This is a good science experiment/Valentine’s Day activity to do at home or with a group of kids who are OK with gelatin and the other ingredients used.
STEAM Powered Family has a super simple recipe for gummy candy that … Read More ...
Dissolving Candy Hearts Science Lesson
The other day I shared an idea in which you sort Valentine’s Day candies in a Venn diagram. If you didn’t use up all your treats on that project, try this dissolving candy heart
experiment from Living Life and … Read More ...
Valentine’s Day Optical Illusion for Kids
Have you ever made or seen a device where there’s a drawing on each side of a piece of paper attached to a stick, and when you spin the stick the pictures appear as if they are one?
The fancy … Read More ...
Baking Soda and Vinegar Fireworks Experiment
Learning about and Exploring Feathers
It seems like feathers are used in crafting a lot in the fall, on Halloween masks and to decorate turkeys. Maybe you’ll find some feathers 
on a nature walk to do this activity with, or you can order an assortment … Read More ...
All About Microscopes for Kids — with Free Printables
Using microscopes with kids — whether at home or in the classroom — is a lot of fun. It’s always cool to see how amazed they are by the things you can see under a microscope that you wouldn’t know … Read More ...
Halloween Balloon Races
Balloon races are a fun and easy activity that deals with important concepts of physics, and it’s fun to dress up the balloons in different ways to reinforce the reality that heavier objects need more force to move the same … Read More ...
Ghost Chromatography Experiment
In terms of light it’s said that black is the absence of color, but when it comes to making black paint or markers, lots of colors go into the mix.
You can discover the different colors of black with this … Read More ...
How to Make an Articulated Skeleton Hand
Skeletons are everywhere this time of year, so why not use them to foster a bit of learning beyond singing “The Skeleton Dance”?
These instructions for making an articulated skeleton hand are a little complex for younger kids, but grade … Read More ...
Halloween Potion Science Lab
Halloween is the perfect time to do some spooky science in the form of “potion making.”
Science Sparks has a great roundup of Halloween science activities, from the classic vinegar and baking soda explosions to chia seed “spider slime” and … Read More ...
Glow in the Dark Egg Experiment
If you’ve been around the kids’ learning activity world for a while, you’ve probably seen experiments involving dissolving the shell of an egg. (If you haven’t, soaking an egg in vinegar dissolves the shell but the membrane stay intact, giving … Read More ...
Pumpkin Life Cycle Project
Lots of teachers use this time of year to talk about the plant life cycle relative to the growth of pumpkins, but why not take it even further and explore how pumpkins (and other plants) decay?
Rot is kind of … Read More ...
Spooky Sound Experiments
There are a lot of spooky sounds to go with the spooky sights of Halloween, and it can be fun to try to make your own scary sounds at home or in the classroom.
One Time Through has a great … Read More ...
Skeleton Sensory Activity
Halloween is a fun time to learn about bones, and you can also play with bones as you learn with this skeleton sensory activity from Taming Little Monsters.
They use colored salt as a base to bury skeleton pieces
, … Read More ...
Easy Science at the Pool
As a parent, I feel like I’m always trying to sneak in learning in everyday activities. Especially when my kid was younger we would talk about how the world works and why things are the way they are as a … Read More ...