Easy science activities for children

Easy science activities for children

Save time and teach better using NurtureStore’s ready-made, easy science activities for children.

Here you will find ready-made lesson plans, activities and printables to help you teach hands-on, inspiring science across a wide range of areas, including physics, chemistry, biology, botany, zoology, geography, astronomy and more.

Table of Contents

– Ready-made science
– Teaching science: the basics
– Forest school science activities
– Nature science activities
– Sensory science activities
– STEAM science and art activities
– Kitchen science activities

Ready-made science curriculum for children

The easiest way for you to teach your children is by using the ready-made units in NurtureStore’s Play Academy. Each unit gives you one activity per day that all your children can do together. Every thing is in one place, clearly laid out and with bonus printables to make your teaching even easier.

You can choose from over 50 ready-made units including our science curriculum pathway which includes units on Space, Dinosaurs, Leaves & Twigs, Forest School, Sunflowers, Bees, Cats, Weather, Candy Science Experiments, Daffodils and Ice & Snow. See more and choose your first ready-made teaching unit here.

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Teaching science: the basics

Use this guide to plan how to teach science to children and get free resources to support your teaching, including science lesson plans and printables.

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Forest school science activities

See NurtureStore’s forest school science activities section of our forest school activities resources including lessons about biomes, leaves and seeds, parts of a tree, food chains, and free forest school science printables.

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Kitchen science activities

See NurtureStore’s kitchen science activities section including how to make a potion lab, science experiments using candy, and how to grow your own crystals.

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Nature science activities

See NurtureStore’s nature science activities section including lessons about:

Easy science activities using plants

Easy science activities to do in the garden

Science activities to do in spring

Science activities to do in summer

Science activities to do in autumn

Science activities to do in winter

and our month-by-month garden activities for children

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Sensory science activities

See NurtureStore’s sensory science activities section including lessons about ice, goop, shaving foam, paint, science sensory tubs and smalls worlds.

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STEAM activities

See NurtureStore’s STEAM art and science science activities section with lessons incorporating science, technology, engineering, and/or math lessons with the important element of art, giving children a cross-curricula learning opportunity.

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