What do you do when your grocer has a selection of stunning white flowers on sale all at the same time? Why – you do a nature science experiment with them of course! You may have seen our recent colour changing flower and bi-coloured flower experiments with gerbera daisies. This time I thought we could try dyeing several varieties of flowers…
Visiting Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas with Kids
Heading to Port Douglas, in Australia’s Far North Queensland, with kids? The Wildlife Habitat is a fun excursion idea, to incorporate animal biology into your holiday. Well worth a visit, or three!Wildlife HabitatOpen: Daily from 8.00am – 5.00pm, except Christmas Day.Cost: Adults $34, Children (4-14 years) $17, Family $85. These prices are all for a 5 consecutive day…
Homemade Violet Crumble {a delicious edible science project}
Australia Day is coming up, and I’m teaming up with a bunch of Aussie bloggers to bring you some fun ideas and activites to do with the kids (see the bottom of this post for all the suggestions). And I thought, for our contribution, we could dabble in a bit of yummy edible science.If you…
Easy Upcycled Catapult {STEM goes green}
How to make an easy, upcycled catapult! Fun physics for kids. Choose your own projectile….Have you heard of the 28 Days of Hands-On STEM Activities for Kids blog hop that’s running all this month? We’re tickled pink to be joining in. There’s 4 weeks of fun science, with each week revolving around a different theme….
Exploring Taste with Watermelon
So, you know how we have a little obsession with edible science activities right? Well, I was super excited when Mr GSG came home with regular and champagne watermelon from the shops recently, because I knew it would be perfect for a little edible science experiment to explore how we perceive taste. (Hint: we use much more…
Visiting Sea Life Sydney Aquarium with Kids
Sea Life Sydney Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Darling Harbour, an inner-city precinct of Sydney, Australia. It features a huge variety of Australian marine and fresh water aquatic creatures from various Australian water habitats, including the world’s largest Great Barrier Reef display, outside of the reef itself, of course! There are lots of sharks,…
Swirling Milk Experiment
What I love about this Swirling Milk (or magic milk) experiment is that it takes only minutes to set up, and it uses everyday items that you probably already have at home. It’s a fun and easy experiment for toddlers and preschoolers, and you can introduce colour mixing concepts to extend it for school kids.To…
The Science Behind Edible Glass
Simulate how to make glass using in your own kitchen. Watch it shatter just like real glass! Fun edible science for kids.The idea for this activity came about when Jewel asked how glass is made. We explained that glass is made in a factory, where they get lots of tiny little grains of the purest…
Why STEM for Girls is so Important
As a mother of two little girls who are showing a love science and maths respectively, it’s no wonder that I’m interested in this whole ‘STEM for girls’ movement.But maybe you’re wondering, “Huh? STEM for girls? What’s that all about?”Let me answer that question in three parts….Firstly, what is STEM?STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering…
Static Science: Help Daddy Balloon grow a beard
Static electricity is cool. It’s a safe and easy way to introduce science play for young kids, using just everyday materials that you already have at home. Bumble and I had a lot of fun making our hair stand up straight a few weeks back, and I thought we could extend our static science play further by attempting to ‘pick…