This fun and creative activity helps children visualise a Butterfly Life Cycle by encouraging them to think of edible items to represent each stage of the cycle. The Butterfly Life cycle There are ...
Tooth decay experiment with egg shells
This fun tooth decay experiment with egg shells is all about teeth and how to keep them healthy. First we talked about how important it is to brush our teeth everyday and then chatted about foods that ...
Science Fair Projects
Here at Science Sparks we LOVE a good science fair project but appreciate that not everyone feels the same way, so here are a few great science project ideas to give you some inspiration. Messy ...
Great science projects for kids
Do your children take part in a science fair or have science projects to do at school or home? Do you need a bit of inspiration to create an amazing science project? I've pulled together some great ...
World Book Day Ideas – Science Projects
Whenever I'm stuck for a new science activity idea, I choose a children's book and look for inspiration. It works really well as I suddenly have more ideas than I have time to try. It also works the ...
Air Pressure Demonstration – Drinks Dispenser
This easy activity is a super simple, fun air pressure demonstration.What is air pressure?Air and its particles are crashing into us all the time. What we call air pressure is the force of ...
Plant cell model
Animal and plant cells have three main differences. They both have a nucleus, cytoplasm and cell membrane, but only plant cells have a cell wall, vacuole and chloroplasts. We used jelly to create an ...
Valentine’s Day Science Activities for Kids
I have to admit, we don't really do Valentine's Day in our house. I'm not really a hearts and flowers kind of girl, but the kids are quite curious and excitable this year, so I've put together a small ...
Things to do with fake snow
Years and years ago I posted three easy recipes for fake snow. They are still great, but since then we've discovered the rather amazing Insta Snow Powder. Insta Snow powder is a super absorbent powder ...
Snow Volcano – Baking Soda Volcano
We gathered up the last remaining bits of snow this afternoon to make a Baking Soda Volcano using snow! We piled up a heap of snow around a small glass jar, making the top of the snow level with the ...
