Experiment Index
Animals
- Recycle Paper Bags into Bird’s Nest Art Projects
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Explore the Miraculous Strength of Eggs
- Make “Naked” Eggs
- Capture a Spider Web
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make “Penguin Eggs” (or Stress Balls)
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Make an Ant Colony from a Recycled Soda Bottle
- Experiment with Squid Ink
- Experiment with Squid Propulsion
- Make a Dinosaur Fossil Dig
- Make a Beetle Habitat
- Make A Plaster Beetle Necklace
- Make Reptile & Amphibian Tracks
- Learn Basic Animal First Aid
- Make Your Own Pet First Aid Kit
- Create and Play an X-Ray Matching Game
- Create X-Ray Puzzles
Arts, Crafts & Maker
- Make Snowman Snowball Launchers
- Make Puffy Paint & Use to Paint Snowy Scenes
- Peppermint Lab
- Make Play Snow
- Make a Paper Helicopter
- Make a Balancing Butterfly
- Make an Origami Robotic Finger
- Make Sidewalk Chalk
- Make a “Harmonica”
- Make Marbled Eggs
- Recycle Paper Bags into Bird’s Nest Art Projects
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Grow Eggshell Grass Heads
- Make Scented, Marbled Gift Wrap
- Make Pumpkin Putty
- Make Bubble Art
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make “Penguin Eggs” (or Stress Balls)
- Make Chromatography Valentines
- Make Bubble Art Valentines
- Make Scented, Swirly Valentines
- Write Invisible Love Notes
- Make Colorful Carnations
- Make Cherry Playdough Hearts
- Make a Ketchup Packet Submarine
- Make a Code Wheel
- Make a Vibrating Balloon Toy
- Make a Vortex Blaster
- Make Fall Leaf Decoupage Lanterns and Vases
- Make Smoking “Boo” Bubbles from Dry Ice
- Make Glowing Spider Bouncy Balls
- Explore Leaves and Make Rainbow Leaf Prints
- Learn the Parts of a Leaf & Make Window Art
- Make a Solar Powered Oven
- Make Cupcake, Cookie and Bonbon Bath Bombs
- Grow a Crystal Tree
- Experiment with Chlorophyll and Chromatography
- Make Art with Apples
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Experiment with Morse Code
- Make an Ant Colony from a Recycled Soda Bottle
- Make a Squawking Turkey Craft
- Make Glowing Water
- Sugar Rainbow from Steve Spangler Science
- Make a Simple Balance Toy
- Make a Spitting Monster Toy
- Make Puffy Paint; Use to Paint & Explore Cloud Shapes
- Create “Moody Money” Optical Illusions
- Make a Kazoo from a Recycled Cardboard Tube
- Experiment with Squid Ink
- Build a Hovercraft for Travel on the Moon
- Make a Giant Earth Puzzle
- Make an Insect Parts Puzzle
- Make a Marble Run
- Make a Levitating Object in a Jar
- Make a Dinosaur Fossil Dig
- Make A Plaster Beetle Necklace
- Make Reptile & Amphibian Tracks
- Make a Lava Lamp Volcano; Explore Liquid Densities and Acid/Base Reactions
- Make Your Own Pet First Aid Kit
- Make a Constellation Finder
- Make an Imprint Fossil
- Make a Patellar Hammer and Explore Your Reflexes
- Create and Play an X-Ray Matching Game
- Create X-Ray Puzzles
- Make a Spinning Rocket Pinwheel
- Make a Spitting Bottle
- Make a Recycled Bottle Balloon Racecar
Chemistry/Matter
- Make Puffy Paint & Use to Paint Snowy Scenes
- Peppermint Lab
- Make Play Snow
- Make Sidewalk Chalk
- Make Marbled Eggs
- Egg in a Bottle
- Recycle Paper Bags into Bird’s Nest Art Projects
- Make “Naked” Eggs
- Make Swirling Rainbows in Milk
- Make Scented, Marbled Gift Wrap
- Make Pumpkin Putty
- Make an Exploding Pepper Ring
- Make Your Own Bubble Formula
- Make Bubble Art
- Make Chromatography Valentines
- Make Bubble Art Valentines
- Make Scented, Swirly Valentines
- Write Invisible Love Notes
- Make Colorful Carnations
- Melting Heart
- Make Cherry Playdough Hearts
- Say “I love You” with Gas Balloons!
