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If you’re looking for easy creative ideas to keep the kids busy over Easter, you’re in the right place. These Easter STEM projects are simple, use equipment you probably already have, and most importantly, are great fun! Raid your recycle bin and get ready for hours of science fun! Easter Egg Chain Reaction Last year, … Continue reading “Easy Easter STEM Projects to do with Kids”
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Bright yellow daffodils are among the first signs of spring, along with birds singing and green buds emerging from trees. Daffodils are great flowers for science activities because they grow from bulbs and have distinct parts. You can learn about transpiration, competition for resources, phototropism and more with these five easy daffodil science experiments. Warning … Continue reading “Five Spring Science Experiments with Daffodils”
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This fun parachute egg drop experiment is a great demonstration of the forces acting on parachutes. If you drop something, it falls to the ground. This is because it is pulled by the gravity of the Earth. You’ll notice that some things drop faster than others. This is because of air resistance. Try dropping a … Continue reading “Parachute Egg Drop Experiment – Gravity and Air Resistance”
Get ready to spread some science joy into your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. If you’ve ever wondered how rainbows form or how to build a bridge strong enough to hold a pot of gold, you’re in the right place! Put on your thinking cap, grab some basic materials and have the best St Patricks Day … Continue reading “St. Patrick’s Day STEM Challenges”
Grab your passport and get ready to explore a country that’s straight out of a fairy tale! Austria has mountains, lakes, interesting history, beautiful cities and fantastic food. It’s a great place to visit at any time of year with amazing skiing in winter and plenty of hiking, cycling and watersports in summer. In this … Continue reading “Austria – Balancing Ibex STEM Challenge”
Train your brain to perform incredible mathematical feats almost effortlessly with these amazing maths tricks that will make your friends think you’re a genius! Learn a couple of party tricks and some mental mathematics shortcuts that’ll have you multiplying big numbers almost faster than you can type them into a calculator. All you need is … Continue reading “Amazing Maths Tricks”
I’m very last minute with this, but my World Book Day Fortune Teller is ready to download. I’ve used activities that work as an exciting hook for many different stories so you can adapt the ideas to fit lots of well known children’s books. Eggshell Bridge Find out why domes are a strong shape with … Continue reading “World Book Day Fortune Teller”
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 … Continue reading “Easy Science Experiments for World Book Day”
British Science Week is an annual event celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths. It’s always a wonderfully inspirational 10 days full of smiling faces and great science. This year, the theme is Curiosity: What’s your question? There are some brilliant packs full of activity ideas on the British Science Week website, but I thought I’d … Continue reading “Easy Ideas for British Science Week 2026”
Bobsleigh is one of the most exciting winter Olympic events. It’s fast, requires incredible precision on the turns and a huge amount of power to launch. This activity uses a marble run to explore the physics of bobsleighs! Bobsleigh athletes want to maintain as much energy as possible as they ride the track, so they … Continue reading “Bobsleigh Marble Run Challenge”
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