Science Experiments for Kids

Ultraviolet (UV ) light is invisible radiation that can damage your skin and eyes if you don’t protect yourself. If your kids are anything like mine, they find sunscreen a bit of a sticky inconvenience, so UV beads are a fantastic way to visually demonstrate how sun cream protects our skin from too much UV light.

The beads contain a photochromic dye which changes c...

When you’re feeling warm and sticky, a hot drink probably isn’t top of your list, but it can actually cool you down faster than a cold one under the right conditions.

If you’re already feeling warm and your body detects additional heat from a hot drink, it starts trying to cool you down by sweating! Drinking the hot drink make...

If you’re in the middle of a heatwave or just generally need to cool off, I’ve got five easy hacks to help. When the temperatures soar, and you don’t have air con, it can get pretty uncomfortable. I currently have a fan pointed at me, the curtains closed, and a big, icy drink, and I’m still sweating. It’s time to hack the thermodynamics! Get ready to find out how to use scie...

If you’re feeling the heat this week, a DIY sprinkler is a fun way to cool down. All you need is a plastic bottle and some water. This fun backyard science activity is a fantastic demonstration of gravity and air pressure.

How can tightening the lid of a bottle stop water from flowing out of the holes at the bottom? Challenge your mini engineers to find out!

Do you know that adding carbon dioxide to water makes it more acidic? We used red cabbage indicator to test the pH of tap water and carbonated water from a Sodastream. The tap water was slightly alkaline, and the fizzy water was acidic!

This is another great way to demonstrate the effect of carbon dioxide on the ocean (