Science experiments for kids are a great way to encourage learning over the summer! It can be super fun (& educational) to get messy, & the warm weather of summer gives you a great excuse to go outside & do just that.
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Below are 30 science experiments for kids along with links to their tutorials:
- Make a lemon volcano
- Do the walking water experiment
- Turn gummy worms into electric eels
- Make rainbow paper
- Do a balloon hovercraft experiment
- Make rain clouds in a jar
- Do an experiment to bend water
- Make fireworks in a jar
- Turn an egg into a bouncy ball
- Make fizzy dough for baths
- Do an experiment to create sparks
- Make a whirly gig
- Turn egg shells into geodes
- Make edible marshmellow paint
- Make a slime suncatcher
- Do a static electricity experiment with salt & pepper
- Make a jellyfish in a jar
- Make rain art
- Do the salt water density experiment
- Make art with watercolors on wax paper
- Make magic crystals in the freezer
- Do experiments to see what melts in the sun
- Make crystallized words
- Make crayon wands
- Do pine cone experiments
- Make a homemade lava lamp
- Make an exploding rainbow
- How do liquids impact magnets experiment
- Make your own bouncy balls
- Make a soda can submarine
MEL Science Kits
I have also been really happy with our MEL Science kit subscription! We signed up for the chemistry boxes, and they send some serious materials for you to be able to use. Everything is right there in the box for you with very clear and simple instructions, but you still get to do amazing experiments. These aren’t just kitchen science experiments where you could find the ingredients at your local store – they are the real deal! If you have a kid into chemistry, I’d highly recommend a subscription…
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