Overnight Crystal Garden Despite the wait time, my boys love experiments where they can anxiously wait to see what happens when something is left to grow. Crystals are neat –…
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Painting with Ice Cubes Summer and winter are a great time to use ice in sensory projects. Today we’re combining a sensory art activity with color science in this ice…
Holiday Science: Crystal Candy Canes This is a simple science experiment for kids to enjoy with a minimum amount of supplies. Growing crystals does take some time, but it is...
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Dancing Gumdrops Science Activity for the Holidays When we think of dancing at Christmas it's usually sugarplums that come to mind. Instead of visions of sugarplums, we're watching dancing gumdrops...
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Holiday STEAM: Christmas Projects for Kids Think of decors, recipes, Christmas tree crafts, holiday science experiments, and tons of ornaments! We've listed below the 12 STEAM Christmas projects for...
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Holiday Craft: Snowflake Crystal Brrrr! Are you feeling colder as we head into winter? We're staying warm indoors doing winter science at home. Today I'm sharing a cool crystal-growing...
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Candy Cane Shapes Looking for an easy activity to setup for kids while you’re busy with a task? Do you have candy canes on hand? For this activity, that is...
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Holiday STEAM: Melting Christmas Tree Experiment What kid doesn't like to put on their mad scientist hat and perform a magic chemistry experiment? This is a fun science experiment with...
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Holiday Craft: Gingerbread Slime Do you love the smell of gingerbread in the fall and winter months? Besides baking gingerbread cookies, why not create the same smell with a fun...
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Thanksgiving STEM: Engineer With Cranberries Looking for a fun Thanksgiving STEM or Thanksgiving STEAM activity? Combining festive cranberries and your kids' engineering and motor skills, this STEM project comes just...
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Holiday STEM: Gingerbread Man Salt Crystal We have done several crystal projects using a borax solution, but it can be even simpler than that! We bet you already have exactly...
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Dissolving Candy Canes If you are looking for a quick holiday science experiment to stop your kids' brains from turning to mush on holiday break, look no further! In this...
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Kitchen Science: Glitter Christmas Slime Recipe We're mixing up some festive Christmas slime full of glitter! Slime makes a great sensory play tool for kids of all ages plus they...
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How to Make White Chocolate Christmas Bark Looking for a dessert to bring to a holiday party that isn’t a cookie? Want to gift a neat dessert? Try this holiday...
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Holiday STEAM: Candy Cane Cookie Cutter Ornaments 'Tis the season for homemade gifts kids can make and there is certainly no shortage of people who are on your list. Why...
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Fall Pumpkin Crafts and Activities for Kids Who doesn’t love picking out that perfect pumpkin in the patch for carving? Enter the warm apple cider, family giggles, and kids bursting...
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STEAM-based learning is a hot topic in education – and for good reason! But what is STEAM? Many people are familiar with the popular educational initiative of STEM (Science, Technology,...
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Summer Science: Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk “It’s so hot we could fry an egg on the sidewalk!” I know I’ve heard this growing up but guess what? I’ve never…
Water Tension Experiment for Kids Has your child ever asked how water can take different forms and shapes such as raindrops or puddles? The liquid molecules in water change with outside...
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Water Science Activity Cloud in a Jar We’re having fun with water science this month and today I’m sharing a cool cloud in a jar activity. We’ve been doing a…
Earth Day Cookies - Kids in the Kitchen Looking for an Earth Day activity that takes little to no time at all? Maybe even with the added benefit that you...
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Ask A Scientist As part of our Ask A Scientist program, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sharon Jones about robotics recently! As a STEM Educational Consultant, and mom...
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Kids Science: Skittles Experiment This is such an easy learning experiment, perfect for preschoolers in particular. You only need a few things and it can be as time-consuming as you...
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How to Make Pumpkin Slime If you aren’t a fan of pumpkin seeds and generally throw the insides of a pumpkin away, stop! Use the insides to make pumpkin slime...
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