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How to make a Barometer
We have looked at air pressure with eggs before. This experiment shows you how to make a Barometer which measures air pressure in the air around you. What you need: a jar or coffee can an elastic band...
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A hair raising experiment
I’m sure we have all rubbed a balloon on a jumper and made hair stand on end or the balloon stick to a wall, but do you know why that happens? Its all do to with static electricity. All you need to do...
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Ice Experiments – Making Frost
Today is day 2 of our week of icy experiments, you can see yesterdays fun with freezing here. When we left the house yesterday to go to school, Z and S were fascinated by the frost on the car and house...
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Making a catapult – looking at elasticity
Elasticity is the ability of a solid to return to its original shape after being subjected to strain. Most solid materials demonstrate elasticity, up to a point called the elastic limit. When the load...
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Respiration in Action – Pizza dough
Respiration is a biological process that is fundamental to any living things. It is the process by which energy is made, so that all the chemical reactions can occur in your body. Respiration is the...
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Filtering Experiment
Today we are looking at filtering. Instead of using a standard sieve or colander and sieving foodstuffs I thought we’d use toys to make a fun filtering experiment. We found some old cardboard boxes...
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Viscosity Races – investigating the flow of liquids
It is so annoying when get to the end of a ketchup bottle and you have to keep banging to get that last bit out. Why is this? Because ketchup is thick and does not flow as easily as other fluids. We...
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Evaporation and the water cycle
A few weeks ago when we had a brief hot spell, we added water to some sand and left it outside to see what would happen. Within 36 hours the water had disappeared! What do you think happened? The...
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Friction and speed
Have you ever tried sliding on a wooden floor or an icy surface? It’s much easy to skid on a smooth surface like wood then a rough surface like carpet, this is because of friction. Friction is created...
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Fun with ramps
Z and I have been cycling near our house trying to see how far we could get on our bikes without peddling. We start at the top of a hill and just roll down. Z was curious as whether we would get...
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Racing Lolly Sticks – Surface Tension Experiment
How do you make a lolly stick race across water? Would you believe me if I told you all you needed was a drop of washing up liquid and some water to do a fun surface tension experiment? What you need...
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Slipping and Sliding
On a rainy day my children can often be found skidding down our hallway. We have wooden floors, so they are slippy enough to be fun, but not so slippy it’s dangerous. We have found that skidding is a...
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Super simple surface tension
Do you remember our lolly stick races? They are a great way to explore surface tension, but this activity is even easier! What you need Cocktail sticks or matches A Bowl Washing up Liquid /Dish soap A...
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Ideas For Learning About Forces
Forces are all around us and affect everything we do, with that in mind we’ve put together a collection of ideas for learning about forces with something for everyone from preschoolers to grown ups....
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Weather Science – Challenge and Discover
Inspiration Laboratories and I are very excited to bring you our latest bi-monthly challenge, and this month it’s all about WEATHER SCIENCE. We’re sharing some of our favourite ideas and would love you...
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LEGO Parachute Experiment
The second in our series of LEGO based posts in association with Twinkl is this fun parachute experiment. Can you design a parachute to slow the fall of a LEGO man? What you need Carrier bag, paper,...
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Loom band bouncy balls
My children are all loom band crazy, so this week I set them a challenge. I made two loom band bouncy balls using this tutorial on Loom Love, One with 17 loom bands inside and one with just 10. I then...
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Balloon Powered LEGO Car
Continuing with our Summer of LEGO, today we’re sharing this fun balloon powered LEGO car. We added a section on the back of a LEGO car to hold a balloon, blew up the balloon and then watched the car...
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Treasure maps and concentrations
Have you ever made paper look older by soaking it in tea? We used the same idea to learn about concentrations and made treasure maps at the same time, which were great for starting to learn about...
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Colourful ice and some salt
I’ve gone a bit ice crazy this week, my freezer is full of all kinds of weird and wonderful creations which I’ll be showing you soon. First up is this block that I froze with straws inside, then after...
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Jumping Hearts – Static Electricity Investigation
This simple activity is a great way to demonstrate static electricity and very easy to adapt to different themes. We’ve put a little Valentine twist on it today, but have previously made jumping frogs...
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Rain Cloud in a Jar
This simple, visual activity is great for starting to understand why rain falls. What is a cloud? Clouds are droplets of water and crystals of ice, the exact composition depends on the temperature....
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Ramps, gradients and friction
Today’s activity is all about ramps, gradients and friction. We’re going to investigate how the distance travelled by a car is affected by the gradient of the slope and the surface of the ramp....
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