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 ...

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 ...

Our next Easter STEM challenge is to build a harness to safely transport a small egg down a zip wire. Once you've built a suitable harness for a chocolate egg, you could try a real egg ( maybe boil it ...

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.

This was my first attempt at making a cotton reel car, and it didn't work quite as well as I hoped and definitely didn't look as good as I wanted, but a cotton reel car is a great little engineering ...

Here at Science Sparks, we're big fans of all things Dr Seuss and at this time of year, The Grinch is one of our favourite books to read before bed as it has such a lovely heartwarming message. Did ...

What do you think of our model street? If you like the idea, take a look around the BBC Terrific Scientific website and see what else takes your fancy.. We challenge you to try one of the ...

If you're searching for fun science for kids, welcome to Science Sparks!We've got 100s of hands-on, kid-friendly science experiments, so you're sure to find something to try wherever your interests ...

Makey Makey Projects. I bought a MakeyMakey several years ago, and the children have all enjoyed creating simple projects for it.. Our latest one was a homemade operation game, it was much easier than ...

Catch up with this week's new and updated science investigations. These are my most popular, tried and tested science experiments for home, school or science club. Launch rockets, make colour changing ...