Summer STEM 2024 at the Science Of Sound (SOS): Discover New Horizons with Our Expanded STEM Holiday Camps (2025 Update)
Educational and Fun Activities
Written by Alexandra Stone
15 may 2024
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Dive into Discovery This Summer at SOS!
This summer, the Science of Sound (SOS) is back with a bigger, bolder, and brain-boosting STEM experience for children aged 5–12. With our newly expanded Summer STEM 2024 Holiday Camps, we’re blending curiosity, creativity, and cutting-edge science like never before.
Whether your child is fascinated by sound waves, excited to build machines, or ready to code their first robot, our camps are filled with activities that make STEM come alive through sound, motion, and imagination.
With new locations, broader themes, and even more hands-on learning, SOS Summer STEM 2024 invites your young explorer to experiment, invent, and play their way into the science of tomorrow.
Let’s take a look at what makes this summer’s camp experience the most exciting one yet!
1. What’s New for Summer 2024?
This year, SOS Summer STEM camps are bigger and better than ever, with brand-new activities and expanded themes designed to spark joy and curiosity in every young learner.
✅ Expanded STEM Topics – In addition to our beloved sound science, we’re diving into exciting areas like robotics, renewable energy, digital design, and basic coding—giving kids a well-rounded, future-ready STEM experience.
✅ Hands-On Engineering Projects – Campers will build simple machines, test sound amplification techniques, and tackle real-world challenges with inventive thinking and tactile experimentation.
✅ Sound Meets Technology – From designing sound effects to experimenting with digital audio tools, children will explore how sound and tech combine to create music, games, and interactive learning experiences.
📍 Playful Innovation: All activities are grounded in the SOS philosophy of inquiry-led, sensory-rich learning, ensuring that children don’t just participate—they experiment, investigate, and imagine.
With new topics and fresh energy, Summer STEM 2024 is the perfect place for young minds to explore what’s possible—and discover what they’re capable of.
2. The Power of STEM: Why It Matters for Your Child
STEM isn’t just about facts and formulas—it’s about preparing children for the future with skills that are relevant, transferable, and empowering. At SOS Summer STEM Camps, we make STEM feel like play, while instilling the confidence and curiosity that spark lifelong learning.
✅ Curiosity-Driven Learning – We embrace children’s natural sense of wonder, giving them the space to ask questions, take risks, and make discoveries that lead to real understanding.
✅ Hands-On Exploration – Kids get to build, test, tinker, and create, engaging with STEM concepts through tactile, multi-sensory activities that support all learning styles.
✅ Building Confidence Through Mistakes – Our environment encourages experimentation, normalising trial and error as part of the learning process, helping kids build resilience and self-belief.
✅ Future-Ready Skills – From coding basics to collaborative engineering, children develop skills in problem-solving, creativity, teamwork, and logic—the very tools they’ll need for the world ahead.
📍 STEM with Heart: At SOS, we’re not just teaching science—we’re nurturing thinkers, dreamers, and creators ready to explore their potential.
That’s why our camps are more than just summer fun—they’re an investment in your child’s growth, confidence, and love for learning.
3. Sound Science: Our Signature Exploration of Sound
At the core of SOS Summer STEM Camps is our original and ever-popular sound science programme, where kids learn how sound works through vibrations, waves, and hands-on experimentation.
✅ Explore Sound Waves – Through fun activities like tuning forks in water, balloon resonance, and the water xylophone, children see, hear, and feel how sound travels.
✅ Chladni Plate Experiments – Using vibrating plates and sand, kids visualise sound frequencies by creating fascinating geometric patterns—a blend of physics, art, and magic.
✅ DIY Instrument Making – Children build their own simple instruments from recycled or everyday materials and learn how vibration, pitch, and material density affect sound.
📍 From Ears to Energy: Through hands-on sound activities, campers discover how sound moves through air, water, and solids—bringing abstract science to life in tangible, memorable ways.
