fun STEM activity: exploding paint rockets! Make your exploding paint film canister rockets fly far into the air when you try this fun summer STEM activity. Exploding STEAM projects have never been as fun before! #stemed #stem #steamprojects #stemactivities #STEAM #kidsactivities #summerlearning #summerfun #scienceexperiments

Exploding Paint Rockets STEM Activity

Make the galaxy sugar crystal science experiment and make fun space memories with your kids! Kids will have a blast making these space themed sugar crystals and won’t even realize they are doing a kids science experiment! Science experiments for kids have never been this fun before! #scienceexperiment #science #stem #stemed #galaxy #space #kidsactivities

Galaxy Sugar Crystal Science Experiment

Galaxy Oobleck

Kids will love this wacky science experiment! Hot ice is a novelty any time of year. Learn the no-fail way for how to make hot ice here!

Hot Ice Science Experiment

Galaxy Sugar Crystals

Make slime educational by making this slime model of the solar system! The solar system slime recipe is a fun way to combine space learning and slime play in one! Make learning the planets fun with this educational slime activity for kids. It's the perfect activity for a space theme! #space #planets #spacetheme #thematicunit #theme #slime #slimer #slimerecipe

Solar System Slime

Oil and Water Experiments

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Science Summer Camp

Make this creative and colorful solar system mobile made from clay hearts! This solar system project is perfect for summer crafts or the science fair!

Solar System Model

If you want easy science experiments, look no further than these Ivory soap science experiments. This classic science experiment is perfect summer science.

Ivory Soap Science Experiment

Can you set ice on fire? In this ice science experiment, adults can demonstrate to kids that in some cases, ice can actually burn.

Burning Ice Science Experiment

Wondering how to make a magnifying glass? It's easier than you think! This kids science project shows you how to make a magnifying glass from ice!

Ice Magnifying Glass

Learn about water density, energy, how molecules work, and more in this super fun and easy hot and cold water density science experiment! Kids will be delighted with how fun it is, and the bright colors will many any kid interested in science! It's the perfect STEM activity for the classroom or home. #science #stem #stemed #scienceclass #scienceexperiment #elementary #kidsactivities #learningactivities #teachingideas

Temperature Water Density Science Experiment

Tornado in a Jar

Take slime to the next level! Make volcano slime that really erupts using these easy directions for making dinosaur volcano slime! This volcano slime recipe uses fluffy slime and is perfect for setting up volcano science experiments at a science fair! Make slime educational! #slimerecipes #slime #slimer #scienceexperiments

Erupting Slime Volcano

vanishing color experiment

Disappearing Vitamin C and Iodine Experiment

Learning with dinosaurs is so much fun. Use this science experiment to learn about salt crystals using dinosaurs! The dinosaur salt crystal science experiment is a fun learning activity for preschoolers and kindergarten. #dinosaurs #handsonlearning #scienceexperiments #preschoolactivities

Salt Crystal Dinosaurs Science

SUMMER TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES

STEM activities don’t have to be boring. They are more exciting when you include fun themes that kids love, like mermaids! These Squishy Circuits projects feature mermaids and make learning about electricity fun. Help kids learn about electricity in a safe and fun way when you make a Squishy Circuit mermaid! #STEMed #stem #stemactivities #engineering #summerfun #summeractivities #kidsactivities #mermaid

Squishy Circuit Mermaid

Technology activities for kids help prepare kids for life and encourage the development of logic, programming, problem solving, and creative thinking. Make your STEM activities a lot more interesting with these technology-based STEM challenges for kids! STEM education is a lot of fun with technology!

Unicorn Squishy Circuits

Technology activities for kids help prepare kids for life and encourage the development of logic, programming, problem solving, and creative thinking. Make your STEM activities a lot more interesting with these technology-based STEM challenges for kids! STEM education is a lot of fun with technology!

How to Use Squishy Circuits

Want to help your kids learn to code but don't know where to start? These coding apps for kids provide an easy way to start coding with kids!

