Bright yellow daffodils are among the first signs of spring, along with birds singing and green buds emerging from trees. Daffodils are great flowers for ...

Get ready to spread some science joy into your St. Patrick's Day celebrations. If you've ever wondered how rainbows form or ...

Trim the flowers at the stalks. Fill a vase or jar with water and add a little food colouring. Place the flowers in the jar and leave them for a few hours. Usually, you will see the flowers change ...

This fun parachute egg drop experiment is a great demonstration of the forces acting on parachutes. If you drop something, it falls to the ground. This is because it is pulled by the gravity of the ...

Baking soda experiments have always been very popular with my children. They are such fun, fizzy reactions that can be used in many creative ways. We've made baking soda ice before, but this time I ...

These simple craft stick catapults are easy to make and can be used over and over again, making them a great science project to keep. I gave these a fun spring or Easter twist by decorating the ping ...

Keep the kids busy over the Easter holidays with my FREE Easter Science Quiz. Do you know why chocolate eggs melt, why eggs are oval, and what the name of the famous egg rolling game is? Find out with ...

Today's post is part of my United States of Science series. The idea is you print a map of the USA and colour each state as you learn about it with a fun science activity. New York City in the state ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics start tomorrow, bringing athletes from around the world together to compete for a coveted gold medal! Here at Science Sparks, we're looking forward to watching gravity-defying ...

'Thank crunchie, it's Friday' seems the perfect phrase for today's experiment as it involves learning how to make honeycomb with our easy honeycomb recipe. Once you've made the honeycomb and learned ...

This disappearing spider trick is a simple Halloween science activity and a great refraction demonstration. Children can watch as a drawing of a spider disappears when water is poured into a glass ...