Today is the first day of the summer holidays for us, and I have a big plan to post a science activity every day for the whole six weeks. We’re kicking off with a favourite reaction, baking soda and vinegar. The reaction between baking soda and vinegar is a great first chemical reaction for children…
As you know, we love fun and easy science experiments at Science Sparks. I’m always on the lookout for new ideas and inspiration, so I was thrilled to receive this book by Loralee Leavitt. The book is beautifully laid out, and each page is exciting, with simple instructions and enticing images. Z and S couldn’t…
Full details coming soon, but the idea behind this activity is to create an ice castle. You could use a castle shaped cake mould to freeze the water and then paint the castle. Another way to do it would be to use lots of small ice cubes and create towers as they melt, refreezing between…
The last time we tried a filtering experiment using dirty water, we used kitchen roll ( kitchen towel ) as the filter. Today, we tried something a little different. We looked in the garden for three things that might make good filters and chose large stones, small stones and sand. We discussed which we thought would be the…
This easy science activity is great for learning about how some materials absorb water and some do not. It can also be used to demonstrate capillary action to older children. Traditionally, paper flowers are used which open up in water, but we changed it a bit to reveal LEGO® Men. Hidden LEGO® Men Science Activity You’ll need…
Where possible I always get my children to wash their hands before eating. The bigger two have made up a song to encourage little H to wash hers properly, it goes something like this: Rub and scratch, rub and scratch Or you’ll get worms and germs worms and germs. la la la la Lovely, don’t…
How do you make a lolly stick race across water? Would you believe me if I told you all you needed was a drop of washing-up liquid ( dish soap ) and some water to do a fun surface tension experiment? Racing lolly sticks – surface tension experiment You’ll need Water A large container –…
My 6-year-old loves to build, whether it be LEGO, wooden blocks or junk modelling, he is always constructing something, so I knew he would enjoy the Magnetic Polydron set, but what has surprised me is how much my younger girls have enjoyed them. The first thing H did was order them by colour, which would be…
Do you know you can easily make a homemade wormery? It’s probably not as tricky as you might think, either! A wormery is a great way to observe over time and learn about earthworms, which are very useful animals. What you need to make a wormery How to make a homemade wormery Top tips for…
Trisha and I were really pleased to see so many people linked up to our Kitchen Science Challenge last month. Thank you to everyone who joined in. This month we have something that we hope will be even more fun. We would like you to make some kind of vehicle. It can be anything, but…
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