We love a good baking soda experiment. I spotted this brilliant and simple idea on Reading Confetti, who kindly said I could post it here. These are our fizzing rocks. How to make fizzy rocks You’ll need Water Bicarbonate of soda/baking soda Vinegar Food colouring Instructions Mix a little water with the bicarbonate of soda….
It is wonderful to be back here at Science Sparks to share some Science bits and pieces. Normally I blog over at Red Ted Art where I love to get crafty, and Life At The Zoo, which is all about stories from our family life (and lots of cake). So it is great to have…
This ice activity is simple and a perfect first preschool science experiment or activity. Ice is great for science investigations as it’s inexpensive to make and can be used in lots of different ways. Children can freeze things in it, melt it as fast as they can, try to stop it from melting, or use…
Have you wondered why balloons make a funny noise when you let them go? Have you also noticed how they move fairly gracefully in circles, then shoot super fast right at the end. Today we experimented by blowing up a long balloon and letting it loose in the garden. The kids couldn’t believe how high the…
Today the lovely Maggy is visiting from Red Ted Art with a great activity to introduce the idea of aerodynamics and trajectory to your children. How wonderful to be visiting from Red Ted Art today! It is no secret that I LOVE Science Sparks and all that these wonderful ladies have to offer us. I loved…
The water cycle is an amazing process that we started to talk about when discussing evaporation a couple of weeks ago. In this simple science activity, children make a model of the water cycle to show the process in action. What is the water cycle? Water on Earth is recycled over and over again; it’s…
My 5-year-old is always asking how big or tall things are, and me telling him a number followed by cm or metres doesn’t really mean much yet, so we set about exploring measuring with this fun measuring activity. I gave him a ruler and asked him to go and measure whatever he wanted in the…
A few weeks ago, when we had a brief hot spell, we added water to some sand and left it outside to see what would happen. This activity is a great, easy way to learn about evaporation, the water cycle and changes of state too! Evaporation and the Water Cycle Within 36 hours, the water had…
Last year we tried to grow peas, beans and tomatoes but unfortunately lost most of them to slugs! This year, we set ourselves the task of trying to deter slugs naturally and without harming them. Stopping slugs from eating plants is challenging, but we learned a lot from our attempts. What is a slug? Slugs…
If we want to grow a plant, we usually do this by planting a seed. The seed is produced by sexual reproduction (two parents), meaning that the egg from one plant and the pollen from another have met and formed a seed, resulting in the plant having qualities from both its parent plants. However, what…
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