As World Book Day is just around the corner, I thought I’d pull together some of my favourite book themed science experiments. Here at Science Sparks, we love using a book to help bring a science activity to life, and if I’m ever short of inspiration, reading a great children’s book always helps me come…
This fun and creative activity helps children visualise a Butterfly’s Life Cycle by encouraging them to think of edible items to represent each stage of the cycle. This activity would be great for younger children to read alongside The Very Hungry Caterpillar, too! Don’t forget I have lots more kitchen science experiments to try if…
In the story of The Gingerbread Man an old woman bakes gingerbread men. One comes to life and races away. Eventually, he meets a fox who tricks him into climbing onto his nose to cross a river. The poor gingerbread man then gets eaten! I have a few Gingerbread Man science experiments to share today,…
Here at Science Sparks, we love themed science activities, and my Fairy Tale STEM challenges are so popular that I thought it’d be great fun to create some more Fairy Tale activities and investigations. First up is this collection of Jack and the Beanstalk experiments. You can grow a bean for Jack, build him a…
To celebrate Roald Dahl Day on the 13th of September, I’ve put together a fun collection of Roald Dahl science experiments and activity ideas. My 8-year-old is currently devouring Roald Dahl books, and I remember spending many happy hours reading them as a child, so this collection has been great fun to put together and…
The idea behind this Jack and the Beanstalk themed science activity is to design and build a mini parachute so Jack can safely drop to the bottom of the beanstalk. Remember, if you’re testing different parachute designs, you must use the same toy figure for Jack and drop the parachutes from the same height. Build…
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a great book to use for science investigation inspiration. Make fizzy potions with baking soda and vinegar, think about growing and shrinking, learn about the animals featured in the book ( the White Rabbit, Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat ), create your own backwards clock and lots more! Magical backwards writing Find…
One of our most popular posts is this great collection of Fairy Tale science activities, so when the lovely Mrs Mactivity asked if we’d like her to create some resources to sit alongside our Fairy Tale STEM challenges, we said YES! These Fairy Tale STEM activities are great for elementary or primary school-age children and…
We’ve done this light refraction experiment many times before, but this time it’s Alice in Wonderland themed. A reversing arrows science investigation is very easy and can be made as simple or creative as you wish. If you don’t want to theme it like I have below, just draw arrows on a small piece of…
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of my favourite books, so I’m very excited about a new mini series of Alice themed science experiments and activities. My first activity is super simple. All you need is a pen, paper and a mirror! Alice encounters many strange things in Wonderland, including reversed time and a backwards…
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