Over the many years I have been writing Science Sparks, Autumn It's always been my favorite season to design themed activities. I love the colorful leaves, the dark nights, the cooler weather, and of course, the lead-up to Christmas is always exciting too! This collection of Fall Science Experiments and activities makes me smile every time I read it and I hope it has something to excite children (and adults) of all ages. Children can discover Why do leaves change color?how trees disperse their seeds, why animals hibernate, and much more.
I also have a fun collection of Fall STEM Challenges you may like!
Fall Science Experiments for Kids
Seed and Leaf Science
Create your own explosive seed device either rotary helicopter seeds learn about seed dispersalThese lovely hands-on activities work especially well after going on a treasure hunt to find different types of seeds.
Plasticine for Plato has a brilliant Leaf chromatography experiment.
Find out how Predicting the weather with pineapples!
Fall Science Experiments in the Kitchen
Learn about state changes in the kitchen by doing Caramel Apples and treacle toffee. What is your favorite?
Do spiced apple cider and learn about filtering at the same time. Not only is our spiced apple cider a great science activity, it tastes amazing too!
Proof biting apple to find out why apples float in water. Floating apples in water is a great activity. Halloween party ideaalso!
Fall Sensory Science Activities
Get creative indoors or outdoors with some beautiful Autumn themed iceTry adding a little salt (be careful as this makes the ice feel much colder) to melt it faster, or use a pipette drop warm water on the surface.
Use leaves to make clay impressions and learn to identify different types of leaves.
Get yourself into a mess with some Autumn GloopCorn flour is a lovely sensory material that can be squished into a ball when pressure is applied to it and becomes liquid when the pressure is removed. The viscous or slimy mass of corn flour is known as Oobleck-Spanish:Oobleck and it is a non-Newtonian liquid.
Have some fun with your senses with blackberry clayfrom Mom on a rainy day.
We love this beautiful autumn sensory table From the tree of imagination.
More ideas for fall activities
Go for a walk and collect autumn treasures for a Treasure hunt.
Attempt Model the change of seasons with LEGOThis is a great team activity and can be made into a challenge to find different ways to show how the changing seasons affect the environment.
Try autumn-themed weighing and measuring with pumpkins.
Have some fun in the forest calculating the height of treesThis clever trick always makes our walks in the woods so much more fun!
Science crafts for fall
Find beautiful autumn colored leaves for our printable hedgehog.
do something leaf rubs and think of different textures, a lovely idea from Red Ted Art.
Try these fun activities with sticks and leaves.
How about trying an autumnal version of this? floating art Learn by Playing at Home Experiment?
Fall Games
Printable Tic Tac Toe
Try our Autumn Tic Tac Toe GameColor the leaves and trees in autumn colors, cut them out and play!
Fall Science E-Book
I also have a Free Fall Science eBook You can print for free!
Halloween Activity Ideas
If you are having a Halloween party We have some great ideas to make it memorable and some fun Halloween science experiments too.
I also have a simple collection of ideas for Outdoor science in the forest that you might like.
Have more Fall Science Experiments Or craft ideas for us?
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Last updated on October 17, 2023 by Emma Vanstone
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