The following science activities videos are suitable for out-of-school hubs and wrap-around care (years 1 to 12).
Science videos and activities
Nothing gets your students more excited than getting to do some hands-on science activities. Simple science experiments are a fantastic way to engage your learners and get them to really understand the concepts you are teaching.
Here are 27 fun science videos for kids from some of the best science channels on YouTube featuring amazing experiments you can do with materials you can get in the supermarket.
Encouraging children to be scientists, astronauts, and engineers
How do you encourage children to be little scientists, astronauts, or engineers? The National Geographic Kids website is bursting with science facts about the way the world works. From biology, chemistry, physics, and natural history, you can discover some incredible secrets and remarkable theories, and explore some amazing experiments.
Inspire children to learn about space and Earth science
The NASA Space Place science website for kids has fun games, hands-on activities, informative articles and engaging short videos with resources for parents and teachers.
Simple science activities on YouTube
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Science experiments for kids with Meekah. Meekah hunts through the science lab, play market, indoor playground, and even a drawing board station to find all the ingredients needed to create some elephant toothpaste.
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15 best kids science experiments to do at home: 1. Walking water. 2. Baking soda underwater balloon. 3. Dry finger experiment with cinnamon. 4. Tumeric PH experiment with lemon juice. 5. How water density experiment with two glasses. 6. Blooming paper flowers in water experiment. 7. Balloon rocket. 8. Colourful milk. 9. DIY spinning heart motor. 10. Density tower with eight layers. 11. Raising water experiment with candle. 12. Bouncy eggs. 13. Density kids experiment. 14. Standing on eggs. 15. Simplest slime with two ingredients.
