Science Sparks is full of easy and fun science experiments for kids to do at home. Our fun science investigations include engineering, coding, biology, chemistry and physics experiments.
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Our science experiments include removing the shell from an egg, launching bottle rockets, create edible life cycles, making lava lamps and lots more science experiments for kids of all ages.
Is taste linked to smell? Have you ever wondered why food doesn’t taste as good when you have a cold and blocked nose? When you eat, smell chemicals from the food travel up your nose, where they are detected by tiny nerve endings at the back of the nose. These nerves send a message to…
Find out what pollution is, why it’s harmful, and how we can reduce it with these simple but effective science activities to teach kids about pollution. They are all great for teaching kids about pollution in a fun, hands-on way. Plastic pollution has become a vast global problem. Plastic rubbish ends up in the oceans,…
You may have seen our mini Archimedes screw a few months ago. It was a great STEM challenge and worked really well. Last weekend we decided to take it up a level and make a supersized Archimedes screw! Supersized Archimedes Screw An Archimedes screw consists of a hollow tube with piping twisted around it. We…
I’m not the biggest fan of science kits generally, but there are some amazing STEM products out there if you know where to look. We’ve selected a few of our favourite science kits for kids that definitely won’t lead to disappointment on Christmas Day. As a side note, some of these have been sent to…
When I think back to my own childhood and school days, I don’t remember any chemistry experiments until secondary school, which is a shame because there are so many wonderfully visual easy chemistry experiments for kids that can be done at home or in school with young children. I’ve put together a collection of my…
Mitosis is the stage of the cell cycle where the cell divides. Mitosis is used by multicellular organisms to grow or replace damaged cells. This paper plate mitosis activity uses pipe cleaners to show the stages of mitosis. The key thing to remember about mitosis is that it produces two new daughter cells from one…
Once a plant has made seeds ( remember pollination and fertilisation? ) they need to be dispersed. Seed dispersal is the scattering of seeds. If seeds just dropped next to the parent plant, they would be competing for nutrients and light, so it’s better if seeds are spread out, allowing them to grow with less…
We created these shadow drawings over the summer holidays, but they work brilliantly at any time of year as long as the sun is shining. You can either look for shadows that have formed naturally to turn into a picture or make your own shadows and add to them. Chalk or chalk pens work really…
My children range in age between 4 and 14. While there are a huge range of magazines aimed at young children it’s much harder to find something good for teenagers. Adult popular science magazines are a bit advanced and most other magazines are too young. OYLA bridges the gap beautifully with accessible and engaging articles…
Here are Science Sparks we’re passionate about making science fun for kids and where better to have fun than the kitchen! Have you ever wondered how a bowl of cookie dough turns into a crisp delicious biscuit or how thick, stretchy dough becomes light fluffy bread? It’s all about the science! The science of baking…
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