Chinese New Year marks the start of the New Year based on the lunisolar calendar, which falls on the first new moon between ...

It's hard to believe it's been over 50 years since astronauts first landed on the moon, and that the last time astronauts ventured as far as the Moon was 1972! The Moon landings were just the start of ...

Have you ever wondered how balancing toys work? You can find out with this simple marshmallow balancing STEM challenge! It's a great activity for learning about gravity and centre of mass. Cut a small ...

This blubber experiment is a simple, easy way to demonstrate how animals ( not just polar bears ) stay warm in cold temperatures. There are some fun polar bear facts at the bottom of the page, too.

The Earth is known as a Goldilocks Planet, as, rather like the littlest bear's porridge, it is neither too hot nor too cold. It is this favourable temperature which allows life to exist. Earth is the ...

Can you build a marshmallow snowman? This is a super simple science investigation where children test different strengths of icing sugar to discover which sticks the marshmallows together the best.

Robins are a bird we commonly associate with winter and Christmas, but why do robins have red breasts? The red colour looks amazing next to white snow, but it also makes the bird a target for ...

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 ...

The Grinch is one of my favourite children's Christmas books. This melting the Grinch's heart activity is super simple and can be carried out in lots of different ways. Younger children can just try ...

'Thank crunchie, it's Friday' seems the perfect phrase for today's experiment as it involves learning how to make honeycomb with our easy honeycomb recipe. Once you've made the honeycomb and learned ...

I wanted to get my children thinking about the process of investigation today, so we talked about how we could test whether some structures were stronger than others using DUPLO. They decided to build ...

Here at Science Sparks, we've tried a lot of science experiments over the years; some have been brilliant on the first go, some have taken a LOT of tweaking, and some have been a complete disaster!