Dandelion Parachutes

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May 18, 12

Everytime we go for a walk at the moment, my children look for dandelion’s with a full seed head to pick and then blow so they can watch all the tiny parachutes float away on the wind. We started talking about why they fly so well, and their purpose.

Fun Sparks 17th MAy

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May 17, 12

Can you guess what we might be looking at tomorrow?

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How it all started…

Posted by ScienceSparks in Pre-School Science | 6 comments

May 14, 12

We are VERY excited to announce ( if you missed it ) that we are finalists in TWO categories for the MAD Blog awards. While we both hoped this would happen, we didn’t dare get our hopes up too much, so last weeks announcement has still not really sunk in. There are so many amazing blogs out there, and we are honoured to be selected as finalists.

Cleaning up water – looking at filtering

Posted by ScienceSparks in Chemistry, Pre-School Science | 1 comment

May 14, 12

Today we are looking at filtering and how it can be used to clean dirty water.

The Science Of Honeycomb

Posted by ScienceSparks in Chemistry, Kitchen Science, Other | 6 comments

May 11, 12

‘Thank crunchie it’s Friday’ seems the perfect phrase for today’s experiment as it involves honeycomb and we are going to make out very delicious own!