If you’re a regular reader of Science Sparks, you’ll know that it was founded by me ( Emma ) and Kerry. Last year Kerry suffered a brain aneurysm and after fighting hard for 5 months, passed away in December. Kerry was a wonderful friend, wife and mother passionate about her family. As Christmas approaches Kerry…
We’ve done a few transpiration activities before, and if you followed our Spectacular Summer Science series, you might remember I struggled to get the flowers to change colour with natural food colourings. I was so disappointed as this activity is such a great way to learn about transpiration. The key to getting it to work is…
We recently tried exploring the viscosity of fluids using water, oil, golden syrup and honey. The main problem we had was that for some of the liquids, the marble dropped too fast for us to record the time. With this in mind, we decided to try the same experiment with different strength jellies. I made…
Thanks so much to everyone who joined in with our Halloween Challenge last month. Trisha and I love seeing how creative you all get. This month’s theme was a bit of a no – brainer! It’s Christmas Science!! The challenge will run right from today till the end of December, so you’ve got plenty of…
Following the same principle as our mini magnet maze, is this very cool Christmas tree. The cardboard baubles have a paperclip attached to them that can be moved around the green tree with a magnet. Make a Magnetic Christmas Tree You’ll need Instructions Remember – not all metals are attracted to magnets, but iron and…
Autumn is such a great time of year. I love the colourful leaves underfoot and the first hint of winter. To celebrate the changing seasons, I’ve pulled together a wonderful collection of Fall Science Experiments suitable for kids of all ages. Fall Science Experiments for Kids First up is this lovely fall sensory rice tray….
A sign of autumn is when leaves on some trees start to change colour. The green colour starts to fade to be replaced by red, orange or yellow. Do you know why leaves change colour in autumn? Why do leaves change colour in autumn? Plants make energy through a process called photosynthesis. They convert carbon…
Inspiration Laboratories and have been trying to hangout more and share some of our coolest science activity ideas. We were joined last week by Megan from Coffee Cups and Crayons and Penny from Wildlife Fun 4 Kids for some fun Halloween Science. My 3-year-old and I shared a cool candy potion. I don’t have any…
I love autumn, and my 5-year-old loves exploring and numbers, so today, we combined all three to make a fun estimating activity using estimating jars. We traipsed through the woods collecting leaves, pinecones and horse chestnuts as we travelled. Once back home, we laid all our ‘treasures’ out to dry and returned to them the next…
We’ve made a firework in a glass before, but considering it’s almost bonfire night and my 3 year old is desperate to do anything that involves a pipette, I thought we’d try again. This is a very cool, simple and fun experiment, and also completely safe, just don’t drink the water. Equipment Instructions The Science…
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