Whether your child is a budding musician, curious tinkerer, or sensory learner, our sound science strand offers a unique entry point to the world of physics that’s fun, fascinating, and foundational.
4. STEM Challenges: Engineering and Design
This summer, campers will roll up their sleeves and become real engineers with our STEM design challenges—activities that encourage creativity, strategy, and hands-on innovation.
✅ Bridge Building – Children will design and construct bridges using materials like popsicle sticks, string, and tape, learning about tension, load distribution, and balance.
✅ Simple Machines – Kids explore how levers, pulleys, and gears work by building and testing their own models, discovering how engineers solve everyday problems using simple tools.
✅ Rocket Races – Using balloons, straws, or paper tubes, campers will construct and launch mini rockets to learn about force, propulsion, and air pressure—and engage in a bit of friendly competition!
đź“Ť Think, Build, Improve: These challenges build essential engineering mindsets like prototyping, testing, redesigning, and teamwork, helping kids build both skills and confidence.
From brainstorming to building to bouncing back when things don’t work, these engineering challenges show kids that every mistake is a step forward in the invention process.
5. Technology in Action: Coding and Robotics
SOS Summer STEM 2024 goes beyond the physical world into the digital one with fun, beginner-friendly coding and robotics sessions—perfect for sparking a love of tech in curious young minds.
✅ Intro to Coding – Using intuitive platforms like Scratch or block-based apps, children will learn how to create simple games, animations, or digital stories, building the foundations of logic and computational thinking.
✅ Hands-On Robotics – Campers will assemble and programme their own basic robots, learning how motors, sensors, and sequences bring machines to life.
✅ Design and Debugging – Kids will test, troubleshoot, and improve their code, learning that failure is part of the fun—and the process.
đź“Ť Tech Without Intimidation: Our facilitators provide a supportive, playful environment where children can explore at their own pace, building digital confidence one line of code at a time.
Whether your child is a tech-savvy gamer or just curious about how things work, our coding and robotics activities offer an exciting gateway into future-forward learning.
6. A Summer of Discovery and Fun
SOS Summer STEM 2024 is more than a camp—it’s a launchpad for imagination, discovery, and lifelong curiosity. With a dynamic mix of sound science, engineering builds, and technology play, each day is packed with opportunities for kids to create, collaborate, and grow.
✅ Inclusive for All Interests – Whether your child thrives in creative play, structured builds, or sensory learning, our programme offers something for every type of thinker and doer.
✅ Designed for Engagement – With short, high-energy activities and facilitator-led exploration, every session is crafted to keep kids excited, challenged, and immersed in the moment.
✅ Friendship and Confidence – Children develop social skills and self-belief through group problem-solving, idea sharing, and just plain fun—building friendships while building circuits!
📍 Joyful Learning That Lasts: Kids leave our camps with more than just cool creations—they gain memories, skills, and a mindset that lasts long after the summer ends.
When discovery feels like play, and every sound, spark, or sketch leads to something new—that’s a summer well spent.
Final Thoughts: Discover New Horizons with SOS Summer STEM 2024
This summer, give your child the opportunity to experiment, build, and explore with the Science of Sound’s expanded STEM Holiday Camps. From sound waves and slime to rockets, robots, and coding challenges, our 2024 programme is a vibrant celebration of imagination, exploration, and learning through play.
Our camps are thoughtfully designed to support curious minds and growing confidence, providing every child—whether a budding scientist or first-time tinkerer—with a safe, energising space to discover their strengths.
âś… Hands-on sound science
âś… Real-world engineering builds
âś… Creative tech exploration
âś… Encouragement at every step
đź“Ť Book now for a summer of sound-powered discovery!
Visit our Holiday Camps page to view dates, locations, and registration details.
Let’s make Summer 2024 the season your child discovers what they’re truly capable of—through sound, science, and STEM-fuelled joy.
