Hands On Science Experiments For Kids

What are the best hands on science experiments for kids ages 3 to 9 and beyond? Science experiments, science activities, and STEM challenges are awesome for young kids! These activities below are visually stimulating, hands-on, and sensory-rich for discovery and exploration! Also check out our quick and easy STEM activities.

EASY SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS!

HANDS ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES

Kids are curious and always looking to explore, discover, check out, and experiment to find out why things do what they do, move like they move, or change as they change! My son is now 10 and we started around 3 years of age with simple science activities for kids. Here’s our very first experiment.

Read more about the scientific method for kids to help you get started.

There are lots of easy science concepts that you can introduce kids to very early on! You might not even think about science when your kid…

pushes a car down a ramp.
plays in front of the mirror.
laughs at your shadow puppets.
bounces balls over and over again.
fills up a bucket of water and dumps it out.

See where I am going with this list! What else can you add if you stop to think about it? Science starts early, and you can be a part of that with setting up science at home with everyday materials. Or you can bring easy science to a group of kids! We find a ton of value in cheap science activities and experiments.

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FUN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS

Click on the science experiment images or links below to get the full supplies list and easy step by step instructions. Have fun trying these experiments at home or in the classroom, or even use them for science fair projects!

: Alka Seltzer Rocket

: Apple Volcano

: Salt Dough Volcano

: Balloon Experiment

: Blubber Experiment

: Borax Free Slime

: Borax Slime

: Bubble Experiments

: Butter In A Jar

: Butter Slime

: Cabbage Experiment

: Clear Slime

: Cloud Slime

: Color Changing Carnations

: Crayon Rock Cycle

: Crunchy Slime

: Crystal Candy Canes

: Dancing Corn

: Dissolving Candy Fish

: DIY Thermometer

: Drops Of Water On A Penny

: DNA Model

: Edible Geodes

: Edible Slime Recipes

: Egg Drop Project

: Eggshell Geodes

: Electric Cornstarch

: Elephant Toothpaste

: Fizzy Lemonade

: Floating M

: Floating Rice

: Fluffy Slime

: Growing Borax Crystals

: Glitter Glue Slime

: Glow In The Dark Slime

: How Do Leaves Drink Water?

: How Do Plants Breathe?

: Hydrogen Peroxide & Yeast

: Ice Cream In A Bag

: Invisible Ink

: Lava Lamp Experiment

: Lemon Volcano

: Liquid Starch Slime

: Magic Milk Experiment

: Mentos & Coke

: Milk & Vinegar

: Naked Egg

: Oobleck

: Polishing Pennies

: Popcorn Science

: Popping Bag

: Pop Rocks Experiment

: Homemade Pulley

: Pumpkin Volcano

: Rainbow In A Tube

: Rain Cloud In A Jar

: Saline Solution Slime

: Salt Water Density

: Seed Bombs

: Penny Boat Challenge

: Snow Candy

: Snow Ice Cream

: Snow Storm In A Jar

: Snow Volcano

: Solar Oven

: Strawberry DNA Extraction

: Volcano Slime

: Walking Water

: Water Bottle Volcano

: What Makes Ice Melt Faster?

: Why Do Apples Turn Brown?

FUN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WITH A THEME

We love to encourage a love of science here and one fun way to do that is to give classic science experiments cool themes. Click on each image below for a list of fun science activities for the whole year, from Valentine’s Day to Christmas.

: Valentine’s Day Experiments

: St Patrick’s Day Science

: Dr Seuss Science & STEM

: Easter Science Experiments

: Earth Day Science Activities

: 4th of July Experiments

: Halloween Science Experiments

: Thanksgiving STEM

: Christmas STEM Activities

: New Years Science & STEM

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS BY SEASON

: Spring Science Experiments

: Summer Science Experiments

: Fall Science Ideas

: Winter Science Experiments

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS BY TOPIC

: Apple Science Experiments

: Candy Science Experiments

: Chemistry Activities

: Edible Science Experiments

: Egg Experiments

: Fizzing Experiments

: Geology For Kids

: Kitchen Science

: Moon Activities

: Nature Science Activities

: Ocean Science Activities

: Physics Activities

: Plant Activities

: Pumpkin Science Activities

: Water Experiments

STEM PROJECTS FOR KIDS

STEM activities include science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We have lots of fun STEM ideas for you to try. These highly entertaining STEM challenges are always a hit with kids and groups.