🔍 Updated 2026 Science Week Activity PackTheme: “Seeds of Science: Nurturing Knowledge for All”
Our Science Week Activity Pack has been updated for 2026 with a brand-new section of play-based ideas linked to the theme “Seeds of Science: Nurturing Knowledge for All.”
This pack is designed for children from Birth to 8 years and is full of hands-on, sensory-rich science experiences that encourage children to wonder, test, investigate, compare, create and share their thinking through play.Children explore how science can begin with one small question, one tiny movement, one hidden clue, one shared idea or one hands-on discovery.
🌱 New 2026 Science Week Ideas Included
The updated 2026 section includes a huge collection of new sensory science and play-based experiences, including:
- Question Drop Discovery
- Ripple Wonder Tray
- Shadow Seed Search
- Mystery Texture Trail
- Floating Idea Boats
- Tiny Tracks Investigation
- Cloud Squeeze Lab
- Hidden Colour Bloom
- Frozen Idea Rescue
- Light Catcher Discovery
- Scent Seed Pots
- Balance & Tip Test
- Bubble Thinking Tray
- Magnet Mystery Tub
- Sound Ripple Bowl
- Wonder Mixing Station
- Soft, Hard, Squishy Sort
- Rolling Question Ramps
- Absorb or Splash Tray
- Nature Clue Basket
- Heavy, Light, Full, Empty
- Change Over Time Table
- Tiny Builders Problem Lab
- Mirror Wonder Play
- Shared Idea Potion Lab
- Idea Germination Lab
- Build a Better Seed Carrier
- Mini Water Filter Challenge
- Design a Bug Hotel
- Shadow Clock Challenge
- Bridge the Gap Challenge
- Curiosity Cloud Dough
- Hidden Treasure Dig
- Melting Colour Paths
- Squish & Print Lab
- Pour, Flow, Stop
- Sticky Science Wall
- Foam Mountain Rescue
- Warm & Cool Wonder Bowls
- Listening Tub Discovery
- Nature Soup Investigation
These activities support children to explore early science concepts such as cause and effect, floating and sinking, light and shadow, sound and vibration, texture, temperature, materials, water movement, colour mixing, change over time, building, balance, problem-solving and environmental thinking.
🧪 Plus Previous Science Week Activities and Sensory Recipes
This is an updated pack, so it also still includes the Science Week activities and sensory recipes from previous years.You will also receive a large collection of science-inspired play ideas, including activities connected to:
Light, colour and reflection
Sound, vibration and movement
Magnetism and invisible forces
Water play, flow and filtering
Floating, sinking and gravity
Nature, habitats and environmental care
Patterns, textures and sensory exploration
Ice, melting, freezing and temperature
Sensory recipes, doughs, slimes, fizzy play and messy play
STEM challenges for older children
Play-based discovery for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and school-aged childrenThis makes the pack easy to revisit each year, with plenty of ideas to choose from across your whole service.
📄 Also Included
The pack includes:2026 Science Week program template
Sample weekly program
Learning story pages
Science Week documentation pages
Play-based activity ideas
Sensory recipes
Curriculum links
Safety and supervision notes
📚 Curriculum Links IncludedActivities include links to:
EYLF V2.0
QKLG
VEYLDF
MTOP
National Quality Standard, including Quality Areas 1, 2, 3 and 5
✅ This pack makes Science Week planning easy, meaningful and engaging. It includes simple, practical and flexible ideas using everyday materials, with experiences that can be adapted across rooms and age groups.
Educators can use the activities for group times, sensory play, outdoor learning, STEM provocations, messy play, investigation tables, learning stories, displays and weekly programming. The 2026 update supports children to nurture knowledge through curiosity, observation, testing, problem-solving, creativity and shared discovery.
🌱 Make Science Week 2026 playful, meaningful and full of discoveryDownload the Updated 2026 Science Week Activity Pack and help children grow big ideas from the smallest seeds of curiosity.
Science Week Activity Pack Theme:“Seeds of Science"
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