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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

World Ocean Day is celebrated around the world on June 8th to highlight the crucial role oceans play in supporting life on ...

Welcome to Science Sparks. If you're looking for a great science experiment, you've come to the right place. Science Sparks™ is bursting with easy, hands-on science experiments for kids of all ages.

Every Superhero needs a cape, but which material flies best in the wind? this super simple science activity allows kids to channel their inner superhero and make the perfect flowing cape! This ...

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 ...

This super simple optical illusion lets you turn two pictures into one! Did you know your brain uses shortcuts in order to process all the millions of things we see at any one time? An optical ...