Looking for a fun valentines day science activity for February? This liquid density experiment is sure to be a hit with your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten and elementary age students in first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students. Children will be amazed as they watch the layered liquids stack up in pretty valentine’s day colors for an EPIC valentine science experiments that kids will remember fondly. This valentines day activityis a great way to teach kids what is density for kids with a fun, hands-on, pretty density experiment.
Valentines Day Science
This density science project is a fun way for preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, and grade 4 students to explore density for kids! This layered liquids activity allows to explore how various liquids with different densities behave when placed together and what it really means. This density science is filled with pretty red, pink, and white layers to make a pretty and fun science experiment for Valentines day. Use this valentines day activities at home, in the classroom, or as part of your homeschool science lesson.
What is Density for Kids
Basically density means how much space an object or substance takes up in relation to the amount of matter in that object. Another way to put it is that density is the amount of mass per unit of volume. If an object is heavy and compact, it has a high density. So you can have 1 cup of water and 1 cup of corn syrup. Even though they are both the same measurement, the corn syrup has a higher density because the molecules are closer together. You can visually see then when you pour them both out. The corn syrup goes out slowly because it is a thicker fluid.
Simply put, density is a measure of how close together pieces are. If they are close together, the object is dense. If the pieces are far apart, the object is less dense. An object with a low density has more space for air. In the picture above I have a box with just a couple lego pieces and a box with more lego pieces. The one to the right is more dense as their are more lego pieces in the same space. Make sense?
Valentines science experiments
For this fun density experiment for kids we will explore how various common liquids have different density. Because they have different densities they will sit on top of one another. This is super cool and pretty simple to do if you follow our directions and go slowly step-by-step. Before we get started, please DO NOT SHAKE or stir your experiment! While the substances would eventually seperate back out by density, the food coloring we are using for the demonstartion would not come out so pretty.
Valentine’s day science experiments
Put the following common household ingredients in a tall clear container. It can be a vase, tumbler, empty starbucks frapachino cup if that’s what you have on hand. The quantity or how much of each layer depends on how big your container is. You want to see the layer clearly so aim to get each layer about 1-2″ deep. Poor SLOWLY each layer so they trickle down the side of the jar or use a turkey baster to slowly put the material in the next higher opening.
So in order add the following:
- Honey (mixed with red, pink, or purple food coloring)
- Corn Syrup
- Maple Syrup (mixed with red, pink, or purple food coloring)
- Hand Soap
- Water (mixed with red, pink, or purple food coloring)
- Vegetable Oil
Valentines Day Activities for Kids
Then add random items to see where they land density wise in your jar. I suggest trying things like a penny, heart, pompom, marble, conversation heart, etc. Have children make predictions (or a scientific hypothesis) of which items will sink down further and to what layer they will fall.
Density experiments
- Will the light pom pom sink further down than the penny?
- Do you think the items will stop at different layers?
- Will any of them fall to the bottom honey layer?
- As the items drop will you notice any change in the layers?
- Do you think the layers will mix together throughout the experiment
Liquid density experiment
At the end, you can try to mix the substance with a long wooden spoon and then wait (hours) and see if it seperates back out. What did you notice? Did it all seperate back out? Did the colors end up exactly the same as they were before? Why do you think that happened?
February Activities for Kids
I suggest using these scientific method worksheets to have kids make predictions, observations, and conclusions. THey can either write or draw their predictions and draw what they observed with each of the layers.
Valentines Day Language Arts
- Chocolate Sight Words Valentine’s day activities for preschoolers – matching activity to practice identifying and reading key sight words.
- Parts of Speech Valentines Day Activities – perfect for February, this valentines day activity is a great way for kids to practice sorting noun, verb, and adjective Valentines.
