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

We've all been there, the last-minute elf panic, wondering what simple but exciting mischief the Elf on the Shelf can get up to. There's an elf activity card for each day with full instructions and a ...

I still have a couple more Christmas science experiments to add to my collection next week, but until then, here's a fun Christmas Science Quiz to keep you busy! There are four rounds and an answer ...

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, ...

'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 ...

Cut out the rectangle shape, fold it in half and seal the top and long side opposite the fold with tape. This section needs to fit loosely over the straw. Cut out the Santa image and stick it to the ...

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 ...

This disappearing spider trick is a simple Halloween science activity and a great refraction demonstration. Children can watch as a drawing of a spider disappears when water is poured into a glass ...

Recycled boats are fun to make a great for exploring the concept of buoyancy or for little ones just very basic sink or float activity. A sink or float experiment makes a great first science activity ...

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.

I wanted to get my children thinking about the process of investigation today, so we talked about how we could test whether some structures were stronger than others using DUPLO. They decided to build ...

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 ...