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How to make a Barometer
This mini science investigation shows you how to make a DIY barometer to measure air pressure. Air pressure can be used to predict the weather and is one of many factors used by meteorologists. Low...
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Make a play-dough brain!
The brain is one of the most fascinating organs, so today we’re going to make a model brain. The brain is the control centre for your body and it sits in your skull at the top of your spinal cord. When...
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Fun Sparks – Emotion Posters
Your brain is made up of billions of specialised cells called neurones that transmit information by chemical and electrical signals. They control every thing we do, right down to how we feel – our...
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Fun Sparks: Bursting the cocoon! Caterpillar Fun.
The transformation from Caterpillar to butterfly is one that hooks in children however old they are. We are big fans of the Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle in this house and it is a great way to...
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Simple Food Chains and a Worksheet!
It is always tricky to get children to understand that living things can get eaten by other living things. We have tried very hard to make sure my children know that a chicken is a packet was in fact a...
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Choice Chambers – animal behaviour investigation!
Choice chambers are an investigative method used to study animal behaviour and to determine the favoured conditions for a habitat. It is a very simple investigation to set up and one that kids loves at...
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Haba Binocular Review
Haba toys have some wonderful toys and equipment equipment available for inquisitive young minds. For those of that read my personal blog, you will know that Noah (my eldest) is a little Pirate crazy....
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Why does milk curdle?
Curdling is a process by which a liquid is transformed to a soft semisolid or solid mass. We can see this happen by a very simple experiement! You will need Orange or Lemon juice (citric acid) A glass...
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How to make a Magnifying Glass
Playing detective is one of my little ones favourite games, but to be a real detective involves lots of Science! So today we’re going to make a magnifying glass. How to make a Magnifying Glass...
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Little Labs Plant Science Kit Review
Science Shop have a great variety of science kits available in a variety of science categories and suitable of all age ranges and abilities. I was given the chance to review their Little Labs Plant...
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Why can you see a rainbow in bubbles?
Bubbles are one of the most fun things to play with…but what colour are they? Transparent? Clear? How about if you could make your bubbles all the colours of the rainbow? Well you can in this very...
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Food Groups
Looking at food groups is such a fun thing to do. It gives children a real insight into the types of food they eat and you can use it as an opportunity for taste testing. For younger children, you can...
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Blowing Balloons Respiration Style
We have talked about respiration before when we made bread and used yeast to make the dough rise. This is another very easy experiment that demonstrates respiration in action and is quicker than making...
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Plant Babies! – Tissue Cuttings
If we want to grow a plant we usually do this by planting a seed. The seed is produced by sexual reproduction (two parents), meaning that the egg from one plant and the pollen from another have met and...
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Evaporation and the Water Cycle
A few weeks ago when we had a brief hot spell, we added water to some sand and left it outside to see what would happen. This activity is a great, easy way to learn about evaporation, the water cycle...
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Make a Mini Water Cycle Model
The water cycle is an amazing process that we started to talk about when discussing evaporation a couple of weeks ago. Today we are going to have a go at creating our very own mini water cycle model....
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Science Magic – the unbreakable egg
This is another experiment taken from a fab book I was sent to review, Cool Science. We think of eggs as being fragile ( how many times have you opened a box of eggs to find one broken ) so how do you...
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Filtering Experiment – can you do better?
We’ve tried a filtering experiment using dirty water before, using kitchen roll as the filter. Today we tried something a little different. We looked in the garden for three things that might make good...
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Slipping and Sliding
On a rainy day my children can often be found skidding down our hallway. We have wooden floors, so they are slippy enough to be fun, but not so slippy it’s dangerous. We have found that skidding is a...
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Making a Splatter Pattern with Paint
What we were hoping to show with this cool splatter pattern investigation was that a water balloon dropped from a greater height will fall with more speed and have a bigger splatter pattern than a...
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Growing Microorganisms – Dirty Potatoes
Welcome to more Spectacular Summer Science, today we’re growing microorganisms Following on from our hand washing exercise last week we tried another related activity. We boiled some potatoes to...
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Candy sorting
In the UK we have some chocolate covered sweets called Revels. Inside each bag are different flavoured chocolates, maltesers, plain chocolate, coffee flavour, orange flavour, toffee and chocolate...
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Why do plants need water?
A few days ago we noticed that one of our little pumpkin plants on the window sill had wilted. The soil looked dry so we watered the plant and after a few hours it was standing lovely and straight...
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Raising Raisins – baking soda investigation
This is a great little science experiment that kids will love! Dancing Raisins Experiment What do you think will happen if you put a raisin in a glass of water? It will sink! Do you think it’s...
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How Do Lungs Work? Make A Model Lung
The lungs are an essential organ to all mammals. Today we’re going to find our how lungs work by making a lung model. The lungs are part of our breathing system which has two functions: ventilation –...
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Water Science Experiments for Kids
I’ve lost count of the number of water science experiments we’ve done over the years. Water is pretty amazing. Did you know it is the only natural substance to exist in three physical states at...
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50 Summer Science Experiments for Kids
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 doing a bit of sinking and...
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Large scale viscosity Experiment for Kids
This viscosity experiment is a fun way to discover how different liquids flow. Or just to have a race with ketchup and other kitchen ingredients! The rate at which different fluids flow can vary...
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