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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.
I’ve run a few sessions in schools recently talking about bones and without a picture for the children to look at it’s very difficult for them to visualise what their bones actually look like. This skeleton puzzle from Learning Resources is a brilliant addition to my resource collection and I can’t wait to use it in…
Rugby World Cup fever seems to have taken over our house in the last few weeks so we’ve developed some fun rugby themed science activity ideas to keep everyone busy in between matches. First up is this LEGO rugby pitch. It’s built as much to scale as we could manage. We also engineered a kicking…
I was searching for small motors for a STEM project when it occurred to me that I could use a Hexbug instead, which has the big advantage of no wires whilst still vibrating brilliantly. I’ve got lots of ideas for fun things we can make, but first up are these spinning pens. We also tried a…
We’re very lucky in that Learning Resources sometimes send us their great products to test out. Did you see our post about the Volcano where we made multi coloured lava? Next up for us to to test is this brilliant Primary Science Lab Set, my favourite thing about the whole Primary Science range from Learning Resources…
We’ve made circuits with play dough before without a kit, but to be honest, it was a quite a lot of hassle. Buying the parts was expensive and we didn’t really know what we needed. However, this kit simplifies the whole process brilliantly. The DIY Electro Dough Kit contains everything you need to make your…
Here at Science Sparks we love anything that enthuses children about science and Messy goes to Okido, a new series on CBeebies is no exception. Did you spot the premier on the 7th September? Messy is a curious, lovable monster who searches for answers with his best friends Zoe and Felix, bringing science to life theough…
These umbrellas for Incy Wincy ( Itsy bitsy ) Spider are a great Incy Wincy Spider Experiment, fantastic fun and a wonderful way to introduce the concept of materials having different properties to kids. If you’re in the middle of a materials topic I’ve got lots more fun ideas for learning about properties of materials,…
We love making volcanoes, but they can be quite time consuming to set up, especially if you don’t have snow, sand or a pile of mud handy. They are also something I take into school a lot as the children love them and it’s a great way to demonstrate a simple chemical reaction. This erupting…
Do you know how to make a volcano model? We’ve made a snow volcano, papier mache volcano and even a paper volcano before, but never sand until yesterday. My children came running in the house to tell me they’d made a sand volcano and could we please cover it with cling film ( we did…
A couple of weeks ago we were invited to watch Dinosaur Zoo at King’s Cross Theatre, London. Designed and produced by Australian company Erth, Dinosaur Zoo kept my 8,6 and 4 year enraptured from beginning to end. The puppets are incredibly real looking, so much so that 4 year old Hannah whispered, “That one is definitely…
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