Science
Science Sparks
Science Sparks is a collection of hands-on science ideas spanning chemistry, biology, physics, seasonal themes and fairy-tale challenges.
Children can make a plant-cell model, play with shadows, split light into colors or build a structure linked to a familiar fairy tale. Preschool and early-years collections are kept apart from the more involved experiments. The screen mostly supplies the instructions; the activity itself happens on the table.
- Ages
- Preschool and primary activities with adult selection
- Works on
- Web browser
- Topics
- Science, Nature
- Languages
- English
- Listed
- 2026-10-11
What kids do
- Make shadow puppets
- Build a plant-cell model
- Split light into a rainbow
- Try a fairy-tale building challenge
Who it suits
Spans preschool and primary ages, with a grown-up choosing the project. The early-years section is the obvious starting point for the youngest.
Notes for parents
Projects range from gentle observation to livelier demonstrations, and some use food. It reads like a family science blog and appears to be ad-supported.
What you need
- Adult help
- Materials for each activity
In these guides
- Science experiments at home with everyday materials: Science activities for kids from museum and science-society sites: colors in milk, static electricity, a bean in a jar, shadows and sunshine.
More Science
- Solar Walk: Space Simulator 3D: A 3D model of the solar system to move around in, with scale comparisons and animations about Moon phases and tides.
- Science for Kids by Tappity: Interactive science videos, questions and a science journal, covering topics such as magnets and volcanoes.
- MarcoPolo Weather: Children adjust wind, temperature and precipitation and watch a landscape and its characters react.
- MarcoPolo Ocean: Reef building, a submersible to assemble and marine animals to find, with narration that introduces ocean words.
- Coral Reef by Tinybop: Children explore a reef food web, hide an octopus and follow food through a jellyfish to see how ocean life connects.
- Star Walk Kids: Astronomy Game: Cartoons, narrated facts and quick quizzes guide children around a moving solar system and a mobile observatory.
- The Earth by Tinybop: Volcanoes, earthquakes, fossils and shifting sediment, all on screen, showing how the Earth’s surface changes.
- Space by Tinybop: An interactive solar system model where children compare planets, tilt the Earth and follow the phases of the Moon.