The science experiments my children talk about for months afterwards are generally the messy ones, like our splatter patterns, glow in the dark oobleck, baking soda experiments and the well known coke ...
Chemistry for kids
Making and Filtering Potions
Last year we went to the Eden Project in Cornwall where they had a wonderful Room on the Broom tent full of fun witchy activities. My girls loved making potions full of brightly coloured glitter and ...
Frozen Kool-Aid Oobleck
This is a fun summer twist on sensory play with Oobleck. I simply added a small amount of kool-aid mixed with water to my goo (cornflour ( cornstarch ) and water), then carefully poured the mixture ...
Jumping Frogs
Have you ever had a static shock from a shopping trolley or an escalator? The shock is because of static electricity which can cause materials to attract or repel each other.A fun way to ...
Candy Cane Experiment
We actually did this experiment before Christmas, but it'd also be a fun way to use up your extra candy canes after Christmas too!Photo by Pro Church Media on UnsplashTry to set this up as a ...
Viscosity and Jelly
We recently tried exploring viscosity of fluids using water, oil, golden syrup and honey. The main problem we had was that for some of the liquids the marble dropped too fast for us to time. With this ...
Exploring Viscosity
What do you put on your porridge?We noticed that sometimes our honey and golden syrup take a long time to pour, whereas water and milk pour almost too fast.We've done viscosity experiments ...
Candy sorting
In the UK we have some chocolate covered sweets called Revels. Inside each bag are different flavoured chocolates, maltesers, plain chocolate, coffee flavour, orange flavour, toffee and chocolate ...
How to make a red cabbage indicator
Acids and alkalis are substances that can be found in the science laboratory and at home all around us. We can make a very easy red cabbage indicator to find out whether a substance is an acid or ...
Baking soda ice cubes
Today is the first day of the summer holidays for us, and I have a big plan to post an activity every day for the six weeks.We're kicking off with a favourite reaction, baking soda and vinegar. The ...
