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Preschool Science

Recycled Boats – Sink or Float

recycled boats for a preschool sink or float activity

Recycled boats are fun to make a great for exploring the concept of buoyancy or for little ones just very basic sink or float activity.A sink or float experiment makes a great first science ...

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20 Autumn and Fall Science Experiments

Autumn ice

Over the many years I've been writing Science Sparks, autumn has always been my favourite season to design themed activities for. I love the colourful leaves, dark nights, cooler weather and of course ...

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Parachute Egg Drop Experiment – Gravity and Air Resistance

Parachute and egg experiment for kids

This fun parachute egg drop experiment is a great demonstration of the forces acting on parachutes. If you drop something it falls to the ground. This is because it is pulled by the gravity of the ...

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How to make the perfect sandcastle

sand castle water to sand ratio

Now summer seems to finally be here, we thought we'd get the sand table out and start playing. We tried to make sandcastles with the dry sand, which didn't work at all. They just ...

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Homemade Water Filter Experiment

Water filtering - stone filter

Today we are looking at filtering and how it can be used to clean dirty water. This activity is very simplified but gives kids a great overview of how water purification is carried out to give us ...

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10 Fun Preschool Science Experiments and Activities

Science for preschoolers

Today we have lots of ideas for preschool science experiments. Science isn't just complex experiments for older children. Science is all around us and can be explored by even very young children. Even ...

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Jumping Frogs – a static electricity experiment

Static eletricity

Have you ever had a static shock from a shopping trolley or an escalator? The shock is because of static electricity which can cause materials to attract or repel each other.How does static ...

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The Gruffalo’s Child Shadow Puppet

Gruffalo Mouse Shadow Puppet

Sunny days are great for experimenting with shadows, but you don't need to let a lack of sun stop you, a torch works just as well.One of our favourite books at the moment is The Gruffalo's Child. ...

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Ice Painting Frames

Ice frame

We first tried painting on a sheet of ice many years ago, but as my littlest loves to paint I set it up last weekend to try with him. I made it slightly different this time by adding string to the top ...

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Winter Science Experiments and STEM Challenges for Kids

Easy winter science exepriments

Now that Christmas is over, it's time to really embrace winter and all the exciting science activity opportunities the cold weather opens up. I've put together a fun and easy collection of winter ...

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