Make a Rainbow in a Jar
- Use sugar, water, and food coloring to create a density rainbow.
- Teaches: Density & layering
DIY Solar Oven (Cook S’mores!)
- Use a pizza box, foil, and plastic wrap to harness the power of the sun.
- Teaches: Solar energy & heat transfer
Create a Volcano with Baking Soda and Vinegar
- Add food coloring and dish soap for a foamy eruption.
- Teaches: Chemical reactions
Melting Race: Ice vs. Salt
- See how salt affects the melting speed of ice cubes.
- Teaches: Freezing point & chemical properties
Walking Water Rainbow
- Use cups, paper towels, and food coloring to show water movement.
- Teaches: Capillary action
DIY Lava Lamp
- Use oil, water, food coloring, and Alka-Seltzer to create bubbling blobs.
- Teaches: Density & chemical reactions
Balloon Blow-Up Without Blowing
- Combine baking soda and vinegar in a bottle with a balloon on top.
- Teaches: Gas formation & pressure
Grow Your Own Crystals
- Mix borax with hot water and pipe cleaners to form cool crystal shapes.
- Teaches: Solubility & crystal formation
Make a Water Cycle in a Bag
- Draw the sun, clouds, and rain on a plastic bag and add water.
- Stick it to a sunny window and watch the cycle!
- Teaches: Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Color-Changing Milk
- Add food coloring to milk, then touch it with dish soap.
- Teaches: Surface tension & chemical reactions
Egg Drop Challenge
- Design a container to protect an egg from a high fall.
- Teaches: Physics, gravity, engineering
Sink or Float: Summer Edition
- Test summer items (like pool toys, flip-flops, seashells) in water.
- Teaches: Buoyancy & density
Frozen Dinosaur Excavation
- Freeze small toys in water, then “excavate” them with salt and warm water.
- Teaches: Melting & states of matter
Build a Mini Catapult
- Use popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and spoons to fling marshmallows.
- Teaches: Simple machines & physics
Homemade Slime
- Mix glue, baking soda, and contact solution to make stretchy slime.
- Teaches: Polymers & non-Newtonian fluids
Have a great summer and enjoy these suggestions!
Have a STEM experiment you have tried? We’d love to hear about it!
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Jenn, Owner of Teacher Time To Go