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Fun Homeschool Project for All Ages: Learning About the Winter Constellation, Orion | The Happy Housewife

Try these fun and educational activities for kids. Make a volcano, a tornado, glitter jars (like snow globes), giant bubbles, dry ice bubbles, and more.

Static Electricity is a fascinating subject, especially for preschoolers. Every once in a while someone in my household will touch another family member after unintentionally rubbing their feet on the carpet and will give them

Air Canon Smoke Bubble Science Experiment - A tutorial on how to make an air canon and use it to create smoke rings <-- VERY cool science experiment.

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This colorful rainbow jar is the perfect easy kids' science experiement becauses it uses ingredients you already have in your kitchen!

Here’s a fun science experiment that will definitely get a “wow” from the kids. Combine baking soda and vinegar to make sodium acetate, or hot ice! It crystalizes instantly when you pour it, allowing you to create a tower of crystals. Since the process of crystallization is exothermic, the “ice” that forms will be hot […]

Seriously the most AMAZING playdough you'll ever make. Soft, smooth, silky, and smells amazing. Two surprising ingredients!

Halloween Science: Static Electricity Ghosts - The Homeschool Scientist

Under normal light, the Atomic Glow coloring turns the water a cool greenish-yellow color. But Atomic Glow gets its name from the color that appears when you flip on the black light. When Atomic Glow coloring is exposed to black light, the material actually glows an eerie green color that looks… well… atomic, as the kids say.

Flying Ghost Rockets- these rockets fly high into the air. FUN Fall Science kids love

The secret ingredient in glue slime is a substance called PVA (polyvinyl alcohol). Now you can buy the best PVA from Steve Spangler Science. Turn ordinary glue slime into an amazing slime party with Steve Spangler�s best-selling CLEAR SLIME PVA. Polyvinyl

Melting ice in frozen, water-&-halloween-goodie-filled surgical gloves with salt - from happy hooligans (",)

Science is tons of fun during Halloween, especially if you can make it gross! This eyeball structure STEM challenge is the perfect spooky science activity!

how to grow a venus fly trap - The flytrap plant is an elusive plant that can be hard to care for. Find its history and instructions for caring successfully here along with science experiments and projects to discover how it grows and works. Awesome ideas and tips.

STEM Challenge: Egg drop science project design with straw winning ideas and tips. Fun outdoor physics science STEM project for kids of all ages, fun science challenge for project based learning. #STEMforKids #iGameMomSTEM #ScienceForKids #ScienceActivities #STEMactivities #outdoor #ScienceClass

This cleaning pennies experiment is a great way to explore science with kids. Kids will discover how to clean pennies using a common household item. #kidsactivity #scienceactivity

Hi! My name is Meredith, and I blog over at Momgineer, which focuses on ways to engage students in engineering, math and science. I am so excited to be here guest posting here at Minds in Bloom with Engineering on a Dime: 3 STEM Challenges You Can Do Today! STEM challenges are a great way to explore engineering when you lack the time to

11 fascinating egg science experiments for kids, easy to do at home in the kitchen, also are good ideas for science fairs. Try egg drop, naked egg or rubber egg, walk on eggs, glowing egg, ... Fun kitchen science STEM activities at home and school.

Watch their faces light up and their eyes widen when you test out cool chemistry. You will definitely get a positive reaction from the kiddos (pun intended). Great science is as simple as walking into the kitchen with this erupting lemon volcano chemistry experiment! We enjoy all kinds of simple science and STEM using common household ingredients including baking soda and vinegar reactions. This fun science activity can even be taken outside for easy cleanup. ERUPTING LEMON VOLCANO CHEMISTRY…

My kids loved doing this experiment. You only need a few things that you already have around the house. Blow up a balloon with using your ...

