We’ve all heard about climate change, but what is it and how can we teach our children about it? First children need to be informed and secondly they need to feel empowered, to feel like they can make a difference. Remember lots of small actions add up to a big result. What is Climate? Climate…
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 floating in the paddling pool is great simple science for little ones. Although you might want something a bit more…
Fresh ice feels sticky because when you touch it, the ice immediately freezes the moisture in your skin, which makes the ice feel sticky to touch! When using ice with small children always leave it to melt a little first so the surface is slimy NOT sticky. Science Sparks Ice Experiments Ice is a lovely…
This is a great ( and very easy ) activity for learning about how craters form. Did you know the surface of the moon has millions of craters, varying from just a few metres across to hundreds of kilometres? What is a crater? A crater is a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a…
These gravity experiments are all fantastic demonstrations of gravity and a great way to learn about Isaac Newton and Galileo’s famous discoveries. If you enjoy them, do check our my book This IS Rocket Science which is full of exciting space activities demonstrating how rockets overcome gravity and other forces to launch into space followed…
Last summer we held our very own garden science camp. It was brilliant fun and we all learned a lot! It was a great way to spend time together away from screens and just generally work as a team to solve problems. If your children love science, I’d definitely recommend trying a DIY science camp…
Today we have lots of ideas for preschool science experiments. Science isn’t just complex experiments for older children. Science is all around us and can be explored by even very young children. Even just simply encouraging children to touch objects with different textures or observe the world around them is introducing simple scientific concepts that…
