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25 OUTDOOR SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS

July 28, 2015 by Carisa

Science Experiments for Kids from Messes to Memories
Have you enjoyed your summer?? We sure have. We still have quite a bit of warm weather ahead of us and I’m excited to try out some fun science experiments for kids! 

25 Science Experiments to help keep your kids entertained and learning outside! Love these ideas!

1. Excavation: An easy science experiment to put together that will keep the kids entertained for hours! There are so many fun things you could add to this excavation project.

Excavation

2. Ice Volcanoes: Set up ice volcanoes and watch them erupt on the sidewalk! This experiment is fun for kids of all ages.

Ice Volcanoes

3. S’more Oven: Make a summer favorite treat with a homemade S’more Oven.

S'more Oven

4. Chalk Rockets: Looking for some summer fun?? You will definitely want to try out these fun chalk rockets and enjoy some crazy fun chemical reactions.

Chalk Rockets

5. Square Bubbles: Is it even possible to make square bubbles? Check out this experiment to find out!

Bubbles

6. Worm Tower: Worms are very interesting creatures. Set up a worm tower and your kids will enjoy observing!

Worm Tower

7. Vanishing Jelly Marbles: Vanishing marbles look like fun for all ages. You can even die them and they’ll change the color of the water, which makes for some fun sensory play as well!

Vanishing Marbles

8. Sun Dial: Teach kids about the sun and how to tell time using an amazing a sun dial!

Sundial

9. Anenometer: As a kid, I loved making fun windmills. This is a really cool way to show the power of wind!

Anenometer

10. Sand Volcano: Who doesn’t love to watch a volcano erupt? Try building a sand volcano and then let the chemical reaction take over!!

Sand Volcano

11. Water Science: Check out some of the amazing properties of water with this collection of water science activities!

Water Science

12. Salt and Ice Melting: I love how creative this science experiment is using salt liquid watercolors. I can’t wait to try this out this summer.

Ice and Salt

13. Float or Sink in Nature: Nature walk and experimenting!! Sounds like the perfect activity for a nice summer day. Find out what kinds of things float and what kinds of things sink.

Nature and Water Science

14. Walking Water: Water is super powerful. Check out what it can do in this simple experiment.

Walking Water

15. Rock Candy: Edible science! That’s the best kind, right?

Rock Candy

16. Plant Growth: Experiment with plants and see how different liquids effect plant growth!

Plant Science17. Crystal Geodes

These are beautiful pieces of artwork. Check out how you can create these through science!

Crystal Geodes

18. Leak Proof Bag: The picture speaks for itself. I am so excited to try this out. Do you think you could pull this experiment off?

Leak Proof Bag

19. Lava Lamps: My dad used to have one of these and I loved watching it when I was little. Now you can make your own! Lava lamps are so neat.

Lava Lamps

20. Dye Flowers: This is a super simple science experiment that will show how flowers suck up water.

Outdoor Plant Science

21. Make Sherbet: Learning while making a fun treat sounds like great fun to me. Check out this fun fizzy sherbet.

Homemade Sherbet

22. Erupting Moon Rocks: I love this experiment. It is shiny and it explodes… two things every kid will love!

Erupting Moon Rocks

23. Chromatography: This is what you call beautiful science. Use coffee filters to help separate colors of ink inside markers. See what pretty art you can create with science.

Chromatography

24. Balloon Science: What kind of candies can make these balloons blow up by themselves?? You’ll never guess!

Balloon Science

25. Salt and Ice Activity: Another fun way to experiment with salt and ice. These hands are crazy fun!

Salt and Ice Science

If you love being outside (or just sending your kids outside)… check out these other fun outdoor activities:

Outdoor Adventures for Kids

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  1. Anna says

    May 25, 2016 at 11:35 am

    Why are some of the links crossed out? Does that mean the science experiment didn’t work out for you?

    • Carisa says

      May 25, 2016 at 2:54 pm

      They totally work!! Sometimes the formatting just gets messed up on the links. I’ll fix them asap! Thanks for letting me know! 🙂

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