Making butter

Posted by ScienceSparks in Chemistry, Kitchen Science | 5 comments

May 04, 12

When you think of a mixture of substances what do you think about? Probably not cream?

Fun Sparks – What do you think this is?

Posted by ScienceSparks in Fun Sparks | 17 comments

May 03, 12

Bean in a jar

Posted by ScienceSparks in Biology, Pre-School Science | 9 comments

Apr 30, 12

This investigation is very simple but fascinating.

What you need

• A broad bean seed
• Jar
• Kitchen roll or a napkin
• Water

Curdling Milk!

Posted by ScienceSparks in Chemistry, Kitchen Science, Pre-School Science | 0 comments

Apr 27, 12

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!

Dynamo Torch Set Review from Find me a Gift plus Giveaway

Posted by ScienceSparks in Competitions, Reviews | 8 comments

Apr 27, 12

We were asked by the lovely people at Find me a gift.com to review one of their science products.

Fun Spark 26th April

Posted by ScienceSparks in Fun Sparks | 3 comments

Apr 26, 12

Welcome to Fun Sparks! Can you guess what tomorrow’s investigation is going to be about?

What is going on?

Welcome to this weeks Fun Sparks. We love to see what you have been up to with your children, so please link up any fun activity below and we promise to come and take a look.

Please include a link back to Science Sparks in your post or blog.

Thanks,

Kerry

Viscosity Races – investigating the flow of liquids

Posted by ScienceSparks in Chemistry, Kitchen Science, Pre-School Science | 9 comments

Apr 23, 12

It is so annoying when get to the end of a ketchup bottle and you have to keep banging to get that last bit out. Why is this? Because ketchup is thick and does not flow as easily as other fluids. We call this resistance to flowing viscosity.

The rate at which different fluids flow can vary considerably.

So how about having races to test them!