“Charlie! Get off the bed and let go of the smartphone right now!!”
These were the words I heard when my neighbor yelled at his son last evening. Usually, we as parents often tend to project our nurturing and caring side to our little ones. Do you remember when was the last time your son asked you to take him out? I bet you don’t.
In 2024, finding a kid who isn’t hooked on smartphones and smart TVs is the rarest thing to find. We as parents know exactly how this isn’t the best habit they should learn at such an early age.
The age between 5-10 is when the learning capacity of any child is at its peak and, if not handled with precaution, can subconsciously affect them into building detrimental bad habits as they grow. It’s our responsibility as parents to direct their interest towards something more progressive and less addictive aiding in their overall growth and wellbeing.
I’ve brought some cool and interesting science experiments for kids to try.
Science Experiments For Kids
Science experiments can be your favorite partner in this journey. Science experiments don’t have to be all scientific, as the term may sound like. They can help our kids understand the true science of everything they read in their school textbooks with 180 pages.
Conventional textbooks with chapters don’t help your kid understand things to their full potential. Children are synonyms for curiosity, and they see things quite differently than we do as adults.
Trying out these fun science experiments with your kid will only spark the zeal and curiosity to learn more. For this article, below are my top six favorite science experiments every kid should try once either at home or at school.
3 Best Science Experiments For Kids At Home
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Layering different liquids
Different liquids have different thicknesses and blending properties. Give your kid a mix of tap water, oil, and honey, and ask him to stir it for a few minutes. After some time, your kid will be surprised to see none of the liquids can form a solution, and they stack themselves over one another, with the oil at the top.
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Blowing Bubbles
Bring a half-filled water mug, soap, hand wash, or shampoo sachet. Start by pouring some shampoo or hand wash into the tap water. Allow your kid to put his hands inside the mug and rinse each pair of his hands for a couple of minutes. Take out and form a pipe, rolling his fingers in and rounded. Now, ask him to blow air swiftly through the center and see a big water bubble emerge from the other end.
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Rainbow At Home
Kids are always fascinated by rainbows, and what if you can show them one? Look for some old DVDs and CDs from the store room and find a place near the window inside a room where the sunlight is coming directly. Sit along with your kid and let the sunlight fall over the unpainted surface of the disk and see the magic.
3 Interesting Science Experiments For Kids At School
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Bottle Flip Defying Gravity
Collect a water bottle and fill it with water. The student will be asked to flip the water bottle upside down, but the water inside the bottle shouldn’t spill out. Placing cardboard at the rim before flipping the bottle upside down will stop the water from falling, eventually removing the card slowly.
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Pocket Fan
Collect some old scrap remote control toys and take out the small motor that is present inside them. Cut a piece of pinwheel of a square cardboard and fix it to the center of the motor. Collect a battery from any wall clock, make the wire of the motor touch two ends of the battery, and see what happens. The mini pocket fan is ready.
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Paper Magnet
Grab a plastic comb from your closet and collect some unwanted bits of paper. Start stroking the comb at your hair and continue doing it for at least 60 seconds. Now, let your kid bring the comb closer to the paper pieces and see how it attracts all the paper on itself without any touch.
Summary
The experiments listed above are just a few simple ones that any parent or a teacher can make their kids do and spend some time learning science the easiest way possible. Creating rainbows, and blowing colorful water bubbles are only a few science experiments for 5th graders. The list can go on for different categories, such as summer science experiments for kids, 4th of July science experiments for kids, etc.