Apps, Games, and Websites for a Summer of Science

Check out these resources for mixing screen time with tree climbs.

Where can you make a cloud in a jar, engineer a robotic arm, plant your own terrarium, and build a pin-hole camera? Answer: science camp! At today's science camps, computers and technology undoubtedly play a huge role in the projects and adventures campers will experience. At the same time, no one wants kids sitting in front of a screen all summer -- losing their sense of wonder and discovery. Thankfully, there's a bunch of great tech out there that balances learning in front of a screen with hands-on activities outside in nature.

So whether it's practicing music to learn physics or baking a cake to understand chemistry, you'll find a plethora of ideas with these apps, games, and websites:

	Sites and Apps for Citizen Science Students can make thousands of fascinating observations just by roaming around in nature or experimenting with everyday items -- these apps and websites will prompt ideas for fun, safe experiments and explorations.
	Science Museum Learning Resources These websites are run by some of the best science museums in the world, and help teachers bring these experiences into classrooms.
	STEAM Games, Apps, and Sites Mix and match these picks to help students cultivate science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) skills like design sense and inventiveness, all while making cool, useful stuff.
	Top Apps, Games, and Websites for Scientific Inquiry These tools familiarize kids with inquiry-based learning: observing, asking questions, gathering data, drawing conclusions, revising their thinking, and asking new questions.
	Top Tech for Science Advanced Learners From biology to chemistry to physics, these tools will satisfy your hungriest students with the knowledge they crave about the world around them.