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 ...

A school gardening club is a great way to get kids outside while learning about plants and nature. There's nothing better ...

If you're unsure where to start, search by keyword in the box below, or scroll through one of my handy categories. Happy Experimenting! Imagine a world where science education is accessible to ...

Space themed science experiments are one of my favourite themes for science at home and school. There's so much to explore. Rockets, forces, potential life on other planets, unanswered questions. It's ...

Extension tasks - Homemade Scratch Art Try using a white crayon to draw a picture on a white card. You'll need to press down very hard. Once you've done that, gently crayon over the top using coloured ...

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 ...

To test one variable, all the others must remain the same each time you test. For example, to investigate whether the weight of the egg changes how long it takes to travel down the zip wire, keep the ...

Paper Kitchen roll/ kitchen towel Toy Reindeer, we used our DUPLO Reindeer Instructions Build and test the rafts. To ensure a fair investigation, the same toy reindeer and possibly the same-sized ...

Clean Up Space - STEM Challenge I've created a STEM challenge to encourage children to think about the problem of space debris and how it can be solved. The activity includes three pages to guide ...

Valentine's Day Science Experiments Heart Patterns First up are super simple heart patterns. Cut out different colours and sizes of hearts and use them to make heart patterns. If you want to mix it up ...

Man-Made Rocks Man-made rocks – these are known as anthropic and are made or changed by humans. Examples are concrete, brick. Aims of Rock Lab Rock Keywords Rocks, sedimentary, volcano, formation, ...