SCIENCE

The anatomy of our hands is complex and intricate. Made up of many different bones, muscles, and ligaments, our hands can move in ways that other parts of our body can’t. The model robot hand demonstrates just how important it is for all the different parts of our hands to work together for movement. It […]

My son hates the sight of blood, but he loves slime! So to teach him the components of blood, we are going to make a 3D blood slime model! This fun blood cell model science activity is a great way to introduce the parts of blood to grade school kids. Plus, it makes a gross

The heart is arguably one of the most important organs you need in the human body to survive. It pumps blood throughout the body, supply oxygen and nutrients to the tissues, and remove carbon dioxide and other wastes.  With a simple DIY stethoscope, your kids can listen to each other’s heartbeats. This is a fun

Bones have so many functions. For example, they protect our vital organs like our brain and heart, and they form the shape of our face. What would happen if we don’t have bones? How will our bodies support their weight? In this Play-Doh skeleton activity, we are going to explore just how important our bones

Your kids will have love learning about the human skeletal system by building it with Q-tips. This Q-tip skeleton craft also doubles as a Halloween craft! The head bone’s connected to the neck bone, the neckbone’s connected to the backbone … who doesn’t know the famous Dem Bones children’s song? And that’s the song we

Breathing is necessary for us to live. For most of us, breathing is automatic and involuntary. Meaning, we don’t have to consciously think about it all the time.  Learning about how we breathe and how our lungs work is a great science topic to discuss with your kids. And since we can’t visually see our

Kids seem to learn best when you play with food. Sitting down with a pencil and a ruler to draw a geometric shape? That’s sooooo boring. But throw in marshmallows in the mix? It’s time to learn geometry like a rock star. Since my kids liked the marshmallow geometric shapes activity so much, I decided

Coffee filter art is always so fun with the kids. They can draw practically anything they want on the coffee filters, and it will look amazing. After we made the beautiful coffee filter butterflies and fall leaves, my kids are very familiar with coffee filter art. Therefore, they were super excited when I took out

When I was in high school and college, I used to make origami lucky stars when I had some downtime. You can make hundreds of them, place them in glass flavor jars, and use them as homemade gifts for birthdays and holidays. When we started talking about stars and the constellations during space week, I

Learn how to make the famous 3 ingredient cloud bread that is so fluffy that will blow your mind! It looks like a pillow and tastes like a sweet sponge!