These walking reindeer made us laugh so much. They work brilliantly, but can be a little fiddly to get going. This activity ...

It's finally December, the elves are up to their usual mischief, presents are being wrapped, and people are looking forward ...

An unbreakable egg sounds impossible. We think of eggs as fragile ( how many times have you opened a box of eggs to find one broken ), so how do you make an unbreakable egg? How to make an egg ...

Today is day 2 of our week of icy experiments. You can see yesterday's fun with freezing here. When we left the house yesterday to go to school, Z and S were fascinated by the frost on the car and ...

These flying cups are a great STEM challenge for any time of year. One cup acts as an elastic band launcher, and the other is launched into the air! It's a fun way to learn about forces, motion, ...

Today's experiment is very simple but hopefully fascinating for even very young children. We're going to investigate which solids dissolve in water. When a substance dissolves in water, you can't see ...

'Thank crunchie, it's Friday' seems the perfect phrase for today's experiment as it involves learning how to make honeycomb with our easy honeycomb recipe. Once you've made the honeycomb and learned ...

These simple play dough animals are great for a push and pull or forces topic. The idea is that children create animals from play dough or other modelling material using push and pull forces.

It's time to head off on another adventure Around the World in 50 Experiments. Today we're off to Israel. Israel is a small country in the Middle East on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.

Here at Science Sparks, we love LEGO®. My children play with LEGO® or DUPLO® every day, and it's been fantastic for helping them develop fine motor control and logic skills and for learning to read ...

Planting and watching seeds grow is a fantastic spring science activity for children. Kids can start with a bean or seed in a jar to watch it germinate, observe seedlings and finally become a fully ...