Kids already love fireworks. The bright colors, the bursts, the buildup before each boom. Turn that excitement into learning before and after the Fourth with a few simple experiments, crafts, and history lessons. From baking soda fireworks in the kitchen to virtual field trips through the chemistry behind real fireworks, this list turns one night of sparklers into days of discovery.
Check out our Top 5 Fireworks Resources For Homeschoolers!
Fireworks Chemistry and History Virtual Field Trip Worksheets
For $3.25, your middle or high schooler explores the real chemistry and history behind fireworks through a virtual field trip, video questions, and a fireworks simulator.
FREE Fireworks Experiment! Baking Soda and Vinegar Fireworks
Hide glitter under baking soda, add a few drops of vinegar, and watch a tiny glitter firework burst to the surface using supplies already in your kitchen.
Fun Fizzing Fireworks Painting
Draw a firework with glue, dust it with baking soda, then drop on colored vinegar and watch it fizz and burst right on the paper.
FREE Fireworks in a Jar
Drop colored oil into a jar of water and watch tiny fireworks burst and sink, a simple way to see how oil and water behave.
How to Make 4th of July Confetti Poppers
Turn an empty toilet paper roll into a popper your kids can pull apart for their own burst of red, white, and blue confetti.
Keep on reading for more fireworks resources!
- FREE Fourth of July Red White and Blue Science Experiment
- 4th of July Coloring Pages $3.99
- Blooming Fireworks Activity
- Milk Firework Experiment
- Baking Soda & Vinegar Fireworks
- Fork Painted Fireworks Craft
- Mentos and Coke: How To Build A Soda Mentos Rocket
- Cupcake Liner Firework Craft
- Hole Punch Fireworks Art Project
- Shaving Cream Fireworks
- Exploding Chalk Recipe: A Chalk and Vinegar Experiment
- Free 4th of July Preschool Lesson Plans
- Fourth of July Air-Powered Fireworks Summer: Force and Motion $3.95
- Solve the Case: Case of the Missing Fireworks
- Fun free firework printables for the Fourth of July
- Fireworks and the Fourth of July Mini Unit
BONUS! Learn about some Fourth Of July History!
- High School The History of Independence Day Reading Passage $4
- 9 Movies for Kids to Learn History of the Fourth of July
- High School The American Semiquincentennial Unit Study $8
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