Home Science Activities
Select a theme to download individual activity workbooks
Electricity, Water & Energy
Understanding what powers and sustains your home
Cooking, Nutrition & Measurements
The science of cooking and what we eat
Clothes, Shoes & Household Items
Counting, ratios, and making do with what you have
Measuring Rooms, Plans & Compound
Learn to measure your home and draw simple house plans
13 additional themes with 50+ more activities covering Family, Bible, Plants, Animals, Weather, Community, and more!
Electricity, Water & Energy — understanding what powers and sustains your home
Calculate how much energy different appliances use daily. Find out which appliance costs the most to run and whether your home's total power load is safe.
Measure how fast water flows from your taps. Calculate daily family water use and estimate how many days your household could survive on stored water.
Cooking, Nutrition & Measurements — the science of what we eat
Learn to multiply recipes for different numbers of people using proportions. Take a family recipe and scale it up for celebrations, then calculate the new costs.
Classify foods as GO (carbs), GROW (protein), or GLOW (vitamins). Track meals for 5 days and analyze whether your family's diet is balanced.
Clothes, Shoes & Household Items — counting, ratios, and making do with what you have
Count every pair of shoes owned by each family member. Find the mean, median, and mode. Calculate fractions for school, work, and home shoes.
Count and compare clothing items for each family member. Write and simplify ratios of tops to bottoms. Explore what fraction of the wardrobe is used daily vs. rarely.
Count all tops for one person and figure out how many days they can go before washing is needed. Calculate the minimum wardrobe size for 7, 14, and 30 days.
Find the oldest and newest items in your home. Estimate the age of 10 household belongings, calculate the average age, and discover what this reveals about your family's habits.
Measuring Rooms, Plans & Compound — learn to measure your home and draw simple house plans
Measure the length and width of each room using a tape measure or your foot as a unit. Calculate floor area, compare rooms, and find what fraction of the total area each room occupies.
Draw a bird's eye view of your home. Label each room, door, and window, then use a scale (1 cm = 1 metre). Add the compound, fence, and garden. Compare your plan with a neighbour's layout.
Measure your full compound and calculate how the land is divided. Find what fraction is house, garden, parking, and open ground — then figure out if there's enough outdoor space for everyone.
Measure your bedroom's length, width, and height. Calculate its volume and the mass of air inside. Estimate how long it would take to replace all the air if you opened the window.
Count all windows and doors, calculate their ratio to rooms, measure a window's area, and estimate the cost to replace it. Then find how many people your veranda can seat.
At 7am, 12pm, and 5pm, stand in the same spot and measure your shadow. Record its length and direction, draw a diagram, and discover what shadows reveal about the Sun's movement across the sky.