December is coming round quick, and I’m complicated myself with all my Christmas science investigations, experiments, and STEM Challenges so I believed I’d pull every little thing collectively in a single place to make it a bit simpler.
Right here you may have the ULTIMATE listing of Christmas science experiments for teenagers!
The last word listing of Christmas science experiments for teenagers
Christmas Introduction Calendar
This free downloadable science introduction calendar has an exercise for every of the 12 days within the run-up to Christmas. Simply click on on every bauble to be taken to an exercise for that day!
Christmas Science Experiments
Print and play paper science experiments
My new favorite Christmas useful resource is that this print-and-play pack of paper based mostly festive actions! Race Christmas liquids, make spinning sleighs, magic opening holly and extra. The concept behind this booklet is that you simply print the pack, full the actions after which recycle every little thing, so there’s virtually no waste!
Festive lava lamps
These Christmas lava lamps will at all times be one among my favorite festive science experiments. They can be utilized time and again and make a beautiful, uncommon Christmas ornament.
Christmas shadow puppets
Christmas shadow puppets are very straightforward to make and nice enjoyable for even very younger kids. Totally different-sized snowmen or an enormous tree with decorations can be good for this one.
Frosty the snowman
Make frost seem on the surface of a can utilizing the freezing energy of ice and salt. This exercise is enjoyable for youthful kids because it’s visually interesting and a great investigation for older kids to find out about what occurs to ice when combined with salt.
Discover the North Star
Are you aware methods to discover the North Star? Discover out with this straightforward exercise.
Christmas meals chains
Uncover how crops and animals get their power with my Christmas meals chains.
Festive optical phantasm
Optical illusions are enjoyable at any time of 12 months, however this festive model is my favorite. Use it to put decorations on a tree, a face on a snowman or the rest you possibly can consider.
New for 2022 is a free optical phantasm template to make the exercise even simpler.
LEGO maze
This festive LEGO maze will preserve the children busy for hours. For further enjoyable, arrange a problem to see who can construct the most effective one, or attempt to make a multi-storey model.
Christmas Science within the Kitchen
Gingerbread home STEM problem
Uncover the finest materials for making a gingerbread home. Will or not it’s icing sugar, glucose syrup or one thing else?
Humorous festive meals mixtures
Do you’re keen on turkey and cranberry sauce? Or cheese and pickles? Discover out why some meals go collectively higher than others with this humorous meals mixture exercise. Would you eat cranberry sauce and chocolate yuletide log on the identical time?
Tremendous robust sweet canes
Discover out how robust sweet canes are by hanging Christmas decorations on them. Simply don’t use any decorations which may break in the event that they fall.
Dissolve sweet canes in several liquids. Vinegar and cold and warm water are good liquids to strive first.
Apple cider and filtering
Make attractive apple cider to find out about filtering. It is a nice enjoyable Christmas cooking exercise, and the apple cider tastes wonderful!
Melting marshmallows
Discover out how lengthy it takes a marshmallow to soften in your sizzling chocolate. One thought for this exercise is to search out out whether or not a number of small marshmallows soften sooner than one or two giant ones.
In the event you’ve acquired spare Christmas sweet or fancy doing one thing enjoyable with it, strive one among my Christmas candy experiments.
Christmas STEM Challenges
Make a torch for Santa, assist him discover the North Star and extra Santa STEM Challenges. This exercise additionally comes with a free printable.
Construct and check a raft for the reindeer!
Create a pulley in a field to assist an elf carry his toys. It is a good engineering problem and could be achieved on a small or giant scale, relying on the age and skills of the kids.
Design and construct Christmas themed boats and check them to see whether or not they sink or float.
Elf Science Actions
New for 2022 is my 24 days of elf concepts. They’re all tremendous easy and have a enjoyable science twist. Make optical illusions ( utilizing a useful template ), assist Santa create new packaging for delicate toys, check how robust sweet canes are and plenty extra enjoyable elf antics for the entire of December!
Strive my 6 straightforward science actions the elf can carry! These want solely very fundamental supplies, and I’ve made FREE experiment instruction sheets you possibly can obtain.
My fizzy elf lab is nice enjoyable for teenagers of all ages, too! I’ve additionally used this at a faculty Christmas honest.
I’ve additionally acquired some elf STEM challenges you possibly can strive, together with constructing the elf a brand new shelf, saving a gift with a parachute and making an elf zip line!
Make a new bell for the elf. What can you utilize to make it noisier?
Science Christmas Reward Concepts
In the event you’re in search of concepts for STEM associated presents for teenagers, I can assist with that too!
Take a look at my STEM Christmas present information.
How about making some home made science presents or perhaps a home made science equipment?
Extra from across the net
Crimson Ted Artwork has a superb balancing elf printable science exercise.
This Rudolph Race is tremendous cute from Steam Powered Household.
Royal Baloo has one other straightforward solution to make Rudolph fly.
These snowball shooters from The STEM Laboratory are nice.
Enjoyable a Day has some nice magnetic jingle bells.
Christmas Science FREE printable Directions
My Christmas science experiment printables are all FREE!
Final Up to date on November 23, 2023 by Emma Vanstone