You know what question Kate and I get a lot? "How do you girls do it it all??" Our schedules are full, just as many of yours are, and it comes with the constant struggle

These are just a few different kinds of Sensory bottle ideas make your own variations. Make sure to ALWAYS seal your bottles securely! I cannot emphasize this enough. Unless you want your bottle opened and the contents poured out. SEAL IT… with glue. Duct tape can be peeled off by a determined kiddo. Glue is …

Make liquid glass or crystal clear slime with borax. Our Elmer's clear glue slime recipe is amazingly easy, and it's the perfect chemistry and science demonstration the kids love. We stumbled upon a fun little fact to get our slime to look as clear as glass. Homemade slime is an awesome activity to share with kids, and we have the best slime recipes to share with you! MAKE CLEAR SLIME WITH ELMER'S GLUE MAKE SLIME AT HOME Are you new to the slime craze or have you been loving slime all along?…

Diet Coke and Mentos Geyser Science Experiment for Kids

Create an impressive soda geyser eruption using dry ice and Coke! Better than Mentos and Diet Coke, this is a jaw-dropping dry ice in soda geyser experiment that will WOW people of all ages. #sciencekiddo #dryiceexperiment #kidsscience #STEM #STEAM #scienceforkids

If you (or your preschooler) has ever asked the question, "what is blood made of?", you must check out this fun activity to learn about the parts of blood.

Here’s a fun homemade toy that you can put together from stuff around the house – a spiral marble track! Drop marbles at the top and watch them spin around the spiral track of paper plates until they get to the bottom. It’s very relaxing to watch. It’s no secret that we love marble runs […]

How to make magnetic slime. This awesome 3 ingredient slime recipe makes a stretchy slime that moves when you hold a magnet close to it. SO COOL.

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Quick and easy kids science activity. Make an orange sink and float! I love that this activity uses just a couple common household ingredients.

This super easy salt water experiment is the perfect science activity to teach kids about the density of salt and fresh water. Great for an ocean unit!

Learn how to make a breathing machine from the author of Maker Lab, Jack Challoner. This easy experiment uses household items to construct model lungs and show how some vital parts of the body work.

Water science is awesome! This water density experiment with sugar uses only a few kitchen ingredients but produces an amazing science experiment for kids! Water experiments for kids make great play activities as well as learning too! Enjoy finding out about the basics of color mixing all the way up to the density of liquids with this one simple water density experiment. RAINBOW IN A JAR WATER DENSITY EXPERIMENT! We love science, but even more, we love science experiments that can be done…

What a cool science experiment for kids! Make your own magnetic levitation.

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Paper plate atoms! Awesome STEM activity or science project for kids.

floating ball activity - fun science project for bored kids!

Brusspup presents some awesome science tricks using static electricity. They show how to make a plate hover in the air, how to pull an aluminum can across

You know what STEM is right? Science, technology, engineering and math. These are skills that kids really need to have a nice handle on- both boys and girls. We

Balloons are a classic childhood staple, providing endless hours of frugal entertainment for children of all ages. They are also a great catalyst for science exploration. My kids and I have been experimenting with building our own model rocket, and we had a blast launching water rockets at our local science museum recently. Rockets are fascinating,...Read More »

Homemade Magnetic Slime- TOO COOL! This stuff takes minutes to make & is a sure way to WOW the kids!

Don’t know what to do now that the first month of summer is gone? We’ve got you covered with these 23 science projects for kids! These projects aren’t just a great way to learn, they’re also super fun! What are you waiting for?? Elsa’s Frozen Powers – this is probably the coolest project on this list,... Read More

Quick and easy STEM activity that students will enjoy! Science activities that students will love!

How strong is spaghetti? Challenge kids to invent a way to find out! This STEM challenge is a lot of fun, and you won’t need much in the way of materials! Here are the materials we used: 1 package of spaghetti 2 sheets of styrofoam – purchased at Hobby Lobby Books Wooden blocks We started our […]

So you've got Skittles, candy bars, M&Ms, candy corn, Peeps, lollipops, and so much more in a big plastic bucket, don't you? I bet you are looking at it going whoa, that's a whole lot of candy. Particularly, a whole lot of candy you don't want the kids to eat. Believe me when I say we eat our share, but we also enjoy some Halloween candy science activities and STEM projects too. Simple science experiments for kids are the best! AWESOME CANDY EXPERIMENTS FOR HALLOWEEN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WITH…

Toys from Trash. Awesome website full of toys and experiments using/teaching STEM

STEM fun flying a rubber band helicopter and three more fun learning activities for kids from Galileo Camps. #Sponsored post.

