Did you know materials have different properties that make them suitable for different jobs? For example, windows usually need to be transparent and an umbrella and wellies should be ...
Preschool Science
Summer science for hot days
The UK is hot, hot, hot at the moment, so today I'm sharing some fun and cooling summer science great for kids of all ages on hot days.Summer science for hot daysScience experiments with ...
How to Make Bubble Snakes
Bubble snakes are super easy to make and great fun for kids of all ages. Younger children will enjoy blowing lots of bubbles easily, while older children can design their own bubbles snakes and even ...
Easy Shadow Frame
Summer is a great time to learn about shadows and as my children are a little obsessed with contact paper at the moment we thought a shadow frame might be a fun idea.What you'll ...
Ice Experiments – Painting on Ice
Many years ago we went through a stage of painting on sheets of ice and then pressing paper on the top. Once the paper dried we used it as a fun background to draw on.This activity is a little ...
How to make oobleck
Making oobleck was one of the very first science activities I wrote about on Science Sparks. I've given this very old post about how to make oobleck a bit of an update and refresh so I hope you like ...
Florence Nightingale – Hand Hygiene
Who was Florence Nightingale? Florence Nightingale was British nurse made famous for the work she did to care for soldiers during the Crimean War, but she was also hugely influential in changing how ...
The cow jumped over the moon catapult
Discover how force affects the motion of a projectile and how changing the angle of the launch affects the distance travelled with this easy catapult investigation based around the cow jumped over the ...
Easy colours of the rainbow craft
This is a super simple colours of the rainbow craft activity to demonstrate to preschoolers how rainbows form.I cut out a cloud shape, sun and a square for rain then asked my daughter to thread some ...
Supporting literacy with science activities
I try to make any learning we do at home fun and for me science is the most obvious way to do this. I'd love to know what you think of this collection of ideas for supporting literacy with science. ...
