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Mind Stretching Fun at Sci-Tech Discovery Center in Frisco
How does your body discriminate between hot and cold sensations? How genetically similar are you to a fruit fly? You might be surprised to learn the answers to these questions and more about the human...
View ArticleScience Experiment with Old Candy: Use Halloween Leftovers
Have you accumulated candy that no one will eat (or you’d prefer that they not eat it)? Jennifer has a great idea! Use it for science experiments! …. … We have a lot of Halloween candy we can’t...
View ArticleHow to Grow (and kill) Our Germs: Preschool Science Experiment
Germs, I don’t like them but I am usually not on a “death to germs campaign” but right before our latest Quirky bundle arrived (she’s a whole 9 days old! Boy, time flies!) we were battling rotavirus...
View ArticleScientific Method with Preschoolers and Sunscreen
This post idea, to test our sunscreen by painting on our paper with sunscreen and leaving them out in the sun, was inspired by the comment by Lady in a Small Town in my earlier post, Sun-bleached...
View ArticleOur Rotten Science Adventure
Back at the beginning of September, our wonderful friend T gave us some pumpkins to welcome in Fall. Reese wanted to carve one right away, and he assured me he wouldn’t mind that it wouldn’t last all...
View ArticleA Gross Science Experiment
I’ve always loved science. I even wanted to be a micro-biologist at one time in my pre-children life. Of course, science experiments are lots of fun for me, especially gross ones 🙂 Check this one out…...
View ArticleSci-Tech Discovery Center: All sorts of holiday learning fun
I love the Sci-Tech Discovery Center and if you haven’t seen the Math Midway Exhibit…go now! They are hosting several events that I thought you might be interested in. Here is some information that...
View ArticleWhat is Fire?
My first college Chemistry class lab was about learning to observe and take notes on what you see, feel, hear, smell, taste and experience. What that looked like for us was 3 hours of staring at a...
View ArticleExperiment for Kids: Surface Tension
One of my favorite things is science. I have found that even the simplest science experiments with my kids leads to unexpected discovery. The funny thing about kids and science is that I THINK I am...
View ArticleScience Experiments Using Candy
Halloween is over but does your child’s trick-or-treat basket still have tons of candy in it? Ours does! Rather than deal with upset tummies from children eating too much candy or trying to deal with...
View ArticleBalloon Rocket
Doesn’t every kid want to be an astronaut? The sky is such a big place begging to be explored…and the space suits are pretty cool. My kids are fascinated by all things outer space (even if it doesn’t...
View ArticleBaking Soda Experiment
Carbonated beverages are amazing. You can make your own with Baking soda in sweetened water. Baking soda. It has magical powers when baking over flour and water…but what about raisins? Or in my case...
View ArticlePaper Airplane
The paper airplane is a staple of childhood. To start with a flat, ordinary piece of paper and transform it into something three dimensional. That flies! Magical. There are thousands of ways to make a...
View ArticleBuoyancy Experiment
The more I homeschool, the more I realize I DON’T know everything. *sigh* When I first saw this Buoyancy Experiment, I thought to myself…that will NEVER work! I had my doubts a chip bag could float...
View ArticleChemical Reaction for Kids
Of all the science experiments that we have done over the last few months, this is one of our favorites. It produces just the right balance of chemical reaction and silliness. When you can take two...
View ArticleSalt and Water Experiment
We had been expecting it for awhile, but it finally arrived! Kiwi Crate (affiliate link)! It is one of the best days of the month when our mailbox holds the green box. Oh! And they have given Kids...
View ArticleMagnets: The Magic Dollar
Do you think dollar bills are magnetic? Here’s a quick little experiment to do while studying magnets or money! You’ll need a dollar bill and a magnet. Fold a dollar bill in half and set it on the...
View ArticleHow to Lift an Ice Cube with a String
My son loves magic tricks. I love simple science experiments. Here’s a fun magic trick with a little science behind it. My son lifted an ice cube from a cup of water with just a string touching it....
View ArticleSink or Float: An Experiment with Seltzer Water
Does it Sink or Float? My husband and I were reminiscing recently about eating at the dining hall at the college where we met. We talked about our favorite meals, the nights we ate waffles with ice...
View ArticleSolar Oven
When we heard about the Museum of Science+Industry Chicago's Summer Brain Games Series, we had to join in on the fun. Summer Brain Games is 8 weeks of summer fun {don't tell, but your kids might...
View ArticleSinking Ships
When we heard about the Museum of Science+Industry Chicago's Summer Brain Games Series, we had to join in on the fun. Last week we made the solar oven and today we are sinking ships experimenting...
View ArticleStatic Electricity {Fun Balloon Experiment for Kids}
Have a little fun with static electricity. Your kids will love this easy balloon experiment that demonstrates how static works. Kids Activities Blog hopes this experiment sparks your child’s...
View Article12 Science for Kids Activities
Science for kids automatically makes me think of messy exploding volcanoes. Thankfully there are many other science experiments to do that aren’t quite as complex as that one. Whether you are...
View ArticleHow to Answer Kids Science Questions
Kids love to ask why. It is one of the reasons they are such fun when exploring science concepts and simple experiments. Everything seems amazing. They want to take apart the world and see how it...
View ArticleColor Changing Milk Science Experiment
Science experiments help us grow. Through experimenting and exploring we are able to ask questions, make assumptions, and then seek solutions. We are able to learn more about the world around us. This...
View Article20 Ways to Explore Science With Food
Do your kids love science projects and experiments? Mine really love science that involves food! Some of these activities we have completed and some are on our to-do list. I’m excited to share with you...
View ArticleColor Spray – Science through Art for Kids
This Color Spray science/art experiment was so simple that my preschoolers were able to replicate it at home easily, and so enthralling that it kept my text-addicted high school students away from...
View ArticleHow to Build a Volcano
My boys have been obsessed with volcanoes for awhile. I think it all started on our road trips between Dallas and Colorado several times a year. Just off the highway in Capulin, NM is a volcano....
View ArticleMagnetic Slime
Magnetic slime just might be the coolest slime we’ve made yet, and you know how much we love making homemade slime. My son played with this stuff for hours — he loved setting our magnet on the slime...
View ArticleGross Earwax Snacks and Science Experiments for Kids
Make edible earwax snacks and other smelly, silly, and gross projects with kids from the book Gross Science Experiments by Emma Vanstone. The post Gross Earwax Snacks and Science Experiments for Kids...
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