- Rhyming Valentines day worksheets to cut and paste and practice identifying rhyming words
- Heart CVC Words Valentine activities for kindergarten– students will have fun practicing the sounds letters make while building CVC words with alphabet conversation hearts
- Color by Sight Word Valentine Worksheets – kids will have fun reading and gaining fluency with key sight words while revealing these mystery pictures
- Valentines Day Sight Words Mats – super cute, low prep activity for practicing bulding sight words
- Roses are Red Poem Rhyming Puzzles – Valentines day activities for kindergarten
- Valentine’s day spelling – this is such a fun spelling activity for Valentines day with kids of all ages
- LlamaValentines Writing free printable stationary to work on writing skills in February.
- Short i words heart mats to help kids practice short i words
- Febraury Writing Prompts Calendar – give kids ideas to encourage lots of writing practice with this free printable
- Pre-writing Valentine Worksheets for preschool
- February Writing Prompts – print off these writing prompts that containt different sized lines for K-4th graders
Valentines Day Math
- Valentines Day Math Activities – students will have fun practicing addition and subtraction within 10 while making this super cute cut-and-paste February math craft
- Free Valentines Day Color by Number – students will reveal hidden pictures as they color by number and work on number recognition
- Valentine math worksheets – kindergartners will have fun practicing numbers to 100 while they reveal hidden images with these Valentines Day coloring pages
- Measurement Valentines Day math worksheets for helping upper elementary age kids with learning about measurements
- Valentines Roll and Cover math activity for working on number sense
- Happy Valentines Day Mouse Hundreds Chart Valentines Day Math
- Color by odd and even numbers Valentines Day Math Worksheets
- Hundreds Chart Valentines Day Color by Number Worksheets for Febuary
- Fun Valentines Day Math working on estimating with kids
- Valentines Day Worksheets learning about symmetry with drawing prompts.
- Heart Penguin Skip Counting Strips – simple Valentine math for kindergartners
- Valentines Day Color by Odd and Even Numbers Worksheets
- Love Monster Ten Frame Valentines Day Math Activities
- Practice a variety of math and literacy skills with these Free Valentine’s day worksheets for preschoolers!
Valentines Day Science
- These super cute and EASY Science Valentines use science to blow up a balloon to reveal a hidden message
- Simply science fun Fizzy Love Potion Valentines Day Activities for Preschoolers
- Kids will be amazed with this fun density jar Valentines Day Science Experiment (honey, corn syrup, maple syrup, hand soap, water, vegetable oil)or try this density valentines day science (corn syrup, whole milk, lavender dish soap, water, baby oil, rubbing alcohol)
- Quick and easy, February Fizzy Hearts Science Experiment
- Valentines Day Experiment making slt crystal hearts in February
- Simple Dancing Hearts Experiment – Valentines day activities for preschoolers and kids of all ages!
- February themed, Simple balloon static electricity experiments for kids
- Valentines Day Science with Magic Milk activity
- Love Potion #9 Valentines Day activities for preschoolers
- Simple Oil and Water Valentines Day Science for kids
- Skittle Heart Science valentines day activities for toddlers
- 25 Epic Valentines Day Science Experiments for kids
Other Valentines Day Printables
- Cactus valentine craft – free printable valentine activities for preschoolers to cut and paste
- Heart Fish Craft for Valentines Day – kids will have fun cutting and pasting lots of hearts to make this adorable fish craft
- I spy Valentine Worksheet – this is a fun valentines day activity that also works on counting and visual discrimination at the same time
- Pencil Valentine Printable – super cute free printable “looking sharp” Valentine for kids
- Hugs and Kisses Tic-tac-toe Preschool Valentine
- Valentine coloring pages for preschool – kids will have fun improving coordination and strengthning fine motor skills with these pre writing pages.
- Free Valentines Day Pre-Writing Worksheets – fun way for kids to strenthen hand muscles and cordination with a fun February theme.
- Sunday school valentine crafts – perfect February craft for students learning about the ten commandments
- Simple, Free Valentines day coloring pages pdf – simple coloring pages perfect for toddler, preschool, and kindergartners
- Plus don’t forget to grab these valentine books for preschool or take a peak at our Preschool Valentine Ideas or our Valentines Day Theme for Elementary age students.
