How to Extract DNA from Fruit
Did anyone extract DNA during biology class at school? I remember doing it at A-Levels when we were looking at DNA. Extracting DNA from fruit is actually a really easy experiment to do at home and fun for kid...
4 Coca Cola Experiments
We have all heard the stories of how if you leave a tooth in coca cola that it will completely dissolve. EC was telling us how he had been doing this sort of experiment at school. Well I don’t have access to a...
How to Make CD Hovercrafts
I was cleaning out some files at home a couple of months ago and came across a loads of CD instruction booklets. I could have thrown them away, but as usually I horded them away at work to use for some sort of...
Balloon Powered Car: STEAM Challenge
A new STEAM challenge, building a balloon powered car! This was the first challenge I have done sole with BB. He wasn’t too interested in building it, although he did like playing with it afterwards. Thankfu...
Sun Tan Lotion Painting: Why We Need To Wear Sun Tan Lotion
I think I have lost count of the number of times I have struggled to put sun tan lotion onto a uncooperative child while telling them “if you don't let me put it on you WILL burn”. Thankfully EC and YC are old ...
How to Make Binary Bracelets
If there is one thing in this world that I don't understand and can't get my head around it's computer programming. It baffles me be beyond belief. So when I came across these binary bracelets on Pinterest I wa...
An Egg in a Bottle Science Experiment
I don’t know if you saw the video of Tilly Ramsay playing an egg trick on her father, but I highly recommend find it. Watching Gordon Ramsay full for the trick and end up with egg on his head is hilarious. In...
Exploring Water Surface Tension Experiment
I saw this exploring water surface tension experiment on Instagram and just thought it was incredibly and that we definitely had to try it out. In my mind it is never too early to start doing STEM activities w...
A S.T.E.M. Toothpick Constructions
This week's activity was something slightly different; we decided to do something that was related to their development of S.T.E.M. skills, which stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Thi...
Lego Wind Racers: Stem Challenge
Continuing on in our series of stem challenges, I challenged YC and EC to build Lego wind racers.
Make sure you follow my STEM board on Pinterest for more ideas. Don’t forget to save the pin for later.
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