Love or loathe them, dandelions are a common feature in spring. One day, there are just a few, then suddenly they seem to be ...

Get ready to unleash your inner scientist with my HUGE collection of science experiments and investigations for home and school. Most activities use inexpensive materials you probably already have ...

Hantavirus has been in the news a lot recently, but what is it? Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses that usually infect rats and mice ( rodents ). Transmission to humans is rare, but infection then ...

Celebrate all things spring with a FREE scavenger hunt! A scavenger hunt is a fantastic and inexpensive way to liven up a walk. To add to the fun, take a camera or sketchbook and draw or take a photo ...

If you're looking for a spring science project, the Great Spring Seed Race could be just the thing! It's not a fast race, so ...

My 12-year-old made this for school by herself and did such a good job, I wanted to share it. Construct your model like the image below. We used tape to attach parts to the pipe cleaner stem. The ...

This homemade articulated grabber is a brilliant STEM Challenge or STEM project, that works brilliantly and is easy to construct as well! We cut up a shoe box to make ours as the cardboard does need ...

The 2024 Olympics are to be held in Paris, France, for the first time in over 100 years! Olympic sports include athletics, team sports, climbing, surfing, swimming, tennis, skateboarding, and even ...

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 ...

Imagine a world where science education is accessible to everyone and is all about hands-on, exciting discoveries. That’s the world I want to create.

Here at Science Sparks, we love LEGO®. My children play with LEGO® or DUPLO® every day, and it's been fantastic for helping them develop fine motor control and logic skills and for learning to read ...