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IXL offers dozens of third grade science skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

A. Materials

• 1 Identify properties of an object
• 2 Compare properties of objects
• 3 Compare properties of materials
• 4 Identify materials in objects
• 5 Identify multiple materials in objects

B. States of matter

• 1 Classify matter as solid, liquid, or gas
• 2 Identify solids, liquids, and gases
• 3 Sort solids, liquids, and gases

C. Phase change

• 1 Change-of-state diagrams: solid, liquid, and gas
• 2 Heating, cooling, and changes of state

D. Heat and thermal energy

• 1 Predict heat flow
• 2 Predict temperature changes
• 3 How is temperature related to thermal energy?

E. Physical and chemical change

• 1 Identify physical and chemical changes
• 2 Compare physical and chemical changes

F. Mixtures

• 1 Identify mixtures

G. Force and motion

• 1 Identify pushes and pulls
• 2 How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?
• 3 How do mass and force affect motion?
• 4 Compare the speeds of moving objects
• • Coming soon: How does light travel and interact with matter?

I. Electricity

• 1 Introduction to static electricity and charged objects
• 1 Identify magnets that attract or repel
• 2 Label magnets that attract or repel
• 3 Compare strengths of magnetic forces

K. Classification

• 1 Identify living and nonliving things
• 2 Identify plants and animals
• 3 Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
• 4 Identify vertebrates and invertebrates
• 1 Read animal life cycle diagrams
• 2 Construct animal life cycle diagrams
• 3 Compare stages of an animal's life cycle
• 4 Compare different animals' life cycles
• 5 Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou
• 6 Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs
• 7 Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants
• 8 Human organs and their functions
• 1 Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts
• 2 Identify plant parts and their functions
• 3 How do plants make food?
• 4 Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams
• 5 How do flowering plants make new plants?
• 1 Observe and compare traits
• 2 What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis

O. Adaptations

• 1 Introduction to adaptations
• 2 Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks
• 3 Animal adaptations: feet and limbs
• 4 Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings

P. Heredity

• 1 Match offspring to parents using inherited traits
• 2 Identify inherited and acquired traits
• 3 Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement
• 4 Read a plant pedigree chart
• 5 Read an animal pedigree chart

Q. Ecosystems

• 1 Identify ecosystems
• 2 Describe ecosystems
• 3 Identify roles in food chains
• 4 How does matter move in food chains?
• 5 Interpret food webs

R. Rocks and minerals

• 1 Classify rocks and minerals by color, shape, and texture
• 2 Identify minerals using properties
• 3 Identify rocks using properties
• 4 Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic
• 1 Introduction to fossils
• 2 Compare fossils to modern organisms
• 3 Compare ancient and modern organisms: use observations to support a hypothesis

T. Weather and climate

• 1 Read a thermometer
• 2 Compare temperatures on thermometers
• 3 Collect and graph temperature data
• 4 What's the difference between weather and climate?
• 5 Weather and climate around the world
• 6 Weather or climate? Cite text
• 7 Use climate data to make predictions
• 8 Use data to describe U.S. climates
• 9 Use data to describe world climates

U. Earth's features

• 1 Bodies of water
• 2 Water on Earth
• 3 Natural resources
• 4 Identify Earth’s land features

V. Earth events

• 1 Classify changes to Earth's surface I
• 2 Classify changes to Earth's surface II
• 3 Find evidence of changes to Earth's surface
• 4 Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes
• 5 Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions
• 6 Changes to Earth's surface: erosion

W. Engineering practices

• 1 Solve problems using magnets
• 2 Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding
• 3 Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage

X. Units and measurement

• 1 Choose units of time
• 2 Choose customary units of distance
• 3 Choose metric units of distance
• 4 Abbreviate time and length units
• 5 Abbreviate mass and volume units

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• Bake a cake with your child and discuss the chemical reactions that take place between the various ingredients. Feel free to experiment with variations in the batter. For example, if you add an extra egg or a double dose of baking soda, what do you think will happen?
• Make a life-sized map of the human body on a long strip of parcel paper. Help your child draw and label all the different organs, bones and muscle groups.
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50 Easy Summer Science Experiments for Kids

May 13, 2024 By Emma Vanstone 19 Comments

Summer is a brilliant time to explore science outdoors with children. You don’t have to set up fancy experiments, even just looking at properties of plants and leaves or testing to see if different items sink or float in a paddling pool is great simple science for little ones.

Older children will love building bottle rockets , setting up chain reactions and making square bubbles.

I’ve compiled a fun list of our favourite summer science ideas from Science Sparks and many other fantastic blogs to keep kids of all ages happy all summer.

My DIY science camp also has some great summer science ideas, so check those out, too!

Awesome summer science ideas for kids

Summer science experiments using water.

Set up an Aliens LOVE Underpants washing line to investigate how different materials absorb different amounts of water.

