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Celebrate World Science Day with Slime

World Science Day is held annually on November 10th. Celebrate this day with your child by planning plenty of educational activities, such as slime-making! Making slime helps children to understand states of matter, basic chemistry concepts and allows them to explore through their senses. Basic Recipe The basic slime recipe is simple to make. Your child can always add to it, creating plenty of different varieties to explore and experiment with. Combine one-quarter cup of clear school glue with equal parts liquid starch and water. Keep in mind, this is not edible in any way and should not be used...

World Science Day Kids’ Activity Ideas By Age

November 10 marks World Science Day. This special day is the perfect time to help your young child to learn about STEM or STEAM concepts, explore the world around them and experience new concepts. And you don't need a biology or chemistry degree to do so. How can you help your child to learn about science? Try these easy explorations that are based on your child's age. Toddlers Use your tot's natural sense of curiosity to their advantage and try: A nature walk: Go outside and look for birds, bugs or different kinds of plants. A sensory bag: Place slime,...

Kitchen Fun for World Science Day!

November 10th is World Science Day! How are your kids going to celebrate? Don’t worry if you’re not a chemist, biologist or something science-y and similar. You probably have enough going on in the kitchen to mark this educational holiday! That’s right—the kitchen is actually an easy place for your child to explore science. That doesn’t mean you need to run out and buy a pricey science kit that the kiddos set up in the kitchen. Instead, use the same cooking processes that help you to make dinner or dessert to teach your child about concepts such as chemistry! Transformations...

Color-Mixing Activities for World Science Day

November 10th marks World Science Day. This day celebrates science—in all of its forms. As part of the international science party, help your kids to learn, explore and experiment with a few kid-friendly color-mixing science activities. These are easily adaptable for children of different ages. Keep in mind, even though your child should be the one doing the exploration, you should provide supervision at all times. Walking Water Explore color mixing, absorption and much, much more with this experiment that the kids will say is totally “cool.” Fill two or more glass jars halfway up with water. Drip a few...

Kids’ Activities to Celebrate World Science Day

November 10th is World Science Day! Dedicated to promoting the sciences, this ‘day’ brings children and adults the chance to learn, explore, discover and experiment. How can you celebrate World Science Day with your child? Explore the States of Matter Solid to liquid and liquid to solid transformations are easy experiments to do at home. Even toddlers and preschoolers can get in on the science action while making water (or another liquid) change forms. Add a few drops of food coloring to water, freeze it and make colorful cubes. Put the rainbow ice on thick white card stock and observe...