STEM Little Explorers

Science(26 articles)

Hands-on chemistry, biology and physics experiments you can run at the kitchen table. Each project explains the science in plain language before the steps, so kids understand what they're seeing and not just how to do it.

Four gummy bears showing the effects of osmosis after soaking in water, salt water, and vinegar above a control gummy bear that was not soaked

Gummy Bear Osmosis Experiment (Easy Science Lab for Kids)

Jul 15, 202613 min read

How to Demonstrate Air Pressure with Balloon

Balloon Air Pressure Experiment: Easy Science for Kids

Jul 15, 202612 min read

Demonstrating diffusion with hot and cold water

How to Demonstrate Diffusion with Hot and Cold Water

Jul 15, 202612 min read

An inertia demonstration

Inertia and Newton's Laws: The Chain Fountain Experiment

Jul 15, 202613 min read

Colored rice, an indoor activity for kids

How to Make Colored Rice (Easy Rainbow Sensory Activity for Kids)

Jul 15, 202613 min read

Two apple slices, one browned by oxidation and one kept fresh with lemon juice

Apple Oxidation Experiment: Why Apples Turn Brown

Jul 15, 202612 min read

Five fun balloon experiments for kids

5 amazing balloon experiments

Jul 15, 202615 min read

Homemade sugar crystals

How to Make Sugar Crystals (Rock Candy) - Easy STEM Experiment

Jul 15, 202611 min read

A heat conduction demonstration

Heat Conduction Experiment: How Heat Transfer Works

Jul 15, 202611 min read

A bouncy glowing egg made in vinegar

Egg in Vinegar Experiment: Make a Bouncy, Glowing Naked Egg

Jul 15, 202610 min read

A homemade rocket powered by vinegar and baking soda

How to make Homemade Rocket with Vinegar and Baking Soda

Jul 15, 202613 min read

Homemade plastic made from milk and vinegar

How to make Homemade Plastic with Milk and Vinegar

Jul 15, 20269 min read

Grains rising and sinking on gas bubbles in a glass of water, vinegar, and baking soda

How to make a Dancing Grain Experiment

Jul 15, 20267 min read

A homemade volcano science activity

How to make a Homemade Volcano - STEM Science for Kids

Jul 15, 202610 min read

Experiments with the properties of water

The amazing properties of water and how to test them

Jul 15, 202614 min read

A homemade playdough science activity

How to Make Homemade Playdough (Easy Science Recipe)

Jul 15, 20267 min read

Teaching a child about colors

Learning Colors: How to Teach Your Child About Colors

Jul 15, 20268 min read

Demonstrating light refraction

How to Demonstrate Light Bending or Refraction

Jul 15, 20269 min read

Two side by side oranges in a container of water, one peeled and sinking, the other unpeeled and floating

Orange Density Experiment: Why It Floats and Sinks

Jul 15, 20267 min read

Word STEM written inside an engineering wrench with question marks around it

What is STEM and why is it important?

Jul 15, 20266 min read

A lit candle under an upturned glass, drawing colored water up as the flame goes out

Candle in a Vacuum Experiment: Why Water Rises

Jul 15, 20266 min read

Swirls of food coloring spreading across the surface of milk in the colorful milk experiment

How to Make Colorful Milk Polarity Experiment

Jul 15, 20269 min read

A homemade lava lamp

How to make a Lava Lamp

Jul 19, 202612 min read

A cartoon of a potato chip bag shrunk to a miniature after being heated by a microwave oven

Shrinking Bag Experiment

Jul 15, 202612 min read

A soda can crushed flat by air pressure in the can crush experiment

How to Demonstrate Air Pressure with Can Crush Experiment

Jul 27, 202610 min read

A child exploring hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math activities

Exploring STEM fields

Apr 9, 20172 min read