Have you heard about Terrific Scientific from the BBC? BBC Terrific Scientific is a fantastic primary science campaign aimed at encouraging children to think differently about what it’s like to be a real scientist. Here at Science Sparks, we’re all about making science fun and accessible to everyone, so we think BBC Terrific Scientific is…
We know from our play dough circuits that the circuit needs to be complete for electricity to flow, but we usually want to be able to control whether electricity flows or not. This can be done using a simple switch. How to make a simple switch The basic circuit below has a switch made using…
We were recently sent the wonderful Bright Creatures Kit from Technology Will Save Us. After exploring the possibilities using the app included we set about making our own creations. Our current favourite is these flashing reindeers. How to make flashing reindeer noses You’ll need LED Light Helper and Bright Creatures Kit Brown, black, white and…
One of my favourite children’s books about space for young children is Whatever Next. In the story Baby Bear builds a rocket, meets an owl and has a picnic on the moon. Whatever Next! Today’s activity is a super simple Rocket Mouse to help Baby Bear get to the moon. A Rocket Mouse is a…
The Titanic famously sank on the 14th of April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg. RMS Titanic was the biggest and most luxurious ship of the time and was thought to be unsinkable! This activity models how an iceberg sits in the ocean and explains one of the reasons why…
Here at Science Sparks, we’re huge Harry Potter fans, so with that in mind, I have some fun Harry Potter science experiments coming up over the next few weeks. First up are our golden snitch catapults. How to make a golden snitch catapult You’ll need Wide lolly sticks/craft sticks Elastic bands Table tennis balls Feathers…
These fun music science experiments for kids are all about making sounds, how we hear sounds, pitch and music! Set up a speaker, a drum, and rice first to see sound in action, then make a drum, rainstick, guitar and lots more easy music science activities. Making and testing musical instruments is a great hands-on…
Why does salt melt ice? We’ve experimented with ice and salt before and found that salt does make ice melt faster, but do you know why? Salt lowers the freezing point of water which sounds complicated but actually makes a lot of sense once you try it out! The photo above is just a block…
We’ve made play dough circuits before. They are super easy and the creative opportunities almost endless, so in the absence of any real snow so far this year thought we’d make a play dough light up snowman! Materials Play Dough Battery Pack: UK: http://amzn.to/2dS9vCj US: http://amzn.to/2dSberc LEDs Batteries Instructions First we refreshed our memory about circuits, by creating…
Have you ever wondered how water is transported up the stem of a plant against gravity? This transportation process is called transpiration. You can demonstrate transpiration easily with simple transpiration experiments. You might also like our plant respiration and photosynthesis investigations. Transport in Plants – Transpiration Transpiration occurs when water on the surface of leaf…
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