Have you ever wondered why fizzy drinks make you burp? Read on to find out and try a science activity to demonstrate! Fizzy ...

Have you ever wondered why fizzy drinks make you burp? Read on to find out and try a science activity to demonstrate! Fizzy drinks are fizzy because they have carbon dioxide gas pumped into them under ...

The human brain is over three times as big as the brains of other mammals of similar body size. Your brain has around 100 billion nerve cells. An adult human is thought to contain around 7 Octillion ...

This science experiment using ice and salt is a fantastic demonstration of why salt is used to de-ice roads. It’s also a fun science magic tric k! When salt is spread on the road in winter, it ...

These Key Stage 2 science experiments are great for school or home and perfect to sit alongside science in the classroom for Key Stage 2 in the UK or for children aged between around 7-11 who love ...

Following my weather-themed science experiments, I have a collection of wind science experiments to share today! Learn about renewable and non-renewable energy. Make an anemometer to measure wind ...

Stethoscopes are used to listen to a person’s heart and breathing. You can make a very basic stethoscope easily using just a cardboard tube, tape and a funnel. This is a brilliant science activity for ...

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 ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics start tomorrow, bringing athletes from around the world together to compete for a coveted gold medal! Here at Science Sparks, we’re looking forward to watching gravity-defying ...

Our magnet wands are one of our most used pieces of science kit and are perfect for all kinds of magnet experiments and investigations. When my children were little, they wandered around the house ...

One of the activities my children ask to do over and over again is our jumping frogs, which are a great way to learn about static electricity. Inspired by Inspiration Laboratories moving ghost, we ...