- Make a Vortex Blaster
- Make Butter Two Ways
- Tarnish Blaster
- Make Smoking “Boo” Bubbles from Dry Ice
- Make a Quarter Sing and Shake Using Dry Ice
- Make Glowing Spider Bouncy Balls
- Make a Spewing Pumpkin
- Make a Smoking Bubble “Bomb”
- Make A Cauldron of Smoking Bubbles
- Make a Spooky “Smoking” Pumpkin
- Make Cupcake, Cookie and Bonbon Bath Bombs
- Grow a Crystal Tree
- Make a Mummy (and compare to something that is allowed to rot!)
- Make Apple Seeds Dance
- Experiment with Glow Sticks
- Make Glowing Slime
- Turn Raisins into Diving Subs
- Make Glowing Water
- Sugar Rainbow from Steve Spangler Science
- Make Puffy Paint; Use to Paint & Explore Cloud Shapes
- Experiment with Static Electricity
- Make a Levitating Ice Cube
- Make a Dinosaur Fossil Dig
- Make a Lava Lamp Volcano; Explore Liquid Densities and Acid/Base Reactions
- Make an Underwater Volcano
Cooking & Food
- Peppermint Lab
- Make Marbled Eggs
- Egg in a Bottle
- Explore the Miraculous Strength of Eggs
- Make “Naked” Eggs
- Make Swirling Rainbows in Milk
- Make a Teabag Rocket
- Make Pumpkin Putty
- Make an Exploding Pepper Ring
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Melting Heart
- Make Butter Two Ways
- Make a Solar Powered Oven
- Make a Mummy (and compare to something that is allowed to rot!)
- Make Art with Apples
- Make Apple Seeds Dance
- Turn Raisins into Diving Subs
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Sugar Rainbow from Steve Spangler Science
Curriculum & Guides
Dinnertable Science
- Make a Teabag Rocket
- Make an Exploding Pepper Ring
- Make a Ketchup Packet Submarine
- 5 Experiments to do with a Glass of Water
- Make Butter Two Ways
- Use A Spoon to Explore Physics
- Make Music with Water Glasses
- Create “Moody Money” Optical Illusions
Earth & Space
- Make Play Snow
- Make a Paper Helicopter
- Grow Eggshell Grass Heads
- Make a Teabag Rocket
- Make a Solar Powered Oven
- Make Puffy Paint; Use to Paint & Explore Cloud Shapes
- Make a Hurricane in a Bowl
- Build a Hovercraft for Travel on the Moon
- Make a Giant Earth Puzzle
- Make a Mini Flashlight Planetarium
- Make Impact Craters
- Make a Dinosaur Fossil Dig
- Mine for Minerals
- Explore Graphite with this Pencil Magic Trick
- Make a Constellation Finder
- Create a Fossil Dig
- Experiment with Pumice
- Make an Underwater Volcano
Earth Day
- Recycle Paper Bags into Bird’s Nest Art Projects
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Grow Eggshell Grass Heads
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Learn the Parts of a Leaf & Make Window Art
- Make a Solar Powered Oven
- Experiment with Chlorophyll and Chromatography
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Make an Ant Colony from a Recycled Soda Bottle
- Happy Earth Day! Reduce Reuse Recycle
- Make a Spitting Monster Toy
- Make Puffy Paint; Use to Paint & Explore Cloud Shapes
- Make a Kazoo from a Recycled Cardboard Tube
- Make a Giant Earth Puzzle
- Make a Spinning Rocket Pinwheel
- Make a Spitting Bottle
- Make a Recycled Bottle Balloon Racecar
Easter
- Make Marbled Eggs
- Egg in a Bottle
- Recycle Paper Bags into Bird’s Nest Art Projects
- Explore the Miraculous Strength of Eggs
- Grow Eggshell Grass Heads
- Make “Naked” Eggs
Fall
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Make Pumpkin Putty
- Capture a Spider Web
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Make Butter Two Ways
- Make Fall Leaf Decoupage Lanterns and Vases
- Explore Leaves and Make Rainbow Leaf Prints
- Learn the Parts of a Leaf & Make Window Art
- Experiment with Chlorophyll and Chromatography
- Make a Mummy (and compare to something that is allowed to rot!)
