Sergei Urban
@thedadlab.bsky.social
🌐 10M+ Online Community Leader
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👨👦👦 Dedicated Dad
🌟 New Book is out 🔗
📚 Bestselling Author
🧬 STEM Enthusiast
🚀 PLAY Ambassador
👨👦👦 Dedicated Dad
🌟 New Book is out 🔗
Lava lamp experiment with NO shopping trip needed 🌋
Baking soda + oil + vinegar = instant science when kids ask 'can we do an experiment?' at 8pm on a Tuesday
Everything you need is already in your cupboard. That's how science should work 💙
Baking soda + oil + vinegar = instant science when kids ask 'can we do an experiment?' at 8pm on a Tuesday
Everything you need is already in your cupboard. That's how science should work 💙
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Lava lamp experiment with NO shopping trip needed 🌋
Baking soda + oil + vinegar = instant science when kids ask 'can we do an experiment?' at 8pm on a Tuesday
Everything you need is already in your cupboard. That's how science should work 💙
Baking soda + oil + vinegar = instant science when kids ask 'can we do an experiment?' at 8pm on a Tuesday
Everything you need is already in your cupboard. That's how science should work 💙
Visited Wonderlab at the @sciencemuseum.org.uk with the kids — genuinely one of the best hands-on spaces in London for ages 7–14.
You can easily spend a couple of hours here: slides, friction stations, light tables, building challenges.
It feels like play, but teaches real science...
You can easily spend a couple of hours here: slides, friction stations, light tables, building challenges.
It feels like play, but teaches real science...
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Visited Wonderlab at the @sciencemuseum.org.uk with the kids — genuinely one of the best hands-on spaces in London for ages 7–14.
You can easily spend a couple of hours here: slides, friction stations, light tables, building challenges.
It feels like play, but teaches real science...
You can easily spend a couple of hours here: slides, friction stations, light tables, building challenges.
It feels like play, but teaches real science...
Paper cup + phone flashlight = instant Halloween projector! 🔦🎃
Cut out spooky shapes, light it up from behind, and watch creepy shadows come to life on the wall.
#HalloweenCraft #TheDadLab #DIYProjector
Cut out spooky shapes, light it up from behind, and watch creepy shadows come to life on the wall.
#HalloweenCraft #TheDadLab #DIYProjector
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Paper cup + phone flashlight = instant Halloween projector! 🔦🎃
Cut out spooky shapes, light it up from behind, and watch creepy shadows come to life on the wall.
#HalloweenCraft #TheDadLab #DIYProjector
Cut out spooky shapes, light it up from behind, and watch creepy shadows come to life on the wall.
#HalloweenCraft #TheDadLab #DIYProjector
BOOM! Our Halloween cannon is locked, loaded, and ready to launch some monsters. 🎯👻
Made from a balloon and a plastic bottle, it's a safe, silly way to mix science and spooky fun!
#HalloweenFun #TheDadLab #KidsActivity
Made from a balloon and a plastic bottle, it's a safe, silly way to mix science and spooky fun!
#HalloweenFun #TheDadLab #KidsActivity
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
BOOM! Our Halloween cannon is locked, loaded, and ready to launch some monsters. 🎯👻
Made from a balloon and a plastic bottle, it's a safe, silly way to mix science and spooky fun!
#HalloweenFun #TheDadLab #KidsActivity
Made from a balloon and a plastic bottle, it's a safe, silly way to mix science and spooky fun!
#HalloweenFun #TheDadLab #KidsActivity
Rub a balloon, raise the dead! 💀⚡
This Halloween, bring your paper skeletons to life with the power of static electricity—no batteries, no tricks, just good ol' science!
#HalloweenScience #TheDadLab
This Halloween, bring your paper skeletons to life with the power of static electricity—no batteries, no tricks, just good ol' science!
#HalloweenScience #TheDadLab
October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Rub a balloon, raise the dead! 💀⚡
This Halloween, bring your paper skeletons to life with the power of static electricity—no batteries, no tricks, just good ol' science!
