About

I'm an engineer, a former professor, and a former aerospace researcher. One of the things I love most these days is my kids asking "why" about the most random things. It gives me a free pass to get as nerdy as I want on so many topics. "Papa, why is the moon round?" Let me tell you. "Papa, how do you make glass?" How much time before school do we have…

I started a Saturday-morning tradition with them: we do experiments. I come up with something random and nerdy — sometimes with both kids, sometimes just my oldest — and then we make a mess and learn stuff.

These experiments are designed to work with my kids ages 1–3.

That's what I want to give my kids: curiosity and excitement, weird stuff with real explanations, and the idea that understanding is built through experiments.

Some of the inspiration also came from a science book I read as a kid — Méga expériences — the kind that made messy kitchen science and endless "why" questions feel completely normal.

Weekend Experiments started as a notebook for me, then became an online folder, and now it's here so any parent with curious kids can run weekend experiments and make their kitchen extra messy while sharing surprising things about the world.

There's also a Plan. This is the plan I use for my kids. Steal what helps, ignore what doesn't.

I hate seeing videos of kids experiments and the physics is messed up, or too simplistic and becomes misleading, or just straight wrong. So bear with me as I over explain; if you want to know, you'll know. Reach out with comments, questions, or feedback.

The photos started as real, very messy home shots — I cleaned them up in post. Your experiment won't look this clean; mine didn't either.

Enjoy. And sorry for the mess.

Find me on X as Ndovetta. Merch lives next door at Engineerdadcoffee.