This spooky science trick uses a magnet and a paper clip to make paper ghosts seem to fly through the air. It’s a fantastic way to learn about magnets and gravity with a fun Halloween twist! You can either draw your own bats, ghosts and other Halloween images or use my FREE handy template! Flying…
These flying cups are a great STEM challenge for any time of year. One cup acts as an elastic band launcher, and the other is launched into the air! It’s a fun way to learn about forces, motion, elasticity and gravity! When the cup to be launched pushes down on the elastic bands, they become…
A baking soda and vinegar volcano eruption or a fizzy potion are classic childhood science experiments and a great way to introduce the concept of chemical reactions. Washing-up liquid ( dish soap ) is often used to make the foam thicker and longer-lasting, but we recently discovered that egg white is a good alternative! This…
These jelly/jello petri dish bacteria snacks are a fun Halloween party treat or just an unusual way to learn about bacteria! A petri dish is a shallow, round dish with a loose-fitting lid used to grow bacteria in a laboratory. Microbiologists use them for experiments and investigations. In a laboratory setting, a layer of agar…
Our fizzy pumpkin cups are a simple fizzy science activity for Halloween. We drew a pumpkin face on a plastic cup and set up a baking soda and vinegar reaction in the inside. The orange foam fizzes up to show the pumpkin face. If you can keep the fizz inside the cup, this is an…
It’s officially potion season! With Halloween around the corner, now is the perfect time to brew up spooky witches’ potions. Potions are a much loved activity in our house at any time of year, especially at Halloween! Take a look through this collection of fizzing, slimy, colour-changing, and even dry ice potions and let us…
Keep the kids busy over the Easter holidays with my FREE Easter Science Quiz. Do you know why chocolate eggs melt, why eggs are oval, and what the name of the famous egg rolling game is? Find out with our egg-citing quiz! More free Easter activities for kids Try one of my exciting egg experiments,…
Have you ever seen someone flick a tablecloth out from under plates that stay in place? The plates stay in place because of a concept called inertia. A slightly easier way to demonstrate inertia is by dropping an Easter egg ( or other object ) into a container. We usually do this science demonstration with…
Valentine’s Day is a time for hearts, love, friendship and……optical illusions? Thaumatropes are one the earliest forms of animation and were once a popular toy. They work by creating an optical illusion of one image made from two! As well as a fun science craft activity, this simple STEM challenge is a great way to…
Christmas is over, but I’m not quite ready to face the normality of life just yet, so we’ve been collecting our favourite kid’s science activities for New Year! Make a firework in a jar, firework pictures or film canister rockets to welcome in the New Year. Learn about changes of state with chocolate sprinkle breadsticks…
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