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    Home » Science Experiments for Kids » Science Club Experiments for Early Years

    Science Club Experiments for Early Years

    August 31, 2022 By Emma Vanstone Leave a Comment

    It’s never too early to encourage a love of science in children, so if you fancy starting an Early Years or preschool science club or just trying some science at home, I’ve got lots of easy ideas to get you started!

    10 Ideas for an Early Years Science Club

    These activities are all easy to set up and complete with a little guidance.

    superhero science

    Make a Superhero Float

    Find the best materials to make a small superhero figure float.
    Examples are bubble wrap and segments of pool noodle.

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    Ariel's Treasures set up as a sorting activity for kids. Image shows magnets, hair bands, plastic fish etc in sand ready to be sorted

    Sorting Ariel’s Cave

    This simple sorting activity themed around The Little Mermaid is great for learning about different types of materials and their properties. The idea of this activity is to sort items Ariel might have in her collection, depending on their properties.

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    space magnet maze - magnet science experiment for kids

    Mini Magnet Maze

    This easy activity for learning about magnetism needs a magnet, paperclip and paper plate.
    Children can design the maze however they want and to fit any theme you might have for the term.

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    a small bowl of pasta shapes, plastic fish and tweezers for a natural selection activity

    Birds, Beaks and Adaptations

    This is a brilliant, simple science activity for starting to learn about features or adaptations that give animals a survival advantage. Children use different shaped tweezers to pick up pasta and other small items to demonstrate how some are easier to pick up than others.

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    The Gingerbread Man

    A bridge for The Gingerbread Man

    Help save The Gingerbread Man from the sly fox by building him a bridge. Children can use basic building materials such as lolly sticks, twigs and pipe cleaners to design, build and test a bridge.

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    Jar of water with sand at the bottom and toy fish. The jar has litter and black food colouring in to demonstrate the effect of pollution of marine animals.

    Sea Pollution

    This activity is a great visual way to demonstrate the effect of pollution on marine life.

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    a tray of cornflour and water oobleck with toy figures and a sieve

    How to make oobleck

    Oobleck or cornflour goo is a wonderful sensory material that feels solid when it is squashed in the hand but runs like a liquid when the pressure is released. It’s great to use with sieves and small plastic figures.

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    Zip wire

    Garden Zip Line

    This mini teddy zip line is a great outdoor activity. I usually set up three separate lines with different gradients and ask the children to experiment with different types of harnesses to see how they can make the teddies fly the fastest.

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    Humpty Dumpty Egg Drop Investigation

    This egg drop is a great team activity that works extra well for a first or last science club of the term. The egg could be an elf at Christmas or part of a nursery rhyme themed term.

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    tinfoil boat

    How many coins to sink a boat?

    Find out how many coins it takes to sink a foil boat. Create different size tinfoil boats and investigate to find out how many coins each can hold. This is also great for counting practice!

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    Top tips for an Early Years Science Club

    Keep it simple!

    Avoid activities that need a lot of adult intervention. For things like catapults, I always have a few made up in advance ready for one group children to use while I make more catapults with another group.

    Be prepared

    Make any construction as easy as possible. For example with the catapults, I put the double sided tape on the back of the bottle top beforehand.

    Have a back up ready

    I try to have a second activity that is almost stand alone in case something goes wrong or some children get bored with the main task. This can be something as basic as threading pipe cleaners through a colander, or making play dough brain models.

    More science club ideas for Early Years

    Have a pirate themed term or half term using these easy pirate based science investigations. Learn about directions with treasure maps, save pirate coins from getting too wet, create simple codes and more.

    Popsicle stick catapults are brilliant fun too, but can be tricky for small people. I usually make a few up in advance and then work with small groups to make extras.

    My story themed science activities are also great for an early years science club. Read the story and then try a related activity.

    Last Updated on August 31, 2022 by Emma Vanstone

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