These walking reindeer made us laugh so much. They work brilliantly, but can be a little fiddly to get going. This activity ...

It's the season for baking, but have you ever wondered what makes cakes and biscuits rise? It's all about the raising agent. This activity uses a basic cookie recipe and different raising agents to ...

Who loves Christmas candy? We do! These easy Christmas candy experiments are a great way to learn while enjoying Christmas treats. Get ready to turn your kitchen into a festive science lab as you ...

Today's science advent calendar activity is making Christmas Peppermint Creams! These are very simple to make and are a lovely gift for family and friends. I'm using these to demonstrate changes of ...

These light up paper circuit cards were much easier to make than I expected and only need a few inexpensive materials.

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 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 ...

Planting and watching seeds grow is a fantastic spring science activity for children. Kids can start with a bean or seed in a jar to watch it germinate, observe seedlings and finally become a fully ...

'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 ...

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 ...

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.