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 ...

Our easy rock investigation, making edible rocks, is a great introduction to different types of rocks and the rock cycle. The Earth is constantly baking, squashing, and melting solid rock into ...

It’s hard to imagine a life without Wi-Fi and all the benefits it brings, but who invented it? Hedy Lamarr was not only a scientist but also a famous Hollywood actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She didn ...

Visible or white light is made up of a range of colours each with a different wavelength. One way to see the different colours is to use a prism to split the light. When white light enters the prism ...

Shadows are formed when light hits an object it cannot travel through. When you see your shadow on a sunny day, your body has blocked light from the sun. Light travels in a straight line. It cannot ...

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 ...

A Halloween Candy Grabber is a great STEM challenge for Halloween. Children can investigate by making the grabber shorter and longer or adding extra pieces like easy to hold handles or extra grippy ...

This baking soda powered boat is a great mini engineering challenge for kids. It involves lots of scientific thinking and is a fantastic hands-on science activity. Little scientists need to think ...

What we were hoping to show with this cool splatter pattern investigation was that a water balloon dropped from a greater height falls with more speed and has a bigger splatter pattern than a water ...

There are two parts to today’s activity. First you’re going to discover how meringue is made. Can you believe it starts out as egg whites and sugar?? Do you know why egg yolk isn’t used to make ...

Cows burp between 150-300 litres of methane each DAY!! Only one out of around 40,000 spider species is vegetarian. 1 square meter of land can contain 100 worms! Dung beetles lay their eggs in poop.

Can you extinguish a flame without touching it? This fun classic science activity is always a crowd pleaser. Carbon dioxide is heavier than air, so when it’s released near a candle, it replaces the ...