As I mentioned in an earlier post, we have been having fun learning with candy! Since science is always a hit here, we’ve done several candy experiments. The easiest candy science experiment we have done this week was seeing which candy would dissolve first. We chose four candies to test: Skittles, Smarties, […]
Color Changing Juice
We’ve had fun in the past with baking soda and vinegar, even creating mini volcanoes with the mixture. This time around I decided to put a slightly different twist on it. We “magically” changed the color of grape juice! We had 2 different types of grape juice in the pantry: white […]
Kids Science Experiment: Ivory Soap Explosion
When I was a little girl I was always fascinated by the fact that Ivory soap could float. All that air inside, along with the extra moisture found in the little bar of soap, also causes a super fun reaction when you put Ivory soap in the microwave for this simple kids experiment: Ivory […]
Candy Heart Experiment
We have way too many of those candy hearts from Valentine’s Day. I decided to pull a few out for some candy learning activities this week, including an easy to set up candy heart experiment. To set up for the experiment, I labeled 4 clear glasses: hot water, water, vinegar, and vinegar […]
2 Simple Winter Experiments
Okay, I’m just going to say it: I am done with single digit temperatures! (And the windchills below zero.) With the temperatures down so low, we decided to do a couple experiments with freezing water. Winter science is a great way to avoid cabin fever! Winter Science Experiments For our first experiment we carefully measured […]
