British Science Week is an annual event celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths. It's always a wonderfully ...

Bobsleigh is one of the most exciting winter Olympic events. It's fast, requires incredible precision on the turns and a huge amount of power to launch.

As World Book Day is just around the corner, I thought I'd pull together some of my favourite book themed science experiments. Here at Science Sparks, we love using a book to help bring a science ...

Why does food rot? Have you ever noticed that if you leave an apple (or any fruit ) for too long, it starts to rot or decay? This can lead to significant food waste, so it's important to understand ...

Before we had clocks and watches, people used sundials to mark the passing of time. A sundial measures time by the sun's position and usually has markings for each hour of sunlight. Sundials have ...

Birds can fly because they have wings, a streamlined body, strong muscles and very light, hollow bones. Birds' bones are very strong and perfectly adapted for flight. They have a dense, strong ...

Have you ever wanted to create your very own rock lab? These rock investigations include five easy tests to help children group and identify rocks based on their appearance and properties. It's a ...

Choose a question to investigate with the Science Sparks Squad. Each week we'll add a new science question and associated activity to help you find the answer! This idea is that you print off a ...

The 2024 Olympics are to be held in Paris, France, for the first time in over 100 years! Olympic sports include athletics, team sports, climbing, surfing, swimming, tennis, skateboarding, and even ...

This disappearing spider trick is a simple Halloween science activity and a great refraction demonstration. Children can watch as a drawing of a spider disappears when water is poured into a glass ...

Today is day 2 of our week of icy experiments. You can see yesterday's fun with freezing here. When we left the house yesterday to go to school, Z and S were fascinated by the frost on the car and ...