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Have you ever seen someone flick a tablecloth out from under plates that stay in place? The plates stay in place because of a concept called inertia. A ...

Toothpick structures are a fantastic, low-cost, and easy STEM challenge that keeps kids busy for hours. We used cocktail sticks, but you could also use straws or spaghetti. I set the children a ...

Surface tension is a force which causes a layer of liquid to behave like an elastic sheet or skin. Water molecules are more attracted to each other than other molecules, as water is a polar molecule.

This fun egg rolling activity kept my children occupied for hours. We recorded how long it took boiled eggs to roll down our slide and then wrapped them in different materials to see if that affected ...

These simple craft stick catapults are easy to make and can be used over and over again, making them a great science project to keep. I gave these a fun spring or Easter twist by decorating the ping ...

Butterflies are known to be sensitive to environmental changes, and their population numbers are a good indicator of either ...

Have you ever wondered how far Jupiter is from Mars or Venus from Earth? Our handy calculator makes it easy to find out! All distances are average and approximate, as it’s difficult to be accurate ...

You’ve probably seen or experienced most of these common science phenomena before, but you may not have thought about why they happen. From sticking a magnet onto your fridge to colourful lights in ...

This activity uses Skittles to demonstrate radioactive decay. The rate of decay depends on the isotope of the element and is referred to as the half-life. Radioactive decay is a random process. To ...