4 Awesome Summer Science Experiments and Activities for Kids

It is commonly known that depending on how the subject is exposed to the child, is how they react it to. Children like to have fun and enjoy almost learning anything that is exciting and not monotonous. Summer breaks are a great time for you to involve your children in science-related activities. By adding some element of fun like doing experiments or activities with them, you will have their attention in no time.

Below are awesome summer science experiments you can do with your kids.

Making A Rain Guage

If you are in an area where it rains a lot, then making a rain gauge will be an exciting experiment for the kids. You can either make one with the children or buy a readymade one and install a rain gauge to help them monitor the amount of rainfall. This is a great way to make your children learn about the weather. To make one you will need to take a plastic bottle and cut off the top half. Mark two-inch measurements on the bottle with a marker. Put small pebbles in the bottle to weigh it down. Invert the top half in the bottle to make it into a funnel. Place the bottle on a flat surface and record the rainfall amount when it rains. 

Making Slime At Home

If there’s one thing the kids of today love to play with, that is slime. They will love to see how that chemical reaction takes place to form the liquid-like polymer gooey substance they know as slime. Note that this experiment includes borax so it has to be done with adult supervision. Take one cup of hot water and dissolve borax in it. In a separate bowl mix glue, 1/th cup of water, and food coloring. Mix the contents of both bowls. Place the slime on the cooling rack or colander. After a while, you will see the slime drip down slowly. There are several ways to conduct this experiment and you can even use a recipe that doesn’t include borax. 

Fizz Experiment

This experiment is a lot of fun for younger children. The children will get to understand what happens when vinegar comes in contact with baking soda. Pour baking soda into a bowl and add food coloring to it. Do not mix the colors. Using a medicine dropper add little drops of vinegar to the food coloring in the baking soda. The children will see fizzy chemical reactions taking place over and over again. They can press hard paper on top of the fizzy area and make colored impressions. 

Butterfly Feeder

Summertime brings in a lot of butterflies. Teach your children how to attract butterflies using different methods. Combine nine parts of water with one part of sugar. Bring the sugar water to a boil and then let it cool. With the help of an adult make small holes in the lid of a jar. Cut little strips of kitchen sponge and put them through the hole. Soak the sponge with sugar water. Hang the jar with the sugar-soaked lid upside down using strings. You can help the children decorate the jar if they like. The butterfly feeder is ready. Help the children notice and write down the different types of butterflies that come for the sweet nectar prepared for them.

Importance Of Doing Science-Related Activities With Children.

The above are four science-related experiments and activities you can do with your children over the summer. There are many more types of experiments that you can with your child to make them excited about this subject. Whether your child intends to become an ecologist, neuroscientist, or engineer, supporting them and encouraging them with such activities will enhance their interest and abilities. 

When you do science projects with your children, it helps them to develop resourcefulness and problem-solving skills. It arouses their natural curiosity about how things work and allows them to find new ways to solve problems. 

They get the confidence to ask more questions and try to understand the world and it works at an early age. It is a great summertime activity for all younger age groups. When it is encouraged at home, they feel free to discover new interests and are not hesitant to fail as the atmosphere at home is non-competitive as compared to their school. This can give rise to adopting interesting hobbies and even their future educational pursuits. Your children will thank you later in their life as they feel more drawn to the interests roused in them at a young age.