I wasn’t sure how well received this activity would be with a large group of children, but they loved it, and all spent a long time finding the best way for Little Red Riding Hood to get the Grandma’s house faster than the wolf. It was a great problem solving, map reading and imagination inspiring activity….
We love baking soda volcanoes, especially our snow volcano, but as we’ve not had much snow recently, I’ve started making them again. This method is quick, inexpensive, and allows you to reuse the volcano a few times. A volcano is a fantastic science project for school or home, and it only requires a few basic materials….
The lovely people at Kano set us a second challenge after seeing how much fun we had with the first. Challenge 2 – update to the latest OS (2.0) and try the new Character Creator. We updated the Kano easily, following the update your kano instructions online, and then set about creating our characters. Zak spent a…
In the story of The Gingerbread Man, he gets eaten by a fox who offers to help him cross a river. We’re going to help The Gingerbread Man out by building him a bridge and testing different materials at the same time. You’ll need LEGO Lolly sticks Sticks Straws Paper Card Scales Anything else you want…
Today’s activity is all about ramps, gradients and friction. We’re going to investigate how the distance travelled by a toy car is affected by the gradient of the slope and the surface of the ramp. You’ll need A ramp – we used a shop bought ramp set, but you could make your own with cardboard or…
My two little girls adore their Lottie dolls, so I’m VERY excited to have two Fossil Hunter Lotties, plus a Superhero outfit set to giveaway this month! Lottie is a very cute, dinky doll with a child like figure. She can stand up, has bendable arms and legs making her easy to dress and lovely soft,…
My theme for the next few weeks is Fairy Tales and Traditional Tales, starting with a Billy Goats Gruff STEM Challenge to build a raft to help the Billy Goats Gruff avoid the bridge. First we read the story and then talked about which materials might work best for a raft. We decided the raft…
This fun superhero themed science activity is great for learning about density and magnetism. We’re going to show how if you squeeze a plastic bottle full of water a Lego man that previously floated will sink, then we’re going to trap him at the bottom using a magnet and paperclips. What is a cartesian diver? This…
Have you heard of Kano? We were recently sent one to try, much to the excitement of my 8 year old who was beyond thrilled at the thought of having his own computer to play Minecraft on. The lovely people at Kano set us a couple of challenges to get us started, the first of…
A rain cloud in a jar is a simple visual activity for understanding why rain falls and how clouds form. Children can experiment with different sizes and shapes of shaving foam clouds and watch how they affect how the food colouring rain falls. What is a cloud? Clouds are droplets of water and crystals of…
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