#HalloweenScience #TheDadLab
This Halloween, bring your paper skeletons to life with the power of static electricity—no batteries, no tricks, just good ol' science!
#HalloweenScience #TheDadLab
Watch this skeleton hand rise from the “grave” using nothing but air and water! 💀🎃
A spooky Halloween science trick that's easy to set up, and seriously fun to watch with your kids.
#HalloweenScience #TheDadLab
A spooky Halloween science trick that's easy to set up, and seriously fun to watch with your kids.
#HalloweenScience #TheDadLab
October 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Watch this skeleton hand rise from the “grave” using nothing but air and water! 💀🎃
A spooky Halloween science trick that's easy to set up, and seriously fun to watch with your kids.
#HalloweenScience #TheDadLab
A spooky Halloween science trick that's easy to set up, and seriously fun to watch with your kids.
#HalloweenScience #TheDadLab
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰? 🎃
This easy experiment turns a baby into a spooky monster — all with a plastic bag, water, and a clever trick of light 👻
It's not just fun —...
This easy experiment turns a baby into a spooky monster — all with a plastic bag, water, and a clever trick of light 👻
It's not just fun —...
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰? 🎃
This easy experiment turns a baby into a spooky monster — all with a plastic bag, water, and a clever trick of light 👻
It's not just fun —...
This easy experiment turns a baby into a spooky monster — all with a plastic bag, water, and a clever trick of light 👻
It's not just fun —...
We turned a glass into a spooky decoder 👁️🕵️♂️
The kids dipped the glass into the black water… and hidden Halloween characters magically appeared underneath!
Simple science + big reactions = Halloween magic at its best 👻💥
#TheDadLab #HalloweenHack #SpookyReveal...
The kids dipped the glass into the black water… and hidden Halloween characters magically appeared underneath!
Simple science + big reactions = Halloween magic at its best 👻💥
#TheDadLab #HalloweenHack #SpookyReveal...
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We turned a glass into a spooky decoder 👁️🕵️♂️
The kids dipped the glass into the black water… and hidden Halloween characters magically appeared underneath!
Simple science + big reactions = Halloween magic at its best 👻💥
#TheDadLab #HalloweenHack #SpookyReveal...
The kids dipped the glass into the black water… and hidden Halloween characters magically appeared underneath!
Simple science + big reactions = Halloween magic at its best 👻💥
#TheDadLab #HalloweenHack #SpookyReveal...
These monster cups didn't just 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 scary… they FOAMED at the mouth! 😱🧪
Just a bit of baking soda, food colouring, soap, and vinegar — and suddenly our spooky cup creatures came to life!
Easy, exciting, and just messy enough for Halloween 👻✨
Just a bit of baking soda, food colouring, soap, and vinegar — and suddenly our spooky cup creatures came to life!
Easy, exciting, and just messy enough for Halloween 👻✨
October 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
These monster cups didn't just 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 scary… they FOAMED at the mouth! 😱🧪
Just a bit of baking soda, food colouring, soap, and vinegar — and suddenly our spooky cup creatures came to life!
Easy, exciting, and just messy enough for Halloween 👻✨
Just a bit of baking soda, food colouring, soap, and vinegar — and suddenly our spooky cup creatures came to life!
Easy, exciting, and just messy enough for Halloween 👻✨
Royal Institution is the one place I can get away with experiments my wife would never let me try at home. (And yes, this one involved actual fire!)
Here's what's happening: the hot paraffin shatters the glass when dunked in icy water, the water instantly turns into steam, and the wax gets...
Here's what's happening: the hot paraffin shatters the glass when dunked in icy water, the water instantly turns into steam, and the wax gets...
October 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Royal Institution is the one place I can get away with experiments my wife would never let me try at home. (And yes, this one involved actual fire!)
Here's what's happening: the hot paraffin shatters the glass when dunked in icy water, the water instantly turns into steam, and the wax gets...
Here's what's happening: the hot paraffin shatters the glass when dunked in icy water, the water instantly turns into steam, and the wax gets...
