I'm very last minute with this, but my World Book Day Fortune Teller is ready to download. I've used activities that work as an exciting hook for many different stories so you can adapt the ideas to ...

British Science Week is an annual event celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths. It's always a wonderfully ...

It's officially potion season! With Halloween around the corner, now is the perfect time to brew up spooky witches' potions. Potions are a much loved activity in our house at any time of year, ...

Why does food rot? Have you ever noticed that if you leave an apple (or any fruit ) for too long, it starts to rot or decay? This can lead to significant food waste, so it's important to understand ...

My 6-year-old came out of school last week incredibly happy and excited as he had spent the afternoon building a candy house. As soon as we got home, he wrote me a shopping list of what we needed to ...

Have you ever wondered why penguins don't freeze to death? Penguins have to cope with an immensely harsh environment with extremely cold temperatures and added wind chill. Animals that live in cold ...

This egg experiment shows that something we might think of as brittle and weak can actually support a heavy load under certain conditions. We're going to investigate how strong an eggshell is by using ...

This fun and creative activity helps children visualise a Butterfly's Life Cycle by encouraging them to think of edible items to represent each stage of the cycle. The first stage is the egg.

As World Book Day is just around the corner, I thought I'd pull together some of my favourite book themed science experiments. Here at Science Sparks, we love using a book to help bring a science ...

Birds can fly because they have wings, a streamlined body, strong muscles and very light, hollow bones. Birds' bones are very strong and perfectly adapted for flight. They have a dense, strong ...

Have you ever wanted to create your very own rock lab? These rock investigations include five easy tests to help children group and identify rocks based on their appearance and properties. It's a ...

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.