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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

I've found my 5 year old to be incredibly curious at the moment, always asking questions and wanting to know how things work. Even something as simple as a rain gauge has been VERY exciting for her.

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, ...

We're yet to spend much time looking at extras, but I have a feeling Zak will have a few on his Christmas wishlist. I'm pretty sure a Supertruck will feature on there somewhere, and I'd like to see ...

SPRK+ looks amazing with changing colour lights and the fact that you can see the mechanism inside instantly appealed to my son who likes to know how things work. Coding with Sphero SPRK+ An iPhone or ...

Kerry and I started 2012 filled with hope for what the year would bring. We jumped around excitedly when we were nominated as finalists in the MAD Blog Awards and were so very proud of our ...