They looked like dried-up worms… until we added water 😱🪱
A little tissue, a gentle squeeze, and some spooky decorations—then boom! They start to grow and wiggle like real creepy crawlies!
Such a fun and weird Halloween science twist 🎃🧪
A little tissue, a gentle squeeze, and some spooky decorations—then boom! They start to grow and wiggle like real creepy crawlies!
Such a fun and weird Halloween science twist 🎃🧪
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
They looked like dried-up worms… until we added water 😱🪱
A little tissue, a gentle squeeze, and some spooky decorations—then boom! They start to grow and wiggle like real creepy crawlies!
Such a fun and weird Halloween science twist 🎃🧪
A little tissue, a gentle squeeze, and some spooky decorations—then boom! They start to grow and wiggle like real creepy crawlies!
Such a fun and weird Halloween science twist 🎃🧪
👽 When science meets Halloween fun… we get a floating UFO! 🕯️🛸
We used a candle, a glass, and a little air pressure magic to make this alien abduction scene come to life!
The best kind of spooky: simple, surprising, and science-y 🎃💨
#TheDadLab #KidsActivities #ScienceIsFun
We used a candle, a glass, and a little air pressure magic to make this alien abduction scene come to life!
The best kind of spooky: simple, surprising, and science-y 🎃💨
#TheDadLab #KidsActivities #ScienceIsFun
September 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
👽 When science meets Halloween fun… we get a floating UFO! 🕯️🛸
We used a candle, a glass, and a little air pressure magic to make this alien abduction scene come to life!
The best kind of spooky: simple, surprising, and science-y 🎃💨
#TheDadLab #KidsActivities #ScienceIsFun
We used a candle, a glass, and a little air pressure magic to make this alien abduction scene come to life!
The best kind of spooky: simple, surprising, and science-y 🎃💨
#TheDadLab #KidsActivities #ScienceIsFun
Is it a potion? Is it slime? Is it… alive?! 🧙♂️💙👀
We made this spooky oobleck with just water, starch, food colouring—and some googly eyes for extra Halloween vibes!
Solid when you punch it, liquid when you let it go… science is weird and wonderful...
We made this spooky oobleck with just water, starch, food colouring—and some googly eyes for extra Halloween vibes!
Solid when you punch it, liquid when you let it go… science is weird and wonderful...
September 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Is it a potion? Is it slime? Is it… alive?! 🧙♂️💙👀
We made this spooky oobleck with just water, starch, food colouring—and some googly eyes for extra Halloween vibes!
Solid when you punch it, liquid when you let it go… science is weird and wonderful...
We made this spooky oobleck with just water, starch, food colouring—and some googly eyes for extra Halloween vibes!
Solid when you punch it, liquid when you let it go… science is weird and wonderful...
The cheapest Halloween decorations you can make #halloween #halloweenhashtag/halloweendiy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#halloweendiy
September 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The cheapest Halloween decorations you can make #halloween #halloweenhashtag/halloweendiy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#halloweendiy
Exploding monster brains?! 💥🧠
My kids loved this Halloween science experiment—spooky, simple, and just the right amount of messy.
Hands-on fun that's way better than candy 👻🎃
#scienceforkids #TheDadLab #spookyseason #halloweenactivities #stemforkids
My kids loved this Halloween science experiment—spooky, simple, and just the right amount of messy.
Hands-on fun that's way better than candy 👻🎃
#scienceforkids #TheDadLab #spookyseason #halloweenactivities #stemforkids
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Exploding monster brains?! 💥🧠
My kids loved this Halloween science experiment—spooky, simple, and just the right amount of messy.
Hands-on fun that's way better than candy 👻🎃
#scienceforkids #TheDadLab #spookyseason #halloweenactivities #stemforkids
My kids loved this Halloween science experiment—spooky, simple, and just the right amount of messy.
Hands-on fun that's way better than candy 👻🎃
#scienceforkids #TheDadLab #spookyseason #halloweenactivities #stemforkids
What a night performing at the Royal Institution!
