Grab your passport and get ready to explore a country that's straight out of a fairy tale! Austria has mountains, lakes, interesting history, beautiful ...

Train your brain to perform incredible mathematical feats almost effortlessly with these amazing maths tricks that will make your friends think you're a ...

Did you know you can pop a balloon using orange peel? This simple science trick is great for parties, as part of a science show or just for fun. Blow the balloon up quite big; the bigger the balloon, ...

Did you know the light around us ( white light ) is made up of all the colours of the rainbow? This easy rainbow STEM challenge shows you how to make a rainbow inside with a prism and outside with a ...

Today in Around the World in 50 Experiments, we're heading to Norway! Learn about Vikings, Fjords, Northern Lights and navigating with the stars as we travel to Scandinavia for an exciting adventure.

The idea of a map stick or journey stick is to creative a visual representation of a journey or area. Aboriginal people in Australia used journey sticks to help recount their journey to others. Items ...

My 6-year-old came out of school last week incredibly happy and excited as he had spent the afternoon building a candy house. As soon as we got home, he wrote me a shopping list of what we needed to ...

It's officially potion season! With Halloween around the corner, now is the perfect time to brew up spooky witches' potions. Potions are a much loved activity in our house at any time of year, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics start tomorrow, bringing athletes from around the world together to compete for a coveted gold medal! Here at Science Sparks, we're looking forward to watching gravity-defying ...