We've made lots of different mini catapults before, but never a giant catapult until today. We had SO much fun with our giant catapult, and it inspired lots of different investigation ...
Key Stage 2 Science
Golden Snitch Catapults
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 ...
Crash Test Eggs
Today's challenge was to build a car using K'Nex to save an egg passenger. This is a brilliant egg experiment great for any time of year, but especially Easter! Egg Experiment Challenge Design and ...
How can you see sound and other music science ideas
Did you know sounds are made when an object vibrates? These vibrations make the air around an object vibrate. When the air vibrations reach the ear they shake tiny hairs, which are connected to ...
Why does salt melt ice?
Why does salt melt ice? We've experimented with ice and salt before and found that salt does make ice melt, but why does this happen?The photo above is just a block of ice withe pipe cleaners ...
Light Up Snowman – Play Dough Circuit
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 ...
School Science Club Ideas
Lots of people have been asking me for school science club ideas, so I've put together a collection of activities that I think would work really well for Primary/Elementary age ...
Shadow Activity Ideas
Sunny summer days are a great time to experiment with shadows, I've put together a fun list of shadow activity ideas with something to appeal to kids of all ages. For a shadow to be formed an object ...
Craft Stick ( Popsicle Stick ) Chain Reaction
A craft stick or popsicle stick chain reaction is a brilliant example of how potential and kinetic energy work. As you weave the lolly sticks together you can actually feel the potential energy ...
Birds Beak Adaptations
Discover why bird beaks are different shapes with this fun investigation.Materials PegsTweezersStrawsPastaPretend bugs Method Use the pegs and different sized tweezers to pick up the pasta ...
