This is a great Christmas science activity or for World Book Day to sit alongside reading The Gingerbread Man or Hansel and Gretel. It’s also a brilliant Christmas baking STEM challenge! Challenge your friends to make a house and test to see whose is the strongest! If you don’t fancy baking the gingerbread an easier…
Christmas is a great time for younger children to try festive creative science activities. Magnetism, light and shadow, and sink/float activities are all fun to explore with a Christmas twist. I’ve compiled a list of my favourite Christmas science ideas for preschoolers, so hopefully, you’ll find something you like. I also have a FREE Christmas…
Shadows are formed when light cannot pass through an object. As light moves in a straight line, shadows are the same shape as the object making the shadow. You can make shadow puppets to demonstrate this. We made a Christmas tree puppet and some different festive shapes to put on top. If this isn’t quite the Christmas…
We have a stash of Christmas LEGO® that we excitedly bring out to play around this time of year. I love the cute little reindeer, elves, snowmen, and, of course, Santa. When the Christmas LEGO® comes out, we know Christmas is close! My 8 year old made an amazing Christmas themed LEGO maze similar to our more traditional…
Have you ever wondered why penguins don’t freeze to death? Penguins have to cope with an immensely harsh environment with extremely cold temperatures and added wind chill. Animals that live in cold regions tend to have several adaptations that help them stay warm. Penguins living in cold climates stay warm thanks to their thick feathers…
Halloween is fast approaching, so I thought it’d be fun to put together a collection of SPOOKYÂ Halloween STEM challenges. Build play dough brains, candy grabbers, or mini light-up Halloween houses, or try one of the super simple spooky STEM ideas in the FREE challenge sheet below. All the ideas use materials you probably already have…
Welcome to our Halloween density demonstration. Density sounds complicated, but it is a very cool concept to explore, leading to many fun, creative science opportunities. The image below shows a traditional density jar made with honey, golden syrup, washing-up liquid, water and vegetable oil. I adapted the activity slightly to make a creepy Halloween version! What…
Did you know my book, GROSS SCIENCE, is available to order now? Gross Science is jam packed full of deliciously disgusting science activities for kids including these delicious tasting, but gross looking jelly fake scabs! Why do you get a scab? As soon as you cut your skin, platelets jump to the rescue. They stick…
Christmas can be an expensive time of year, but it is possible to make fun, creative homemade science gifts at a very low cost. Some of them can be used over and over again, others use materials you might otherwise throw away, and all are perfect for any child who loves science! If you want…
Today’s Women in STEM spotlight is the wonderful Ada Lovelace!! Ada was a mathematician who is thought to have written the world’s first computer program 100 years before the first computer was made! She also correctly predicted the future possibilities of computers, including creating music and graphics. When you consider that Ada lived in a…
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