This is a fun twist on our cardboard magnet maze and just as much fun! We simply stuck self adhesive magnets to the bottom of a small LEGO space ship and built a track on a large LEGO base plate. You can see the maze in action below. Things to consider when making a LEGO…
Building and testing boats is a fun preschool science activity for learning about the properties of materials and the effect of gradient on speed. We split the experiment into two parts. First, we tested different materials to see which worked best as a boat and then raced the boats down different inclines. This activity is also…
This is a really fun way to learn about magnetism. First, have a play to find out which objects stick to your magnets, what do you notice about them? Can you gather together a set of objects and predict which will stick to your magnet? Remember – not all metals are attracted to magnets, but…
These fizzy pirate coins are super simple to make and lots of fizzy fun. We used food colouring to make the baking soda look like rocks and added shiny coins for the children to find. First, we cleaned up some pennies to make our shiny pirate coins. To do this, we simply placed them in…
This is a great themed activity for starting to learn about properties of materials and good experimental design. The idea is to make and test pirate swords built using different materials. First we made 3 different pirate swords. You can use any materials you have handy, but we used thin cardboard, a cardboard tube and…
We LOVE Dr Seuss, especially The Lorax, which always leads to lots of lovely chat about the environment and how we can be more mindful of our planet. It’s hard to believe that The Lorax is over 40 years old, and its environmental message is even more poignant today than ever. This collection of Lorax…
Welcome to the first in a series of fun PIRATE themed science investigations. First up is a bit of code cracking. Code cracking is brilliant for helping to develop logical thinking and you can make it as easy or as hard as you want depending on the age of a child. Last year my little boy…
Did you know that the sea around the UK is home to more than 8000 different species of plants and animals? However, this wonderful marine environment is being ruined by pollution, including rubbish left on beaches, sewage, and chemical and oil spills. What is pollution? Pollution is anything which is introduced into an environment that…
These chromatography butterflies not the best example of chromatography, but are lots of fun to make and a fun demonstration of how the ink in most felt-tip pens contains a mixture of different colours. If we were to do this properly we’d use strips of blotting or filter paper, make a dot at the bottom…
I think our garden zip line using teddies is one of my favourite activities we’ve ever done, just because it’s so adaptable to children of all ages and abilities. My 4-year-old uses it as a big imaginative game, talking to her teddies, telling them not to be scared and lining them up so everyone gets…
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