- Make Art with Apples
- Make Apple Seeds Dance
- Turn Raisins into Diving Subs
- Make a Squawking Turkey Craft
- Make Glowing Water
- Our Favorites for Fall
Halloween
- Make Pumpkin Putty
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make Smoking “Boo” Bubbles from Dry Ice
- Make a Quarter Sing and Shake Using Dry Ice
- Make Glowing Spider Bouncy Balls
- Make a Spewing Pumpkin
- Make a Smoking Bubble “Bomb”
- Make A Cauldron of Smoking Bubbles
- Make a Spooky “Smoking” Pumpkin
- Make a Mummy (and compare to something that is allowed to rot!)
- Our Most Popular for Halloween
- Experiment with Glow Sticks
- Make Glowing Slime
- Make Glowing Water
- Make a Spitting Monster Toy
Living Systems
- Make an Origami Robotic Finger
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Grow Eggshell Grass Heads
- Make “Naked” Eggs
- Capture a Spider Web
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make “Penguin Eggs” (or Stress Balls)
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Make a Working Model of the Human Heart
- Make Colorful Carnations
- Make Fall Leaf Decoupage Lanterns and Vases
- Explore Leaves and Make Rainbow Leaf Prints
- Learn the Parts of a Leaf & Make Window Art
- Experiment with Chlorophyll and Chromatography
- Make a Mummy (and compare to something that is allowed to rot!)
- Make Apple Seeds Dance
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Make an Ant Colony from a Recycled Soda Bottle
- Make a Giant Earth Puzzle
- Make an Insect Parts Puzzle
- Make a Beetle Habitat
- Make A Plaster Beetle Necklace
- Make Reptile & Amphibian Tracks
- Learn Basic Animal First Aid
- Make Your Own Pet First Aid Kit
- Experiment With a Stethoscope
- Make an Imprint Fossil
- Create a Fossil Dig
- Experiment with Left Brain, Right Brain Dominance
- Use a Paperclip to Test Your Sense of Touch
- Make a Patellar Hammer and Explore Your Reflexes
- Create and Play an X-Ray Matching Game
- Make Homemade Agar to Grow Germ Specimens
- Create X-Ray Puzzles
- Grow Germs Using Nutrient Agar
- Walk Like a Penguin!
