DIY Double Helix

Colorful pompoms are strung onto strings and twisted to make a scientific model of a double helix with crafts n coffee.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsncoffee.com/2015/04/24/science-fair-salvation-how-to-make-a-double-helix-dna-model/

Ice Cube Color Theory

Primary colored ice cubes are added to primary colored water of red, yellow and blue to make secondary colors.  The mother huddle shares the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.themotherhuddle.com/learning-about-primary-colors-rainbows-with-ice-cubes/

Melted Crayon Planets

Tiny pieces of crayons are crumbled into a round shape and then ironed to make nifty planet disks with almost unschoolers.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2011/08/melted-crayon-planets.html

Stryrofoam Solar System

Styrofoam balls are painted and hung from a spiral wire to make a diy solar system with the diy club.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://thediyclub.com/2011/09/kimbos-solar-system/

Bouncing Bubbles

Glycerin is the secret to making these pop proof bubbles from play at home mom llc.  She share the simple recipe.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.playathomemomllc.com/2011/09/bouncing-bubbles-2/

How to Make a Volcano

Baking soda is buried in a dirt mound to make a fantastic volcano with kids activities blog.  Simply pour in the vinegar and see a great explosion.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/11458/how-to-build-a-volcano

Preschool alphabet makes smaller mini volcanos using an eyedropper. 

Get the instructions here:
http://preschoolalphabet.blogspot.com/2011/07/volcano.html

Minieco calls hers a magic potion.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.minieco.co.uk/magic-potion/

Snow Science Experiments

Bring some snow indoors and watch it melt in various ways including adding different temperature waters, adding salt, putting it in other rooms, and more. 

Cold water, room temperature water and hot water are poured on snow to see how each melts the snow.  Inspiration laboratories shares the details.

Get the instructions here:
http://inspirationlaboratories.com/snow-and-water-science-experiment/

Pleasantest thing places a snowball in the freezer, refrigerator and on the table and watches how each melts. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.pleasantestthing.com/2013/02/kids-science-activity-snow-fun.html

Little bins for little hands puts snow in different rooms throughout the house to see how they melt.

Get the instructions here:
http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/snow-science-experiment-saturday-science/

Home school innovations places snow through a filter to see how it melts. 

Get the instructions here:
http://homeschoolinnovation.com/blog/homeschool-science-with-snow/

Mom inspired life adds salt to one snow ball and nothing to the other and watches how they melt.

Get the instructions here:
http://mominspiredlife.com/melting-snow-science-experiment/

Ice Science Experiments

Find a fun ice experiment to celebrate winter. 

Find out how to make frost with science sparks using just a tin can, ice, water and salt and watch condensed water in the air freeze.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.science-sparks.com/2011/11/29/ice-experiments-making-frost/

Reading confetti freezes baking soda and water and then adds vinegar to make ice volcanos.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.readingconfetti.com/2013/08/ice-volcanoes.html

Mom to 2 posh lil divas makes ice snowman by freezing water inside balloons.  She then keeps one inside and puts the others outside to see which will melt first and how fast.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/01/snowman-experiment.html

Kitchen counter chronicle sees if ice will melt faster if it's wearing "clothing," or in this case covered by a piece of cloth. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.kitchencounterchronicle.com/smiley-and-melty-snowman/

Creative family fun tests what will slide on ice testing trying rocks, sticks, bottle caps, and more.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.creativefamilyfun.net/2013/02/hockey-science.html

Inspiration laboratories places ice in different containers such as plastic, paper, glass and metal to see which will melt first.

Get the instructions here:
http://inspirationlaboratories.com/melting-ice-experiment/

Totally tots uses different substances  like water, sugar, ice and ice alone to see which will help the ice melt the fastest.

Get the instructions here:
http://totallytots.blogspot.com/2011/12/touch-feel-learn-melting-ice.html

Little bins for little hands uses color and ice to watch how ice melts, the colors meld and the effects the salt has on the paper. 

Get the instructions here:
http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/ice-melt-science-experiment-saturday-science/

Ivory Soap Halloween Experiment

The ivory soap experiment takes a new twist with sow spout play.  After microwaving she has the color the soap with food coloring and then the kids smoosh it into cookie cutters adding googly eyes once it hardens. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://sowsproutplay.com/activities/fun-halloween-soap/

Egg in a Bottle Air Pressure Experiment

Air pressure is altered in this science experiment with fire and an egg.  Kids will love seeing the egg get sucked in.  We made that shares all of the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/egg-in-a-bottle/

Floating Egg Science Experiment

Salt and eggs combine to make a super neat float or sink science experiment for kids.  Preschool powol packets shares all of the details. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://preschoolpowolpackets.blogspot.com/2013/03/floating-egg-science-experiment.html

Breaking Down Colors Science Experiment

Did you know that with just water you can see the colors that make up another color?  We made that shows the science of chromatography doing just that.  She takes a coffee filter, draws on a black stripe, sits in a pool of water, and then when the water reaches the ink the colors start to show.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/chromatography-experiment/

Bird and little bird shows lots of different colors.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.birdandlittlebird.com/blog/2012/08/kitchen-table-science-simple-chromatography.html

How to make a candle out of crayons

Broken crayons find a new use as a colorful candle thanks to chaos ensued.  Kids will love to see the crayons melt in the hot sun and learn about solar energy. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://chaosensued.blogspot.com/2009/06/crayon-candle.html

Popsicle Stick Chain Reaction

Popsicle sticks are embedded into a long square pattern chain with mom trusted.  Once all together they're set off and explode to make a huge reaction.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://earlylearning.momtrusted.com/2013/03/popsicle-stick-chain-reaction/

Chemistry Play Set

Test tubes and petri dishes will inspire young chemists with laura ingalls wannabe scientific playset.  She includes colored water, baking soda, bath tabs, vinegar and other ingredients for kids to explore.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lauraingallswannabe.blogspot.com/2012/05/toddler-chemistry-lab.html

Tin Can Telephone

Have the kids make their own telephone with the classic two tin cans and some rope and test out how sound waves work.  We made that shares the experiment.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/string-phone/

Water Siphon Science Experiment

Kids can create their own water coaster with babble dabble do's water siphon experiment.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/science-experiments-for-kids-siphon-water-coaster/

Ocean in a Jar

Learn about the layers of the ocean and liquid density at the same time with this ocean zone project from i can teach my child.  She uses lots of blue food coloring for the different layers.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.icanteachmychild.com/2014/05/make-ocean-zones-jar/

A Rainbow of Liquid Density

Kids can make a rainbow of liquid density with playdough to plato's unique take on this fun science experiment.  Her trick to make a rainbow?  Food coloring.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/2014/03/06/rainbow-jar-st-patricks-day/

We made that uses water and varying amounts of sugar to make her layers.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/water-density-experiment/

A great prescription for rocket science

Take two Alka Seltzers and call your local astronaut, Playful learning shares instructions and a template to make rockets from household material. 

Good for ages 4 and up

Get the instructions here:
http://playfullearning.net/summer-science-alka-seltzer-rockets/