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Science Experiments and Activities for Kids

Spring Bulbs Nature Study with Kids

Spring Bulbs Nature Study with Kids

With your garden filled with spring flowers most of which have grown from bulbs, it’s a fantastic time to look…

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How to Raise Tadpoles

How to Raise Tadpoles

Are you teaching your kids about the frog lifecycle this spring? Do you know how easy it is to observe…

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Free Printable Lunar Journal for Kids

Free Printable Lunar Journal for Kids

As the nights draw in it is the perfect time to look up at the sky and see what happens…

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How to Make Cast Fossils with Kids

How to Make Cast Fossils with Kids

We love learning about the animals that once roamed our planet and fossils is one of the best ways to…

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Simple Preschool Apple Science Investigation Using the 5 Senses

Simple Preschool Apple Science Investigation Using the 5 Senses

Autumn is apple season and it is a great time to try a simple apple science investigation. For preschoolers, it’s…

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FREE Printable Frog & Tadpole Life Cycle Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

FREE Printable Frog & Tadpole Life Cycle Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

In late spring and early summer, a fun theme to do is the frog life cycle. This FREE Printable Frog…

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Fun Summer Science and Nature Kits for kids

Fun Summer Science and Nature Kits for kids

One of our favourite activities to do in the summer months is science. From looking at the creatures in rock…

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Edible Mountain Building Tectonic Plates Experiments for Kids

Edible Mountain Building Tectonic Plates Experiments for Kids

We think that science is fun! But edible science is tasty fun and educational and we love exploring Geology through…

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Fun Oil Pastel and Water Colour Galaxies

Fun Oil Pastel and Water Colour Galaxies

Art projects are always fun to do with kids of all ages. This space themed art project is easy to…

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Grow Carrots from Carrot Tops Science Experiment.

Grow Carrots from Carrot Tops Science Experiment.

Looking for a simple science experiment that you can do at home with your kids? Then this plant science experiment…

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A Step By Step Guide To Making Salt Dough Fossils

A Step By Step Guide To Making Salt Dough Fossils

We do love everything about dinosaurs. From simple dinosaur crafts and activities to exploring some of the science behind these…

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DIY Dinosaur Timeline

DIY Dinosaur Timeline

Dinosaurs are one of the things that have long fascinated both my kids and I. We have loved watching programmes…

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Creating a History of the Earth Model with Kids

Creating a History of the Earth Model with Kids

We love studying rocks, earth science and geology here in the Rainy Day Mum house and after this summer where…

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How To Make Ice-Cream in a Bag with Kids

How To Make Ice-Cream in a Bag with Kids

We love ice-cream, who doesn’t and this is such a fun activity to do with the kids and the bonus…

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Phases of the Moon Craft for Kids

Phases of the Moon Craft for Kids

Of all the things in the night sky, the moon is the things that my kids have always found the…

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Simple Paper Towel Chromatography Experiment for Kids

Simple Paper Towel Chromatography Experiment for Kids

One of my favourite experiments to do with the younger students when I taught secondary school science was Chromatography –…

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Exploring Transpiration Process in Plants with Celery

Exploring Transpiration Process in Plants with Celery

The kids and I are really enjoying gardening at the moment, watching our seedlings grow and planting out more seeds….

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What’s in your Vegetables for Vegetable Soup? Plant Science Experiment for Kids

What’s in your Vegetables for Vegetable Soup? Plant Science Experiment for Kids

With our last post for our Garden Week on Storybook Summer this year we have a fantastic Science Experiment for…

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Feed the Animals Vegetable Sorting Game

Feed the Animals Vegetable Sorting Game

It’s our last week of this year’s storybook summer – but don’t worry we will be back next year and…

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Space Science Experiment ~ Exploring one of Jupiter’s Moons

Space Science Experiment ~ Exploring one of Jupiter’s Moons

For the final day of our space week for storybook summer we are heading far out into our solar system…

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Edible Sedimentary Rocks for Kids

Edible Sedimentary Rocks for Kids

Use this edible sedimentary rock activity to start to learn about the rock cycle and fun way to introduce Geology and…

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Exploring Trace Fossils by Making Dinosaur Footprints

Exploring Trace Fossils by Making Dinosaur Footprints

Learning about different types of fossils and how fossils are made is a fun geology activity for kids. It fits…

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Fun Hands-on Volcano Science for Kids

Fun Hands-on Volcano Science for Kids

We’re continuing our rock activities for Earth Science by learning about volcanoes. Volcano science is an interesting part of geology…

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Frog Life Cycle Memory Game

Frog Life Cycle Memory Game

With spring here in our family that means just one thing we are on the hunt for frogs. Ever since…

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