Back in June, we invited budding engineers and scientists in grades Pre-K through 8th to try their hand at creating STEM projects using common household materials. They could choose to design a water slide, a toothpick bridge, a cup tower, a balloon car, or a device to protect an egg from a drop or insulate a cup to keep a drink cool.
Check out some of amazing submissions we received this year:
Look at them go!
Ayush and Evelyn built water slides, Ayansh and Catalina constructed soaring cup towers, Jonathan, Jeffrey, and Clara tested an egg drop, siblings Ava and Liam made toothpick bridges, and Elisha assembled a balloon car.
Certificate of participation
If you haven’t yet already, click here to download a fun certificate of participation—type in your child’s name, and print it out!
You can discover more STEM activities in the Education.com Learning Library.
This summer, encourage children to step outside and play with these fun, educational, and hands-on activities! Here are some exciting ideas to get kids moving and keep them entertained:
Math and play come together with this sweet activity!
Draw a colorful ice cream cone on the linked worksheet, or create a giant cone using sidewalk chalk. Each square represents a different number, and the goal is to add up the terms you land on. This activity can be completed indoors or outdoors, making it a versatile way to practice addition while enjoying the sunshine.
Capture those summer memories with an art project!
Kids will have a blast collecting a variety of shells, pebbles, and sea glass on a beach outing. Once they’ve gathered their treasures, glue them in geometric shapes to a piece of cardboard. This keepsake sparks creativity and encourages kids to appreciate the beauty of nature.
Investigate how different household objects react with light!
Have your child arrange various objects like leaves, flowers, or small toys on construction paper, and leave the paper in the sunlight to fade. Using these sun prints, you can encourage them to explore the effects of sunlight and shadow while creating works of art!
Introduce young explorers to the basics of navigation!
Have them draw a colorful compass on the sidewalk and use arrows to indicate north, south, east, and west. They can then design a local map, adding in all of their favorite summertime spots like the pool, the library, and the park!
Get kids moving and cool off with a refreshing sponge relay!
Two teams will compete against each other, testing their trivia knowledge as they try to fill up a bucket of water by squeezing a sponge. The team that fills their bucket first wins! This activity helps children practice their quiz game prowess and develop teamwork skills while playing outside.
Looking for more fun in the sun? View our full list of 65+ summer activities to keep kids engaged throughout the warm weather months!
Using these digital worksheets, parents have transformed their kids’ tablet and laptop time from idle to educational. In today’s digital age, screen time can be a source of enrichment!
Now, you can bring your favorite Education.com worksheets to life and change up your child’s online routine this summer:
Interactive Worksheets are dynamic digital worksheets that students can complete on a laptop or tablet. Once a student submits an assignment, the Education.com site immediately grades their work, allowing them to review their mistakes and try again. Plus, they include features like one-click assignments, saving time for teachers and parents.
Several response types are available, including fill-in, token select, line match, and drag-and-drop.
All Interactive Worksheets are available to print as well, allowing your child to choose the format that works best for them!
Many parents of Gen Alpha aim to avoid the ‘iPad Kid’ phenomenon. If you’re a parent of one of these youngest learners, Interactive Worksheets can be a smart way to add an educational component to their screen-based activities. Digital worksheets can introduce them to foundational concepts like phonics, counting, colors, and even early science.
As students progress through third, fourth, and fifth, Interactive Worksheets become more complex, covering advanced concepts like reading comprehension, multiplication and division, history, geography, and life science. Your learner will get instant feedback every step of the way, allowing them to learn from their mistakes and deepen their understanding.
Interactive Worksheets are ideal for middle school students! The iterative format is a great guide for approaching challenging material step-by-step, helping to prepare them for high school. These digital worksheets cover subjects like geometry, algebra, grammar, physical science, world history, and even art history!
Parents: focus on reviewing grammar with your child this summer!
In light of post-pandemic educational challenges, as well as the potential for learning loss during summer break, it’s important that parents don’t let their children’s reading and writing skills slip!
One way to do this: bolster your child’s grammar skills with a bit of review every week during the warm weather months.
Here are our top tips, plus some worksheets to help you get started:
Identify different types of nouns
Kick off your first summer review session by exploring the various types of nouns!
Help your child differentiate between singular and plural nouns using this interactive worksheet.
Reinforce plural noun concepts with another digital worksheet for extra practice.
Explore the differences between common and proper nouns with this helpful worksheet that has students apply their knowledge by forming sentences.
Teach your child about concrete and abstract nouns using this comprehensive review sheet.
Have you ever noticed that your child inconsistently switches between verb tenses when writing? Help them advance their communication skills by practicing subject-verb agreement!
Start with progressive verb tenses, which express ongoing actions. This set of three new worksheets (parts one, two, and three) will guide your child through forming past, present, and future progressive tenses. With regular practice, they’ll solidify their skills and become better writers.
Adjectives and adverbs add color and detail to writing!
Delve deeper into adjectives with this worksheet, that teaches your child how to describe nouns effectively using adjectives that show what kind or how many. Follow up with a thorough review of adverbs to enhance their ability to modify verbs, circling adverbs that provide details about how, when, or where.
These activities will enhance your child’s descriptive writing skills and improve their overall grammar proficiency.
Prepare your child for back-to-school by helping them master pronouns, a key part of sentence structure!
Start with an engaging scavenger hunt to help your child identify pronouns at a basic level, and then help them pick out pronouns in sentences with this worksheet for first and second grade.
Next, have them differentiate between subject, object, and possessive pronouns with this two-part interactive worksheet. It teaches how we use different types of pronouns depending on their functions in a sentence.
Ensure your child grasps pronoun-antecedent agreement with this visual maze activity. Finally, for a deeper understanding, practice pronouns in compound subjects and objects with this sixth-grade interactive worksheet. These resources will equip your child with the knowledge to use pronouns effectively, preparing them for reading and writing in the fall .
