Home Science Experiments For kids

International Open Academy

At home, science experiments for kids are so entertaining that they’ll want to do them again and again.

As well as sparking their interest in science, you’re turning their attention off screen time. And that’s got to be a formula for success.

Kids will feel like a wizard at Hogwarts as they use household objects and kitchen appliances to recreate mind-blowing experiments.

Kids will feel like the next best thing to Harry Potter as they get to:

• Discover how an invisibility cloak works

• Make cardboard tubes fly

• Write messages in invisible ink

• Fly a hot-air balloon powered by the toaster

• Make a volcano - and it erupts in the garden

• Make (and eat) scrumptious fizzy candy

• Produce electric slime

How is the Home Science Experiments for Kids course assessed?

There is a short multiple-choice exam at the end of each module for you to take and you’ll know your score immediately.

By studying online with IOA, you do not pay an extra fee for sitting an exam or have to wait for a set date to sit an exam.

Science Experiments For Kids Course Syllabus

Module 1: Let’s Get Started!

• 1.1 Make your own submarine
• 1.2 Create a cloud in a bottle
• 1.3 Rice quicksand
• 1.4 Homemade litmus test
• 1.5 Iron out your cereal
• 1.6 Hurricane in a bottle
• 1.7 Is that egg hard-boiled?
• 1.8 Measure the speed of light with margarine
• 1.9 Freeze a soft drink, instantly
• 1.10 Chip bag fireworks

Module 2: Fun Experiments For Future Scientists

• 2.1 Homemade fiber optics
• 2.2 Soft drink volcano
• 2.3 Toaster-powered hot-air balloon
• 2.4 Use your loaf - how to make bread taste sweet
• 2.5 Why is the sky blue?
• 2.6 Extract DNA from a kiwi
• 2.7 How to fool your senses
• 2.8 Electric slime
• 2.9 The chemistry of coppers
• 2.10 Make your own pond skater

Module 3: At-home Fun With Science

• 3.1 Make your own magnifying glass
• 3.2 Homemade lava lamp
• 3.3 Strange glows from sugar
• 3.4 The mysterious sound of an oven shelf
• 3.5 Just chill out.. your glow stick
• 3.6 Tangtastic: make your own fizzy candy
• 3.7 Plant hydraulics, and why slugs and salt don’t mix
• 3.8 Hang an ice cube from a thread
• 3.9 Liquid behaving badly
• 3.10 Invisibility cloak

Module 4: Even More Fun Home Science

• 4.1 Turn milk into cheese
• 4.2 Is that really orange?
• 4.3 Homemade mini fire extinguisher
• 4.4 How to make a force field
• 4.5 Invisible ink
• 4.6 Seeing the invisible
• 4.7 The world’s cheapest camera
• 4.8 Images from a magnifying glass
• 4.9 Confuse your balance
• 4.10 DIY butter

Module 5: Getting Your Kids Excited About Science

• 5.1 Boiling yogurt containers
• 5.2 Flying tubes
• 5.3 Make your own gulf stream
• 5.4 Music from a wine glass
• 5.5 The science of tidal waves
• 5.6 The science of pool
• 5.7 The science of bells and coffee cups
• 5.8 Jam jars and flywheels
• 5.9 Waterproof handkerchief

• Everyone. These are cool experiments to carry out with or without kids. And we can all learn something from the science behind the experiments
• Families who want their children to understand that science is fun and entertaining
• All parents who want their kids to switch off from screen time and do hands-on stuff that they’ll enjoy
• Wannabe wizards of all ages
• Parents who homeschool their children will love science lessons using this course
• Teachers and organizers of children’s clubs who want to teach science in a fun way
• Kids’ party planners looking for an exciting, alternative to the usual games and tricks

This Science Experiments for Kids course is open to all, with no formal entry requirements.

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