Coding Apps for Kids

Technology activities for kids help prepare kids for life and encourage the development of logic, programming, problem solving, and creative thinking. Make your STEM activities a lot more interesting with these technology-based STEM challenges for kids! STEM education is a lot of fun with technology!

Minecraft Exploding Creepers STEM Activity

Technology activities for kids help prepare kids for life and encourage the development of logic, programming, problem solving, and creative thinking. Make your STEM activities a lot more interesting with these technology-based STEM challenges for kids! STEM education is a lot of fun with technology!

Stop Motion Jellybean Technology Activity

Technology activities for kids help prepare kids for life and encourage the development of logic, programming, problem solving, and creative thinking. Make your STEM activities a lot more interesting with these technology-based STEM challenges for kids! STEM education is a lot of fun with technology!

Words of Affirmation Coding Bracelet

Technology activities for kids help prepare kids for life and encourage the development of logic, programming, problem solving, and creative thinking. Make your STEM activities a lot more interesting with these technology-based STEM challenges for kids! STEM education is a lot of fun with technology!

Screen Free Coding Ideas

SUMMER ENGINEERING CHALLENGES

Technology activities for kids help prepare kids for life and encourage the development of logic, programming, problem solving, and creative thinking. Make your STEM activities a lot more interesting with these technology-based STEM challenges for kids! STEM education is a lot of fun with technology!

Marshmallow Constellations

Looking for Pokemon crafts? Melty bead Pokemon are a fun way to use up Perler beads and make a Pokemon activity at the same time! A perfect summer craft!

Melty Bead Pokemon

Learn the basics of engineering with the egg drop engineering project! This egg drop engineering challenge gives several ideas for the egg drop project, including a hot air balloon egg drop. It's a super fun STEM activity and engineering challenge for kids! #stemactivities #stem #stemed #engineering #engineeringactivities #kidsactivities

Egg Drop Engineering Challenge

Engineering activities for kids teach a lot of useful skills, like circuits, properties of matter, physics, design, spatial awareness, and more! Kids will have a blast with these engineering activity ideas and engineering for kids has never been so fun!

Clothespin Airplane STEM Activity

Engineering activities for kids teach a lot of useful skills, like circuits, properties of matter, physics, design, spatial awareness, and more! Kids will have a blast with these engineering activity ideas and engineering for kids has never been so fun!

3D Carbon Atom Model

SUMMER MATH ACTIVITIES

Keeping math skills boosted in the summer doesn't have to be boring! Use these ideas to make your own DIY math summer camp at home!

DIY Math Summer Camp

Love lemons? Love lemonade? Kids will love these adorable lemon fraction clip cards that help them identify fractions in lemons and lemonade! So much fun!

Lemonade Fraction Clip Cards

If your kids love the zoo, then they will love these zoo counting clip cards! Help kids learn to count from 1-10 in a math learning center!

Zoo Counting Clip Cards

Help first and second graders solidify math facts with this fun hands-on number sentence game! Kids will love doing math this way!

Number Sentence Game

Kids bored of textbooks? Make math fun with this simple watermelon seed spitting measurement game that brings math to life in the great outdoors.

Watermelon Measurement Game

Love strawberries? Then you won't want to miss these strawberry-themed addition fact clip cards for preschoolers, kindergarten, and first grade!

Strawberry Addition Clip Cards

Looking for hands-on math activities? These homemade clay number manipulatives are perfect for learning a wide variety of math concepts!

Clay Number Manipulatives

Kids bored by math and confused by fractions? Make math fun with this simple math fraction art project! Part of 31 days of STEM activities for kids.

Fraction Art Project

Kids bored with traditional math? These hands-on math projects are easy and fun for kids of all ages. Part of 31 days of STEM activities for kids.

Hands-On Math Projects for Kids

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What is STEAM?

STEAM activities for kids promote the idea that science, technology, engineering, art, and math can all work together to help kids become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators!

Join us on our journey to discover just how much fun science experiments can be.

What we do… 

STEAMsational offers STEM and science lesson plans and teaching resources to provide a firm STEM foundation for children in the classroom or home.

All you need to do is find your supplies, gather your scientists, and let the innovation unfold.

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