Outdoor Activities
- Make a Paper Helicopter
- Make Sidewalk Chalk
- Make a “Harmonica”
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Make Your Own Bubble Formula
- Capture a Spider Web
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Sort Spiders and Insects
- Explore Leaves and Make Rainbow Leaf Prints
- Learn the Parts of a Leaf & Make Window Art
- Make a Solar Powered Oven
- Experiment with Chlorophyll and Chromatography
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Experiment with Morse Code
- Make an Ant Colony from a Recycled Soda Bottle
- Make a Beetle Habitat
- Make Reptile & Amphibian Tracks
- Make a Constellation Finder
- Make an Imprint Fossil
Physics/Force, Energy & Motion
- Make Snowman Snowball Launchers
- Make a Paper Helicopter
- Make a Balancing Butterfly
- Make a “Harmonica”
- Egg in a Bottle
- Make Swirling Rainbows in Milk
- Experiment with Spoon Gongs
- Make a Teabag Rocket
- Make a Ketchup Packet Submarine
- 5 Experiments to do with a Glass of Water
- Make a Vibrating Balloon Toy
- Make a Vortex Blaster
- Use A Spoon to Explore Physics
- Make Music with Water Glasses
- Make a Quarter Sing and Shake Using Dry Ice
- Make Glowing Spider Bouncy Balls
- Make a Solar Powered Oven
- Experiment with Glow Sticks
- Turn Raisins into Diving Subs
- Experiment with Morse Code
- Make a Squawking Turkey Craft
- Make Glowing Water
- Make a Simple Balance Toy
- Launch “Magic” Balloons
- Make a Spitting Monster Toy
- Make Objects Levitate with Static Electricity
- Make a Kazoo from a Recycled Cardboard Tube
- Experiment with Squid Propulsion
- Experiment with Static Electricity
- Make a Marble Run
- Make a Levitating Ice Cube
- Make a Levitating Object in a Jar
- Make a Spinning Rocket Pinwheel
- Make a Spitting Bottle
- Experiment with Marble Ramps/Inclined Planes
- Make a Recycled Bottle Balloon Racecar
Preschool
- Make Snowman Snowball Launchers
- Make Puffy Paint & Use to Paint Snowy Scenes
- Peppermint Lab
- Make Play Snow
- Make a Paper Helicopter
- Make Sidewalk Chalk
- Make a “Harmonica”
- Egg in a Bottle
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Grow Eggshell Grass Heads
- Make “Naked” Eggs
- Make Swirling Rainbows in Milk
- Experiment with Spoon Gongs
- Make a Teabag Rocket
- Make Pumpkin Putty
- Make an Exploding Pepper Ring
- Capture a Spider Web
- Make Bubble Art
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make “Penguin Eggs” (or Stress Balls)
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Sort Spiders and Insects
- Make Chromatography Valentines
- Make Bubble Art Valentines
- Make Scented, Swirly Valentines
- Write Invisible Love Notes
- Melting Heart
- Make Cherry Playdough Hearts
- Say “I love You” with Gas Balloons!
- Make a Ketchup Packet Submarine
- 5 Experiments to do with a Glass of Water
- Make Butter Two Ways
- Use A Spoon to Explore Physics
- Make Fall Leaf Decoupage Lanterns and Vases
- Make Music with Water Glasses
- Make Smoking “Boo” Bubbles from Dry Ice
- Explore Leaves and Make Rainbow Leaf Prints
- Learn the Parts of a Leaf & Make Window Art
- Make A Cauldron of Smoking Bubbles
- Make a Solar Powered Oven
- Grow a Crystal Tree
- Make a Mummy (and compare to something that is allowed to rot!)
