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Turn curiosity into questions, predictions, testing and evidence — with hands-on investigations created by an Australian science teacher with 30+ years of classroom experience.

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Explore free, hands-on science investigations for Preschool to Secondary. Help students predict, observe, test ideas, collect evidence and ask their next question.

Practical, classroom-friendly investigations designed to be ready to use.

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100+ FREE investigations built for real classroom inquiry.

Aligned with the NSW Science and Technology K–6 Syllabus (2024)      • Stages 1–3     • Classroom-ready

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Child watching a yellow ball float in mid-air
Air, Pressure and Flying Things
Child stretching green slime between their hands
Slime, Snow & Weird Materials
Explosion and reaction science experiments for kids using simple materials
Explosions, Fizz & Reactions

Build paper planes, rockets, and pressure-powered gadgets to see how air creates force and motion.

Mix up squishy, stretchy, gooey creations and explore the strange science of non-Newtonian materials.

Watch chemical reactions erupt, fizz, and foam in seconds — safe, explosive-style science that gets kids hooked on chemistry.

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Child holding a homemade tin can telephone to their ear
Sound & Vibrations
Child looking at a colourful light and colour science experiment
Light, Colour & Illusions
Child balancing a spinning disc on a thin stand
Forces, Motion & Balance

Make noise, feel vibrations, and discover how sound travels through hands-on listening experiments.

Mix colours, bend light, and trick your eyes with simple optical illusion experiments.

Push, pull, spin, and balance like a scientist — simple force and motion experiments kids can do at home or at school.

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Dig fossils, explore dinosaurs, and uncover how living things grow and change
Dinos & Fossils
Model rocket launching into the sky
Space, Planets & Rockets
Density tower experiment with coloured liquids layered in a glass
Weather & Climate

Dig up fossils, explore dinosaurs, and uncover how ancient creatures lived and evolved.

Build rockets, explore gravity, and blast into space science

Explore weather, water, rocks, and the powerful forces shaping our planet

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Child with hair standing on end from a static electricity experiment
Static Electricity
Child doing a colourful seasonal science painting experiment
Seasonal Science
Colourful candy dissolving in water showing a rainbow swirl pattern
Kitchen Science

Make hair stand up with static, build simple circuits, and discover how magnets attract and repel.

Celebrate every holiday and season with hands-on science experiments kids can make and explore all year round.

Turn everyday kitchen ingredients into colourful, edible science experiments kids can taste and explore.

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Created by a 30+ Year Science Teacher

Real classroom experience. Real science.

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Inquiry-Based by Design

Predict. Observe. Question. Test.

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NSW K–6

Syllabus Aligned

Supporting scientific inquiry across Stages 1–3.

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Classrooms

Free investigations you can teach tomorrow.

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colourful petals from dye and xylem experiment
Plant Science
Child holding a water balloon over a flame
Heat & Energy
Density experiment showing objects floating and sinking in water
Density & Floating

Discover how plants drink, grow, and surprise you with hands-on science hiding in every stem and seed.

Investigate heat, energy transfer, and how temperature changes materials in fun hands-on experiments.

Build colourful multi-layered liquid columns and discover why things sink, float, or hang in between.

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Notebook labelled “Yeah-Nah Science (testing a claim)” surrounded by colourful stationery representing myth-busting science investigations for kids.
Yeah-Nah Science
child building a tall straw engineering tower during a hands-on STEAM challenge
STEAM Lab
students exploring human body anatomy using a classroom skeleton model
Human Body

Put strange science claims to the test and discover whether they're fact or fiction.

Build towering structures, solve tricky challenges, and invent your way through real engineering problems.

Test reflexes, explore the senses, and discover the incredible science happening inside your own body.

Want deeper learning, not just experiments?

Discover how the LAB™ Learning System turns simple experiments into real understanding

Water filtration experiment with layered rocks and gravel in a glass — Environmental Science by The Crazy Scientist
Environmental Science
Child and adult covered in flour laughing in kitchen — Food Science experiments by The Crazy Scientist
Food Science
Three children with sports equipment — tennis, football, and cycling — Sports Science category by The Crazy Scientist
Sports Science
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Explore water, soil, and air with hands-on environmental science experiments that show how our planet works

Where eating the experiment is allowed — fun food science experiments that reveal the chemistry hiding in everyday meals.

Discover the forces, spin, and physics behind your favourite sports with hands-on science experiments kids will love.

Child wrapped in bandages like an Egyptian mummy — Ancient & History Science by The Crazy Scientist
Ancient & History
Child caught picking his nose outdoors — Gross Science experiments by The Crazy Scientist
Gross Science
Child exploring animals in nature — Animals & Adaptations science experiments by The Crazy Scientist
Animals & Adaptations
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Explore the engineering, chemistry, and forces behind the ancient world with hands-on ancient history science experiments.

Explore the gross, gooey, and stomach-turning side of science with hands-on disgusting science experiments kids will love.

Discover why animals look, move, and behave the way they do with hands-on animal adaptation science experiments.

Magnets
Magnets
Current Electricity
Current Electricity
Weapons & War
Weapons & War
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Explore invisible magnetic forces, build electromagnets and discover why some metals stick while others don't.

Build circuits, light LEDs, power motors and discover how electricity flows through everyday objects.

Build catapults, launch projectiles and discover the science behind ancient engineering and battlefield inventions.

Human Senses & Perception
Human Senses & Perception
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy

Solve mysteries using clues, observations and evidence just like real forensic scientists and investigators.

Freeze, melt, evaporate and investigate solids, liquids and gases through hands-on science challenges.

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