Science activities give children the opportunity to explore science by making observations and predictions based on the observations. The science project is  easy to understand and materials is  non-toxic and easy for small hands to manage.

During the two weeks November holiday camp, children enjoyed participating in the hands-on science activities with different materials that reacted in all sorts of weird and crazy ways.

These science activities are simple, safe and easy to follow. We use everyday materials and recycled items for the experiments.  The children learned  to built a volcano with paper mache using reycled newspaper and painted it. The teachers showed them pictures of real volcanoes.

During our discussion children learned interesting facts about volcanoes in other parts of the world.  They observed and learned how to make their 'volcano' erupt. Children put some  baking soda, vinegar, added a few drops of red food colouring with the liquid dishwashing soap, into a hole in the  center of the volcano.

This created an awesome chemical reaction as it rapidly fizzed over the volcano. It  looked like lava was erupting from their volcanoes. The children were  thrilled and excited with their experiment. They said they would take their 'volvano' home to repeat the experiment!

Can an egg float?

We received many interesting answers from the children. So we gave them an egg to put in a bowl of water.  They watched the egg sank to the bottom.

Their answer was NO!  Then we gave them salt to put into the water, they saw the egg began to float. Their answer was YES!

In this experiment children learned that when there was no salt in the water, the egg was more dense than the water and it sank.

Adding salt to the water made the water more dense than the egg which made the egg float. This is because the saltwater is more dense than fresh water.

Another interesting November camp science experiment which children loved was  creating a dough boat that floats using the playdough.  

Play dough is very easy to make. It provides endless hours of fun! The only materials you will need are: 1/2 cup salt and water, 1 cup flour, food dye ( be creative with colours ) and a clean surface to work on.  

Children learned interesting facts that water supports a boat by pushing upwards on the bottom of the boat and therefore it does not sink.

But a heavy load would cause a boat to sink. As they experiment they discovered what made objects sink or float. 

Making a balloon rocket was one of the exciting science experiments, children loved to do. We gave each child a balloon to blow. Teachers helped the younger ones to tie the balloons.

Each was given a long piece of string, a plastic straw . They were told to tie one end of the string to a chair and the other end of the string through the straw.

The teachers helped them pulled the string tight and tied it to another support. Then they pinched the end of the balloon and taped it to the straw and the 'rocket' was ready for launch.

Through this experiment children discovered that as the air rushed out of the balloon, it created a forward motion called THRUST. Thrust is a pushing force created by energy.

In the balloon experiment, the  thrust comes from the energy of the balloon forcing the air out. The children learned in a real rocket, thrust is created by the force of burning rocket fuel as it blasts from the rockets engine, the rocket goes up! 

One windy day during our holiday camp. The children were taught how to make kites. They designed and coloured their kites, then they took their kites to the field to fly.

They also designed their own parachutes with recycled materials according to instructions. Each took a small toy from the toy box, attached the toy to the parachute using a  string.

Then they went to the field and played with the parachutes. They threw the parachutes to the air and watched the parachutes and the toys floated down slowly.

There were other science experiments during the two weeks holiday camp. It is impossible to write all of them here. Our range of hands-on fun science activities bring the exciting world of science to life.

Science is a fascinating topic for children. They  learn many amazing things to explore, investigate and discover. I enjoy sharing some simple but fun science experiments that you can work with your children at home in my next article. 

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