A heatwave is defined as an area being unusually hot for 3 or more consecutive days, but what causes hot weather? Hot weather ...

The 2026 Football World Cup might be coming to an end, but football is ever popular in my house, so here are Four Football World Cup STEM Challenges for you to try this summer. All the activities use ...

Before we had clocks and watches, people used sundials to mark the passing of time. A sundial measures time by the sun’s position and usually has markings for each hour of sunlight. Sundials have ...

The rocket travels upward with a force equal to and opposite to the downward force propelling the water, gas, and lid (Newton’s Third Law). The amount of force is directly proportional to the amount ...

Shadows are formed when light hits an object it cannot travel through. When you see your shadow on a sunny day, your body has blocked light from the sun. Light travels in a straight line. It cannot ...

Have you ever looked up at a tree and wondered how tall it is? I’ve got a fun way you can find out without having to climb to the top with a tape measure!

This simple felt tip pen paper chromatography experiment is a great way to learn about this particular method of separating mixtures. Felt tip pen chromatography is a fantastic science activity for ...

If you want to eat a chocolate bar on a hot day, a Cadbury’s Flake is a good choice! We tried REALLY hard to melt one and couldn’t do anything more than slightly soften it. How can you melt a ...

France is one of the biggest countries in Europe and is famous for the Tour de France, it’s sense of style, the Eiffel Tower and of course cheese! These STEM Challenges are part of my Around the World ...

Have you ever wondered how water is transported up the stem of a plant against gravity? This transportation process is called transpiration. You can demonstrate transpiration easily with simple ...

The glove needs to be airtight, how could you test this? Design several different tests to see if the glove is fixed. Possible tests could be: ...