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Air powered Easter egg STEM activity

April 8, 2020 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

This is an activity to roll an Easter egg through a maze using just the power of air. It’s a perfect Easter STEM activity after your egg hunt to stop all those eggs from being eaten at once. Plus you will only need 3 items that you will likely already have at home. I’ve also […]

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Magnetism science activity with recording sheets

April 6, 2020 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

Magnetism activities are a great way to involve early learners in science. In fact, if a child has ever played with a toy train set, then its likely that they will already know about this important physics concept. Here, we have used a magnetism experiment to practice the scientific inquiry process. *This page may contain […]

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Sink and float science activity with recording sheets

March 26, 2020 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

Sink or float activities are one of the earliest science lessons most children have. They are simple, easily resourced and teach important concepts related to science principles, questioning and generates a play-based learning environment. Here, we have used the sink and float experiment to practice the scientific inquiry process. *This page may contain affiliate links […]

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A rainbow sugar water science activity

March 20, 2020 by The Stem Mum 2 Comments

This is a really fun science activity for kids. It’s easy, cheap and brightly colourful! This activity explores the density of liquids all while using commonly found house-hold items. There are a few adaptations for younger kids that we have listed for this activity as, just because this activity requires skill and patience, they shouldn’t […]

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Super easy and low preparation science activities to do at home

December 16, 2019 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

I have put together a list of 9 super easy and low preparation science activities to do at home. This is also a mini spotlight series on different disciplines in the science field. Each activity highlights a particular field of science to show that this field really can mean lots of different things when you […]

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Racing rainbow science activity

September 10, 2019 by The Stem Mum Leave a Comment

**Post updated 6th April 2020 This is a really fun science activity for kids. It’s easy, cheap, has minimal preparation time and produces very colourful rainbows! Lolly rainbows are always a big crowd pleasure with kids and I have turned this concept into a scientific study. The ‘racing rainbow game’ determines which type of food […]

Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: cheap, easy, lollies, rainbows, science, scientific inquiry

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