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As you may know, I home-educate my two girls and we love different science experiments that are fun and easy.
I have listed our top 10 favourites, what you need and the instructions.
I hope you enjoy these science experiments as much as we do.
Enjoy and don’t forget to comment at the end, I love hearing from you and subscribe to get access to FREE printables, newsletters, the latest posts and more.
1. Planets
My girls love doing this science planets project, they love the videos and you can do a pop quiz to see who can remember any facts on each planet.
You will need:
- Large Black paper/card
- White paper
- Pens/Pencils
- Glue stick
To design your planets, first, watch the video all about planets.
- Start by using your white paper to make circles that will be your planets.
- Use your pens and pencils to design and colour in your planets.
- When all your planets are done, stick them in order on your black paper/card.
- Use your remaining white paper to write the names of each planet and stick them next to each planet on your black paper/card.
Now you are ready to show off your planet knowledge!
2. Your Body
This is a great family science activity to do.
You will need:
- Large white paper (enough that you can draw your body)
- Pencil
- Pens/Pencils
- Place your white paper out on the floor.
- Lay on top of your white paper.
- Get your partner to draw around your body, you should end up with an outline of your body.
- Once you have done that, get up and then begin naming the different organs and bones of your body.
- Now you can colour your heart, your eyes and your hair.
Check out your amazing body!
3. Planting
We do this science experiment multiple times a year.
Print the ‘My Plant’ to make notes and draw your own plant growing.
You will need:
- Seeds
- Soil
- Pot
- Trowel
- Water
- Add some soil to your pot
- Pop your seeds in
- Add a little more soil if needed
- Water
- Watch, and make notes and drawings each day of the growth of your plant.
You can make a poster or a picture of the growth or life cycle.
4. Rockets
Your kiddies will have hours of fun with this quick and cute science activity.
You will need:
- Printable rockets – Click the image to download.
- Straw
- Colouring pens/pencils
- Sellotape
- Scissors
- Colour your rocket
- Cut it out
- Use a small strip of paper and roll it up to create a tube
- Use tape to stick your tube to the back of your rocket
- Pop your straw in your tube and blow.
Measure how far your rocket goes!
5. Pine Cones
Come Autumn this is a brilliant science experiment to try.
You will need:
- Pine cones
- Water
- Bowl
- Go for a walk and collect pine cones
- Try to collect ones that are different shapes, some open some closed
- Pop your pine cones in water and make a note of what happens. This can take a while.
- Take them out and make a note of what happens.
You can watch videos to find out why your pine cones open and close.
6. Ice cream in a bag
This takes a little patience but is well worth it.
You will need:
- One large zip-lock bag
- One smaller ziplock bag
- Salt
- Ice
- Sugar
- Vanilla extract
- ½ whole milk
- ½ Cream
- Pop 1 cup of half and half into the smaller ziplock bag
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Add 1 tablespoon of sugar.
- Close the bag and get the excess air out.
- In the big ziplock bag, fill it halfway with ice
- Add ¼ cup of salt
- Then place your small bag in your big bag and fill it with extra ice on top.
- Seal the large bag.
- Use gloves (salt and ice make it very cold)
- Shake for 6 minutes.
- Take the small bag out of the large bag and rinse the outside of the small bag with cold water.
- Open the small bag carefully.
- Your ice cream may be a little icy at first.
- Use a spoon to mix it around and soften it up a bit.
Now you can enjoy your ice cream! So cool right?
7. Slime
You will need:
- PVA glue
- Bicarbonate of soda
- Contact lens solution
Optional:
- Glitter
- Food colouring
Check out this site for all the instructions.
8. Volcano
A very messy science experiment but great fun for all the family.
You will need:
- Washing up liquid
- Warm water
- White vinegar
- Food colouring
- Bicarbonate of soda
- Large Empty bottle
Note: This needs to be done outside and wear clothes you don’t mind getting stained.
- Add Vinegar, water, soap and a couple of drops of food colouring into your empty bottle.
- Stand back quickly once you have poured the bicarb in.
- Pour the bicarb in and quickly step away.
It’s going to erupt! It’s so messy but a lot of fun.
9. Grow your own rainbow
This brilliant science experiment is so much fun and you can hang them up once dry.
You will need:
- Felt tips
- X2 Bowls
- Water
- Kitchen roll
- Fill the bowls with water
- Use the felt tips to colour the rainbow about 2cm up from the bottom.
- Colour in order of the rainbow.
- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.
- Dip the ends of your rainbow in the water.
- The water will creep up the paper to form the rest of your rainbow.
You can hang this up once dry.
10. Blubber
We recently did this one and it was so fascinating to find out about the different animals and their blubber.
You will need:
- Butter
- Ice
- Large Bowl
- Cold water
- 4 ziplock bags
- Towel
- Thermometer
- Spoon/spatula
- Fill your large bowl with ice and cold water.
- Check the temperature
- Make sure your ziplock bag is inside out and place your hand inside.
- Use your spatula to cover both sides of your hand in butter.
- Pop your coated hand inside another ziplock bag and seal
- Turn a clean bag inside out put your hand inside and seal.
- Put your other hand in a bag and seal it.
- Now put both hands in the cold water.
- See how long you can keep your hands in the water, and make a note of when each hand comes out.
How amazing is Blubber!
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Hi, I’m Bee, the founder of Bee’s Inspired Living. I am a Mumma, Wife, Home Educator, Blogger and lastly a Chronic Pain Sufferer. I love a good laugh, watching films, family days out, reading, tea, exploring the world, summer and of course, tidying my house. 🙂 As someone who has always been passionate about health, personal growth, and creating a balanced lifestyle, I started this blog to share my journey, insights, and experiences with you.