Our first 2014 program was Angry Birds: Furious Forces! Kids learned about gravity and force, then created their own Angry Bird cups and pom poms. Then, they got to test out the catapults and try to...

5 End of the Year STEM Activities (Design a Marble Run)

What are the best hands on science experiments for kids ages 3 to 9 and beyond? Science experiments, science activities, and STEM challenges are awesome for young kids! These activities below are visually stimulating, hands-on, and sensory-rich for discovery and exploration! Also check out our quick and easy STEM activities. EASY SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS! HANDS ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES Kids are curious and always looking to explore, discover, check out, and experiment to find out why things…

The Pipecleaner (aka "Fuzzy Sticks") Challenge is one of my favorite STEM activities to introduce students to STEM learning. This is a fun, inexpensive, and engaging challenge that can be tailored to different ages, settings, and time-frames. This challenge is also an excellent team icebreaker.

How do you build community in your classroom? Have you tackled STEM Challenges yet? How do you prepare your students for the fabulous collaboration that can occur when they work in groups to solve …

STEM Challenge- the idea is to get the cups to drop and land softly. Ping pong balls in the cups cannot bounce out!

5 End of the Year STEM Activities (Design a Marble Run)

What are the best hands on science experiments for kids ages 3 to 9 and beyond? Science experiments, science activities, and STEM challenges are awesome for young kids! These activities below are visually stimulating, hands-on, and sensory-rich for discovery and exploration! Also check out our quick and easy STEM activities. EASY SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS! HANDS ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES Kids are curious and always looking to explore, discover, check out, and experiment to find out why things…

Our first ever super simple homemade LEGO zip line was immediately a hit! Why not add to it! SO we came up with another great idea using an actually pulley mechanism. This cool LEGO Zip Line Challenge is a great STEM activity for kids of all ages to have fun with and learn something from. We love easy LEGO activities! BUILD A LEGO ZIP LINE LEGO ZIP LINE ACTIVITY FOR KIDS Just a few simple materials are all you need to get started. STEM activities can be simple to do and set up at home! You…

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Another great STEM experiment and building challenge with the easiest of supplies: Straws! This challenge is to create the ultimate hoop flyer. Students will experiment with changing the variables of a standard hoop flyer and then choose which components to use in the ultimate design. The easy mater...

How strong is spaghetti? Challenge kids to invent a way to find out! This STEM challenge is a lot of fun, and you won’t need much in the way of materials! Here are the materials we used: 1 package of spaghetti 2 sheets of styrofoam – purchased at Hobby Lobby Books Wooden blocks We started our […]

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Have you tried the egg drop project yet? This was our 4th year in a row taking part this super fun STEM activity for kids! Check out how to do it with your children or students, and be sure to print out our two free printable recording sheets.

This STEM challenge is a terrific way to help teach your kids about science, technology, engineering and math.

We love building with different materials. We love any sort of project that encourages engineering for kids! Building with jellybeans is the perfect activity for little thinkers!

Stem challenges are a terrific way to help teach your kids about science, technology, engineering and math.

Here’s a simple open-ended building activity for kids of all ages – Colored craft sticks, wooden cubes, and small plastic cups! Simple materials, and yet we have been having a blast building all kinds of amazing structures with them. This project is the second project in our Summer STEAM Camp series! This week, we are […]

478 Likes, 44 Comments - Alma Alexander (@purely.primary) on Instagram: “My students loved this cup tower activity so much, we had to do it again on Friday! They had to…”

March Madness Basketball STEM: This is a great STEM challenge for March. Younger students design and build a basketball shooter to launch a ping pong ball into a trash can, bucket, or cup. Older students design and build a basketball shooter as well as a basketball goal to shoot the ping pong ball into.