Summer STEAM Activities

(STEAM= Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math!)

Start Building and Making OFF-LINE:

30-Day Lego Building Challenge
Start building and making projects with the Design Squad. There are enough ideas to last all summer!
OOBLECK: Is it a liquid or a solid? Make some to find out!
Hmm... think back. Did you complete the art projects for our theme weeks during the year? Take a look at those pages!

Start Exploring OFF-LINE:

Now, check out this site to learn why the leak-proof bag works.
These sites are full of ideas for investigations you'll do off-line. Older kids will be able to use this site on their own. Younger kids will need help navigating:


Safe Sites, ONLINE:

These sites are safe to check out by yourself. --->

Ology

a huge site from the Museum of Natural History. It's full of activities to do online and offline.

Nat Geo

National Geographic Kids

Safe Sites, ONLINE:

These FREE sites are safe to check out by yourself, but you'll need an adult to sign you up and get you started. --->

Code.org

They have FREE classes for kids 4-17 and adults too. You can take short classes for an hour to learn a new skill or sign up for a longer one that you'll work on for a few days or weeks. Ask an adult to help you sign up.

Scratch

Ask an adult to help you sign up for this. Its a FREE coding site that's run by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Games to Stretch Your Brains, ONLINE:

Note to adults: These games help improve students' visual-spatial sense, problem solving ability, sense of logic and pre-coding skills.

Avatar Challenge

(This happened during the school year, but if you haven't made an avatar yet, get going!)

An avatar is a picture or cartoon that represents a real person. You can create an avatar that look just like you or one that expresses your creativity.

make an avatar here: