Easter is fast approaching, so it seems like the perfect time to try some Easter STEM Challenges. We've been busy testing these for you over the last couple of weeks and would LOVE to see your ...
Easter Science
10+ Egg Experiments
Easter is just around the corner, so I've put together a collection of egg experiments perfect for this time of year. Eggs are great for experiments as they are inexpensive, easily available and very ...
Fun Easter Science Experiments
We've just broken up for the Easter holidays and I have big plans for lots of fun Easter Science Experiments while everyone is off school. Here are some old favourites, new ideas from us and some ...
Magnet Powered Egg Cars
These magnet powered cars are very easy to make and great for some competitive fun this Easter. My 10 year old and I had a brilliant time trying to build a car big enough to hold an egg safely, but ...
STEM Challenge – Transport an egg down the zip wire
Our next egg STEM challenge for Easter is to build a harness to safely transport a small egg down a zip wire. Once you've built a suitable harness for a chocolate egg, you could try a real egg ( maybe ...
Easter Toothpick Structures
Toothpick structures are a fantastic, low cost and easy STEM challenge that can keep kids busy for hours. We actually used cocktail sticks, but you could also use straws or spaghetti.I set the ...
Crack the code to find the eggs
I set up an Easter egg hunt every year and each time the kids find the eggs within five minutes, so this year I made it a little harder by asking the children to crack a code to tell them where the ...
Rolling Eggs
This fun activity kept my children occupied for hours, we simply timed eggs rolling down our slide, then wrapped them in different materials to see if that affected their speed. Younger children ...
Fizzy, Frozen Easter Eggs
Baking soda experiments are always very popular with my children, it's such a fun reaction and can be used in lots of creative ways.We've made baking soda ice before, but this time I added a ...
How strong is an eggshell?
This egg experiment looks at how something we think of as being brittle and weak can actually hold a heavy load under certain conditions. We're going to investigate how strong an eggshell is by ...