There are lots of fun water science experiments to try including a neat magic trick keeping a paper towel dry in water from Creative connections for Kids .

Next time you get the paddling pool out, try one of my five paddling pool experiment ideas . These include sinking and floating, making boats and learning about density!

Weather Science Investigations

Make an easy barometer to learn about air pressure!

Build a homemade wind vane to learn about wind strength, or follow Red Ted Art’s easy instructions for making a DIY kite  

Make a super simple rain gauge from a plastic bottle to measure rainfall.

A pinecone weather station is ALWAYS fun and a great example of super simple, inexpensive science for kids .

Find out how to tell the time with a sundial . This is another brilliant low resource science activity.

Summer Bubble Science Experiments

Make rainbow bubbles . Bubbles are great fun for any time of year, but there’s not much better than chasing bubbles around a sunny garden.

Bubble Snakes are fantastic fun, too! As an extra challenge, children can experiment with different materials on the end of the bottle to find out which makes the best bubbles.

Did you know you can make a square bubble ? All you need is a special frame!

Summer Science Experiments Using Sand

Last winter, we made an awesome snow volcano, but sand also works really well, and if you do it in a tray, it is a great low-prep volcano .

Learn about evaporation using sand and water on a sunny day. Another visual way to learn about evaporation is using coloured water and salt .

Investigate to find what you need to make the perfect sandcastle .

Set yourself up with a science lab in the garden and try a dissolving investigation.

Forces and Motion Experiments

How high can you get a bottle rocket to launch? Remember to stand back as these shoot up with a bang!

Make straw shooters with friends. We like to set up a competition to see whose mini rocket can travel the furthest.

Building a parachute for an egg is ALWAYS a fun activity. If you’re feeling brave, use an unboiled egg!

We once had a great summer creating chain reactions with lolly sticks . These take a bit of setting up, but are most definitely worth the effort.

Outdoor Kitchen Science for Summer

We can’t wait to try these goop and flower cupcakes from The Imagination Tree.

Make some ice cream soup with Rainy Day Mum to explore melting.

A solar oven is good for making s’mores, but you’ll need a hot, sunny day.

Learn, Play, Imagine has some great ideas for fun with  balloons in the garden . I especially want to try the baking soda activity.

Test out filtering by cleaning up dirty water in the garden.

Summer Nature Science Experiments

Find out how tall a tree is. You might be surprised at how easy this is!

Try colouring carnations like Kitchen Counter Chronicles .

Make  rose petal perfume  and explore mixing and scents with The Imagination Tree .

Find out all about  Earthworms and how useful they are with a wormery.

Watch butterflies grow with Red Ted Art. I also have a delicious edible butterfly life cycle activity .

Explore the lifecycle of a ladybird with a simple fingerprint activity  from Reading Confetti .

Make lovely Chromatography butterflies with Buggy and Buddy

Dissect a flower to learn about the different parts. This is a very visual, hands-on way for children to learn about the structure of plants and flowers.

Build a den with sticks and leaves. Do some research first. The Wildlife Trust has some great den-building tips .

Ice Experiments for Kids

Try some colour mixing with ice made from fruit juice. You’ll have a delicious cold smoothie to drink at the end.

Make lovely, pretty summery ice with The Imagination Tree . We like to either speed up the melting of the ice with a bit of salt or warm water or leave cubes of ice in different places to find out where they melt the fastest.

Giant or even mini ice excavations are great for summer. We once created one so big it took ALL day to melt.

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We’ve got enough easy summer science challenges to keep you busy ALL summer, too!

Phew, can you think of any more summer science ideas for us?

I also have a delicious round-up of 50 kitchen science experiments for a rainy day or if you need to escape the sun for a while.

Last Updated on May 13, 2024 by Emma Vanstone

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Reader Interactions

May 19, 2013 at 7:31 pm

What a great list! Thank you for sharing my Ice Pop Insulators science experiment.

May 20, 2013 at 1:06 pm

Wow! What a great selection of ideas! Thanks so much for linking to the Pin It Party. have pinned to our board and to my own too. http://pinterest.com/jbmumofone/ Will pop over and follow now too 🙂

May 20, 2013 at 3:16 pm

brilliant ideas!! that will be loads for us to get thru during the summer! will definitely keep coming back to get ideas 🙂

May 20, 2013 at 7:14 pm

Such fab ideas and cheap to do at home to. I have repinned this from the Pin it Monday to my money saving ideas.

May 23, 2013 at 2:22 am

Great round up! Definitely some here we would like to try! I would love for you to share over at Mom’s Library ( http://lifewithmoorebabies.blogspot.com/2013/05/moms-library-kids-crafts.html ).

August 03, 2013 at 9:17 am

Really great ideas! I love the butterfly one. They look so pretty!

August 03, 2013 at 6:58 pm

Some great ideas here – will have to try some over the summer holidays.

June 19, 2018 at 8:37 pm

cool now I can do stuff.

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