🌞 SmartHead Co.™ Summer Mini STEM Kits (6-Pack) – $55
Summer science has never been this fun! Powered by a Master Teacher, our Summer Mini STEM Kit Bundle brings six hands-on experiments that harness the magic of sunshine, color, and curiosity. Each activity is designed to wow kids and meet NGSS standards, making it perfect for families, co-ops, and microschools who want meaningful learning that feels like play.
✨ Inside Every Kit
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NGSS-aligned micro-lessons
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Step-by-step activity instructions
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Hero’s Portfolio cards for ESA documentation
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Pre-measured, ready-to-use materials
🔬 The Six Summer Experiments
1. 🌞 Sun Print Paper (UV Art Science)
Create art powered by the sun! Kids place leaves, keys, or stencils on special photo-sensitive paper, then watch as sunlight reveals bold blue designs.
STEM Focus: Electromagnetic radiation, light energy, chemistry of photosensitive materials.
2. ✨ UV Color-Changing Beads
Turn science into wearable art! Beads change color instantly in sunlight, helping kids see invisible UV rays at work. Make a bracelet or necklace that doubles as a personal UV detector.
STEM Focus: Ultraviolet light, absorption and reflection, materials science.
3. 🧊 Crystal Lab: Grow a Gem
Grow sparkling crystals overnight using simple chemistry. Kids twist pipe cleaners into shapes, place them in a borax solution, and wake up to dazzling “geodes.”
STEM Focus: Structure and properties of matter, crystallization, solutions and saturation.
4. 🌈 Giant Rainbow Bubbles
Make bubbles bigger, stronger, and more colorful than ever! With a special bubble concentrate and DIY wand, kids create shimmering rainbow bubbles and learn why colors swirl across every bubble film.
STEM Focus: Light refraction, surface tension, geometry of spheres.
5. 🌈 Build-a-Spectroscope
Peek into hidden rainbows! Kids assemble a simple spectroscope with diffraction film and a cardboard tube to split white light into its colorful spectrum.
STEM Focus: Wave properties, diffraction, visible light spectrum.
6. 🎨 Color-Changing Slime (Thermochromic)
The slime kids love, with a scientific twist! This gooey fun shifts color with warmth from sunlight or their hands, demonstrating polymers and heat-sensitive materials in action.
STEM Focus: States of matter, polymers, thermal energy transfer.
💡 Why Families & Groups Love It
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Affordable bundle for homeschool co-ops, microschools, and classrooms
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6 wow-factor experiments that are mess-friendly and outdoor-ready
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Builds confidence, inspires exploration, and creates portfolio-ready artifacts
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Summer STEM powered by joy, creativity, and sunlight
📦 Perfect For
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Families who want summer to be both magical and meaningful
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Small groups, pods, and microschools with multiple students
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ESA families seeking standards-aligned, artifact-producing STEM learning
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