Check in each week at Science Buddies this summer for our Awesome Summer Science Experiments series! Each week, we’ll highlight a few activities for awesome science and engineering kids can do at home. We’ve got a whole summer of fun STEM themes lined up for kids of all ages — for free. This week: Ready, Set, Go! STEM — awesome summer science experiments that take off, roll, fly, spin, and more!
From the Vault!: This post was part of our 2021 Awesome Summer Science series featuring ten free weeks of themed science projects and experiments.
Awesome Ready, Set, Go! STEM
We’ve reached the final week of our 10-weeks of Awesome Summer Science Experiments! It’s been an exciting summer of hands-on STEM learning, and the fun isn’t over! This week, we’ve highlighted a set of experiments with a Ready, Set, Go! theme.
The activities in Week 10 of our Awesome Summer Science Experiments series feature fun builds that hover, fly, spin, roll, and more!
Awesome Summer Science Experiments Week 10:
Experiment |
Watch |
Ask |
Kits |
Explore |
Read
EXPERIMENT: Ready, Set, Go! STEM
WATCH: Videos
ASK: Questions
Use these questions to prompt conversation and reflection about the science behind this week’s Awesome Summer Science Experiments activities:
- What are Newton’s three laws of motion?
- Which law of motion can you observe in how the propeller on the mini propeller car works?
- What kinds of energy did you observe in the activity you tried?
(Educators! See the Teach About Newton’s Laws of Motion resource.)
SCIENCE KITS: Bristlebots and BlueBots
The following Science Buddies Kits fit in with this week’s Ready, Set, Go! STEM theme:
Learn more about Science Buddies Kits and see our 10 Science Kits for Summer Science Experiments and Discovery recommendations and Science Project Kits – Our top 10 list!.
EXPLORE: STEM Careers
After trying this week’s summer science experiments, kids can learn more about related science and engineering careers, like:
READ: Books
Pair picture and story books like these with this week’s Awesome Summer Science Experiments explorations.
For more suggestions for science-themed summer reading, see our Summer Reading List. Also, don’t miss this roundup of creative STEM activities for storytelling and imaginative play.
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