Kitchen Science projects
18 projects for age 5 · page 1 of 2
Projects
Frozen Monster Hand Rescue
Children rescue toy spiders trapped in a frozen monster hand, finding out that salt and warm water melt ice faster than cold water. It is a sensory way to explore melting, temperature and testing ideas.
Dancing Tissue Ghosts
Rubbing a balloon on hair or a woolly jumper builds up static electricity, which pulls the tiny tissue ghosts up off the table so they seem to rise and dance on their own.
Bubbling Cauldron Potion
Mixing bicarbonate of soda with vinegar makes a gas called carbon dioxide, and a squirt of washing-up liquid traps it in bubbles so the potion foams up and over the cauldron like a witch's brew.
Moon-Crater Impact Tray
Dropping balls into a tray of flour shows how meteorites smashing into the Moon made its craters, and lets you test how the size and drop height of a space rock changes the crater it leaves.
Magic Cornflour Gloop
Gloop is a wonderfully strange mixture that feels solid when you press it fast but runs like liquid when you hold it gently, giving children a first, hands-on taste of how materials can behave in surprising ways.
🔒 PremiumUnder-the-Sea Jelly Aquarium
Making jelly shows how a warm liquid sets into a wobbly solid as it cools, and suspending fruit 'fish' introduces the idea of setting things in layers.
Eggshell Cress Heads
Seeds need only damp cotton and light to sprout — and cress grows fast enough to watch.
Bean in a Jar
Seeds sprout roots and shoots — you can watch a plant begin, up close.
Tin-Can Telephone
Sound travels as vibrations along the tight string from one cup to the other.
Homemade Fizzy Lemonade
Baking soda reacts with the lemon's acid to make bubbles — you're carbonating your own drink.
Ice Excavation Rescue
Warm water, salt and gentle tools all speed up melting — salt lowers the temperature ice melts at.
🔒 PremiumWormery in a Jar
Worms mix and tunnel through soil — you can watch them build layers and help the garden.