My kids love to do hands on science experiments at home! There is something so empowering about causing a reaction in an experiment or suddenly grasping a science concept. It gives kids confidence as a learner and is just plain fun! 1. Air Pressure Experiment: Make it easy for kids to see how air pressure works with this fun activity from Kids Activities Blog. 2. Floating Egg Science Experiment: Fantastic Fun and Learning experimented … [Read more...]
Apple Science Experiment
Fall is here and apples are everywhere! We have been having fun with apple books and crafts and decided to do an apple science experiment too. The kids love acid and base reactions, but this time instead of combining them we observed to see what effects they would have on apples. Apple Science Experiment We began by choosing which acids and bases we were going to use. The acids were easy, lemon juice and vinegar are two we always have, but I … [Read more...]
Science for Kids: Flower Pigment Experiment
Do different color flowers have the same pigments? Not always. We have 3 types of dark pink flowers at our house so we decided to experiment to see if all of them were made of the same pigments. The kids chose petals from the three different types of flowers to test--roses, gerber daisies, and pink flowers from our front shrubs. While they were doing that I set up the rest of the experiment that I found on Scientific American. This science … [Read more...]
Does it Dissolve? Kids Science Experiment
Today's science week theme is liquids and we have a fun water activity for you! We experimented to see which solids would dissolve in water and the kids loved finding out if their predictions were correct. There is something extra fun about any science activity where you get to mix things! I told the kids what we were going to do and they raided the pantry to see what items we should test. They predicted whether or not each solid would … [Read more...]
How to Make a Cloud in a Bottle!
My kids love checking the weather each morning. They memorize the forecast and then quote the percentages of rain to us all day so I knew they would love making a cloud in a bottle!Before we started we talked about how clouds are made of little droplets of water or ice in the air. When warm air rises, like in the wind experiment we did, it expands and cools. As it does it can't hold as much water vapor and some of the droplets condense stick … [Read more...]