- Make Art with Apples
- Make Apple Seeds Dance
- Experiment with Glow Sticks
- Turn Raisins into Diving Subs
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Make a Dino Fossil Snack
- Make an Ant Colony from a Recycled Soda Bottle
- Make Glowing Water
- Sugar Rainbow from Steve Spangler Science
- Make a Simple Balance Toy
- Launch “Magic” Balloons
- Make a Spitting Monster Toy
- Make Puffy Paint; Use to Paint & Explore Cloud Shapes
- Make Objects Levitate with Static Electricity
- Make a Hurricane in a Bowl
- Make a Kazoo from a Recycled Cardboard Tube
- Experiment with Static Electricity
- Make a Giant Earth Puzzle
- Make Impact Craters
- Make an Insect Parts Puzzle
- Make a Marble Run
- Make a Levitating Ice Cube
- Make a Dinosaur Fossil Dig
- Make a Beetle Habitat
- Make Reptile & Amphibian Tracks
- Make a Lava Lamp Volcano; Explore Liquid Densities and Acid/Base Reactions
- Make Your Own Pet First Aid Kit
- Experiment With a Stethoscope
- Make a Constellation Finder
- Make an Imprint Fossil
- Create and Play an X-Ray Matching Game
- Create X-Ray Puzzles
- Make a Spinning Rocket Pinwheel
- Make a Spitting Bottle
- Make a Recycled Bottle Balloon Racecar
Spring
- Make a Paper Helicopter
- Make Sidewalk Chalk
- Make Marbled Eggs
- Egg in a Bottle
- Recycle Paper Bags into Bird’s Nest Art Projects
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Explore the Miraculous Strength of Eggs
- Make “Naked” Eggs
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Make an Ant Colony from a Recycled Soda Bottle
- Make an Insect Parts Puzzle
- Make a Beetle Habitat
- Make A Plaster Beetle Necklace
St. Patrick's Day
- Make Sidewalk Chalk
- Make Swirling Rainbows in Milk
- Make Glowing Slime
- Make Glowing Water
- Sugar Rainbow from Steve Spangler Science
Summer
- Make Sidewalk Chalk
- Make Bird Feeders from Recycled Materials
- Make Your Own Bubble Formula
- Make a Spider Bracelet
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Make Fall Leaf Decoupage Lanterns and Vases
- Explore Leaves and Make Rainbow Leaf Prints
- Learn the Parts of a Leaf & Make Window Art
- Make a Solar Powered Oven
- Honey Bees & Pollination Pretend Play
- Make an Ant Colony from a Recycled Soda Bottle
- Make a Beetle Habitat
- Make A Plaster Beetle Necklace
Thanksgiving
- Make “Naked” Eggs
- Experiment with Spoon Gongs
- Make a Teabag Rocket
- Make Pumpkin Putty
- Make an Exploding Pepper Ring
- 5 Experiments to do with a Glass of Water
- Make Butter Two Ways
- Tarnish Blaster
- Use A Spoon to Explore Physics
- Make Fall Leaf Decoupage Lanterns and Vases
- Make Music with Water Glasses
- Explore Leaves and Make Rainbow Leaf Prints
- Learn the Parts of a Leaf & Make Window Art
- Make a Squawking Turkey Craft
- Our Favorites for Fall
Uncategorized
- Explore the Wonders of Spring with Simple Science
- Make Cupcake, Cookie and Bonbon Bath Bombs
- St. Patrick’s Day STEM Activities
- Our Favorites for Fall
- Play with Robot Grabbers
- Make a Spinning Rocket Pinwheel
Valentine's Day
- Make Scented, Marbled Gift Wrap
- Make Chromatography Valentines
- Make Bubble Art Valentines
- Make Scented, Swirly Valentines
- Write Invisible Love Notes
- Make a Working Model of the Human Heart
- Make Colorful Carnations
- Melting Heart
- Make Cherry Playdough Hearts
- Say “I love You” with Gas Balloons!
- Make Cupcake, Cookie and Bonbon Bath Bombs
- Make a Simple Balance Toy
Winter
- Make Snowman Snowball Launchers
- Make Puffy Paint & Use to Paint Snowy Scenes
- Make Play Snow
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Turn Your Poinsettia into a pH Indicator
- Grow a Crystal Tree
Winter Holidays
- Make Snowman Snowball Launchers
- Make Puffy Paint & Use to Paint Snowy Scenes
- Peppermint Lab
- Make Play Snow
- Make Sidewalk Chalk
- Make “Naked” Eggs
- Make Swirling Rainbows in Milk
- Make Scented, Marbled Gift Wrap
- Make Bubble Art
- Make Breakfast for Birds
- Tarnish Blaster
- Make Cupcake, Cookie and Bonbon Bath Bombs
- Turn Your Poinsettia into a pH Indicator
- Grow a Crystal Tree
- Turn Raisins into Diving Subs
- Science Activities for the Holidays
