Sometimes around Halloween and Christmas we end up with way more candy than I want my kids eating. Luckily, candy isn’t just for eating anymore! Using the fantastic ideas below you can do science experiments with candy, engineer candy STEM projects, and play candy math games!
Your students will love doing these educational candy STEM activities they won’t even realize how much they are learning! And you can rest easy knowing they are using their brains and learning some cool stuff while on a sugar-induced high.
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Candy Science Experiments
- Skittles Rainbow
- Frankenworms :: The Kitchen Pantry Scientist
- Skittles Candy Science :: Coffee Cups and Crayons
- Which Candy Dissolves the Fastest? :: Mommy Crusader
- Diet Coke and Mentos Explosion
- Test for Acidity :: Play Dr. Mom
- Candy Dissolving Experiment: Which Solvent Works the Best? :: Little Bins for Little Hands
- Color Experiments :: Crafty Moms Share
- Gummy Bear Science :: Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails
- Dissolving Gobstoppers :: Mama. Papa. Buba.
- Candy Chromatography :: Mama Miss
- Sink or Float Candy Science :: Reading Confetti
- Make an Edible Solar System :: School Time Snippets
- Skittles Density Rainbow :: Gift of Curiosity
- Balloon Experiments with Candy :: Learn Play Imagine
- Balancing with M&M’s :: Inspiration Laboratories
- Exploding Peep Geysers :: Housing a Forest
Candy Engineering
- Candy Play Dough Structures :: Coffee Cups and Crayons
- Building Structures with Candy Pumpkins :: Lemon Lime Adventures
- Lego Candy Dispenser :: Frugal Fun for Boys
- Build a Candy Catapult :: Frugal Fun for Boys
Candy Math Games
- Build an Ice Cream Sundae
- Gumdrop Graphs
- Sort by Color :: Play Dr. Mom
- Number Recognition, Addition/Subtraction, and Bar Charts :: Here Come the Girls
- Candy Corn Counting (with printables) :: The Taylor House
- Graphing, Patterns, and Addition/Subtraction :: Preschool Powol Packets
- Weighing, Graphing, Word Problems, and More! (with printables) :: Chicken Babies
More Simple Science for Kids –>
STEM Saturday
Weighing Activity | Hands-On Math Play from Little Bins for Little Hands
Top 10 Candy Experiments for Kids from Lemon Lime Adventures
He’s all look like some fun activities to play withall that Halloween candy.
Hope you enjoy them!
Hi Crystal, thanks for including our pop rock balloons!
No problem, it’s a great science experiment!
I love all your ideas here Crystal, great round up of cool science for the kids to enjoy! Thanks for stopping by to share with us yesterday at our Facebook share day.
Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate it 🙂
So fun!! Thank you for including us in your round-up. And, thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
Yes, of course! I loved your post about experimenting with colors 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Math or science are always a big hit with my kids…especially. when candy is involved!
Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!
Anything to get them doing math and science! Love it 🙂
These are some great ideas for making math and science fun for kids. It would also help them to cement their knowledge and spark their enthusiasm towards these subjects. Thanks for sharing!