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.
Growing sugar crystals is a great experiment for kids as you can observe the results over a few days and watch how the crystals form on lolly sticks. Who doesn’t love science you can eat? To make it even more fun experiment with different colours and flavours. How about peppermint for Christmas? If you’re looking…
In the story of Hansel and Gretel, the children leave stones and then breadcrumbs to find their way home, but the breadcrumbs get eaten, and the children end up in a witch’s house. The idea of this science activity is to find a new way for Hansel and Gretel to leave a message or draw…
Today’s Fairy Tale STEM challenge is making a balloon-powered carriage for Cinderella. The orange balloon is meant to look like a pumpkin, but you could make your carriage pretty in white or pink or even build a spooky version in black! What you need: Thin/light cardboard 4 plastic lids or thick cards cut into circles…
Kids are naturally curious about the world, and one great way to encourage their natural interest in everything around them is through play. Science activities work perfectly alongside play and are so much fun kids won’t even realise they are learning. Using educational craft projects Kids love assembling things: being given parts and using glue,…
Did you know you can bake ice cream without it melting? A Baked Alaska is a dessert with a sponge cake base, ice cream middle and meringue top! The secret to keeping the ice cream cold is all in the meringue! Meringue is full of air bubbles which stop the heat from the oven reaching…
When making some jelly last week, I noticed the packet said it wouldn’t set if pineapple, kiwi or papaya were added to it. We decided to find out why pineapple stops jelly setting. If you love science in the kitchen don’t forget we’ve also got 50 fun kitchen science experiments and ideas for a science…
Today’s STEM Challenge is super simple. The aim is to find out how many coins it takes to sink a foil boat. First, we cleaned up our treasure, then we made different sizes of kitchen foil boats and tried to sink them! If you want to extend the pirate theme, we love making treasure maps with…
Here at Science Sparks we know how tricky it can be having the kids at home all day especially if you’re trying to work or have children of different ages to look after. This collection of at home science projects might just help you through! I’ve chosen science projects that don’t use too many materials,…
These Key Stage 2 science experiments are great for school or home and perfect to sit alongside science in the classroom for Key Stage 2 in the UK or for children aged between around 7-11 who love science! If a science challenge is more your thing, we’ve got easy STEM challenges using newspaper, FREE STEM Challenge cards and lots…
Do you think you can stand on a paper cup, or would you expect it to break? We thought our cup might break, but we checked just to be sure. We were right. Easy STEM Challenge How can you stand on a paper cup without breaking it? Try spacing several cups evenly, then place a…
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