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SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS

Try the hundreds of science experiments for kids at home using simple materials. These STEM activities are easy to do and the science behind is fun to learn. Perfect for summer activities or homeschool curriculums.

prism makes rainbow
Make Rainbow At Home
pink flower and green leaves in bowls of water
See How Plants Breathe
rose stem split in half, one half immersed in blue water, the other half immersed in red water
How To Make Flowers Change Colors
penny at bottom of glass with water shows a reflection
How To Double A Coin In Water
Connect 3 lemons together using nails, coppers and alligator clips to form a chain
How To Use Lemons To Power A Lightbulb
water cycle in a bag using markers and blue water
Create A Water Cycle In A Bag
LED lightbulb connected with water through a pair of alligator clips
Can Water Conduct Electricity?
2 rainbows made out of crystals and pipe cleaners
How To Grow Crystals To Make A Rainbow
toy boat made out of paper and foam shapes
How To Use Soap To Power A Boat
water with rainbow color inside a straw
Make rainbow In A Straw
drops of water on top of penny form a dome shape
Water Drops On Coins STEM Challenge
2 heart shaped plastic made with milk and vinegar, one ivory and one pink in color
Make Plastic At Home
Glass with blue water, light shining on it
Why Is The Sky Blue?
3 toys sit on paper with shadows
How To Trace Shadows
magnetic field lines formed from iron filings with N and S poles
Create Magnetic Field Lines
A straw inserted in a glass of water seems to be broken in middle
Light Refraction In Water
Lava lamp in a glass using water, oil and blue food coloring
How To Make A Lava Lamp
tornado swirling in a glass of water
Make A Tornado In A Glass
paddle boat made from pencil, foam shapes and rubber bands is placed in water
How To Make A Paddle Boat
water stream from facet bends towards a pink balloon
How To Bend Water
a glass of water with different color mixing together in traces
What Is Water Diffusion
Fishing for a sticky ice cube using a twine
How To Fish An Ice
Make a star using colorful toothpicks
How To Make An Expanding Star
Put the magnet outside the bottle but touching it
Find Iron In Your Breakfast Cereal
Make a square bubble using pipe cleaners
How To Make A Square Bubble
build a motor using battery, copper wire and a strong magnet
How To Build A Motor
Balloon attached to bottle cap and CD disc, finished hovercraft
How To Make A Hovercraft
finger pokes a bubble
Poke A Bubble Without Popping It
3 balloons attached to top of 3 toy cars
Balloon Rocket Car Race
create 2 clusters of 3-dimensional magnetic fields using iron filings inside a glass jar
See 3D Magnetic Force Field

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