Cool down and get outdoors with these easy, hands-on and engaging summer science experiments for kids of all ages!
If you’re feeling the heat this week, a DIY sprinkler is a fun way to cool down. All you need is a plastic bottle and some water. This fun backyard science activity is a fantastic demonstration of gravity and air pressure. How can tightening the lid of a bottle stop water from flowing out of…
The UK is getting ready for a mini heatwave, so today I’m sharing some fun, cooling summer science experiments that are great for kids of all ages on a sunny day! Sometimes, science experiments outside feel so much easier than making a mess inside. They are a great way to keep kids entertained during school…
Our Summer holidays are about to start, so I thought it would be a good time to spruce up this post full of Summer Science Challenges for kids. All the activities are very simple and use mostly things you probably already have around the house. For an ultimate summer of science, try one activity each…
Beat the heat or embrace the cold with my collection of cool ice cube experiments. From exciting colour changes to gravity defying tricks and icy engineering challenges, get ready for some surprisingly simple, hands-on science that’s sure to make your summer cooler. You only need ice and salt for most of these investigations, making them…
Summer is a brilliant time to explore science outdoors with children. You don’t have to set up fancy experiments, even just looking at properties of plants and leaves or testing to see if different items sink or float in a paddling pool is great, simple science for little ones. Older children will love building bottle…
The last two days have been so hot in the UK that we’ve had the paddling pool out, so it seemed like the perfect time to try some water based investigations. For each mini investigation, I asked the children a question, and then we discussed what we thought would happen and why. I’ve also got…
We’ve all been there, it’s a hot day, and you really want an ice pop ( popsicle ), but it’s too cold to hold at first, and then the sun melts it before you can really enjoy it. This ice pop STEM challenge solves both problems! A fun twist on this, if popsicles aren’t your…
I’ve been posting summer science ideas for years, but this summer I have something a little special. Welcome to my Pick and Mix Summer Science Camp! The idea is to print off the front cover, choose and print the experiments you want to try, and you have your very own personalised, super exciting summer science…
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year when the Earth’s North Pole is tilted closest to the sun. There are two solstices each year. One in June and one in December. The time of the solstice is the same all over the planet, but the season depends on where on Earth you…
These simple ice decorations are very easy to make, look fantastic, and provide lots of learning opportunities as children observe water freezing, becoming ice, and then melting back into a liquid. Young children will enjoy feeling the ice ( let it melt a little first ) and trying to melt it by dropping warm water…
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