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.
Have you tried any of the investigations we talked about in week 1 and week 2 of our Christmas Science series? I’d love to know which you enjoyed the most. This week, we’ve got even more fun Christmas science ideas, starting with Frosty the Snowman! Day 15 – Frosty the Snowman Frosty the Snowman STEM…
I’m not sure how it’s December 2nd today, how did that happen? I’m sure time goes faster each year. I do however have a fun collection of Christmas science ideas to make the run up to Christmas and beyond even more fun than usual! I’ve split them into three posts to make them more manageable. As…
We’ve been big fans of Lottie Dolls since we first came across them a few years ago. Lottie and Finn are super cute, dinky dolls with a childlike figure, designed to empower children to be themselves, imaginative and adventurous. My girls especially love the range of accessories available for Lottie. They both play beautifully with their…
Here at Science Sparks we are always on the look out for great new STEM resources and so were thrilled when Learning Resources sent us their new microscope to test Zoomy is a brilliant, easy to use all-in-one handheld digital microscope which allows children to view objects close up. Zoomy has 54x  magnification allowing children to see…
We’ve been admiring the Meccanoid Robots from Meccano for a very long time, so were thrilled to be sent a mini version ( one of the new Micronoids ) to review earlier this month. There are three different Micronoids to collect, which interact with each other if you have more than one. We were sent…
My memory of a lot of my teachers from school, especially when I was very young is quite sketchy, but there is one teacher who I have always credited with my passion for all things scientific. She was my biology teacher from age 12 to 14 and some how managed to bring the subject to…
We’ve been making lots of fun Minion crafts today. What do you think of our lava lamp and rocket? These are easy to make and add a fun twist to the traditional lava lamp and film canister rocket. My artistic skills are not the best, so I’m sure you can do a much better job!…
These mini science challenge bags are a great party favour, class reward, homework challenge or something to keep children busy if they finish their school work early. They can be filled with an almost endless variety of inexpensive materials and used over and over again. I’ve put together a few ideas to start with and…
Here at Science Sparks we know how hard it can be to keep kids happy and engaged over the holidays, so we’re thrilled to be helping EdPlace with their FREE Â 6 – week online Summer Camp this year. The Summer Camp is an online activity package full of fun ideas to keep kids busy and…
I set my children a challenge yesterday to make a superhero figure float as a fun superhero science experiment. The activity itself was easy to set up, almost mess free and kept my three busy for at least an hour as they experimented with different ways to make their figures float. Superhero Science Experiment –…
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