From Faraday's groundbreaking lectures to Davy's discoveries, this place has been inspiring scientific minds for centuries - and now I've got to add my own science experiments to that legacy!
Plus, this is where the Christmas Lectures are...
From Faraday's groundbreaking lectures to Davy's discoveries, this place has been inspiring scientific minds for centuries - and now I've got to add my own science experiments to that legacy!
Plus, this is where the Christmas Lectures are...
September 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What a night performing at the Royal Institution!
From Faraday's groundbreaking lectures to Davy's discoveries, this place has been inspiring scientific minds for centuries - and now I've got to add my own science experiments to that legacy!
Plus, this is where the Christmas Lectures are...
From Faraday's groundbreaking lectures to Davy's discoveries, this place has been inspiring scientific minds for centuries - and now I've got to add my own science experiments to that legacy!
Plus, this is where the Christmas Lectures are...
Is it too early to start decorating the house for Halloween? Here is a fun project we enjoyed doing with my kids
#TheDadLab #halloweendecor #kidsactivities
#TheDadLab #halloweendecor #kidsactivities
September 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Is it too early to start decorating the house for Halloween? Here is a fun project we enjoyed doing with my kids
#TheDadLab #halloweendecor #kidsactivities
#TheDadLab #halloweendecor #kidsactivities
Halloween Science Experiments You Have to Try
September 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Halloween Science Experiments You Have to Try
When you need Halloween activities - NOW 👻
Jumping ghost DIY to the rescue!
Kids entertained ✅
Halloween spirit activated ✅
Sanity preserved ✅
Save this for your next 'what can we do?' moment!
#Halloween #TheDadLab #Halloweenhashtag/HalloweenDIY" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HalloweenDIY
Jumping ghost DIY to the rescue!
Kids entertained ✅
Halloween spirit activated ✅
Sanity preserved ✅
Save this for your next 'what can we do?' moment!
#Halloween #TheDadLab #Halloweenhashtag/HalloweenDIY" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HalloweenDIY
September 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
When you need Halloween activities - NOW 👻
Jumping ghost DIY to the rescue!
Kids entertained ✅
Halloween spirit activated ✅
Sanity preserved ✅
Save this for your next 'what can we do?' moment!
#Halloween #TheDadLab #Halloweenhashtag/HalloweenDIY" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HalloweenDIY
Jumping ghost DIY to the rescue!
Kids entertained ✅
Halloween spirit activated ✅
Sanity preserved ✅
Save this for your next 'what can we do?' moment!
#Halloween #TheDadLab #Halloweenhashtag/HalloweenDIY" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#HalloweenDIY
Max has earned his orange belt in @britishjudo - he's absolutely loving this journey and it shows.
Nothing better than seeing our children discover what they're good at and enjoy 💙
#ProudDad #TheDadLab
Nothing better than seeing our children discover what they're good at and enjoy 💙
#ProudDad #TheDadLab
September 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Max has earned his orange belt in @britishjudo - he's absolutely loving this journey and it shows.
Nothing better than seeing our children discover what they're good at and enjoy 💙
#ProudDad #TheDadLab
Nothing better than seeing our children discover what they're good at and enjoy 💙
#ProudDad #TheDadLab
We're slowly easing into Halloween mode…
Today's experiment? A spooky handprint. STEAM with a side of chills 👻
#TheDadLab #Halloween
Today's experiment? A spooky handprint. STEAM with a side of chills 👻
#TheDadLab #Halloween
September 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We're slowly easing into Halloween mode…
Today's experiment? A spooky handprint. STEAM with a side of chills 👻
#TheDadLab #Halloween
Today's experiment? A spooky handprint. STEAM with a side of chills 👻
#TheDadLab #Halloween
I always thought the Maldives was for couples.
Then my kids spent a week there making pizza, diving for the first time, cycling through paradise, and seeing reef sharks outside our villa.
Now I know: it's just as magical for families.
Then my kids spent a week there making pizza, diving for the first time, cycling through paradise, and seeing reef sharks outside our villa.
Now I know: it's just as magical for families.
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I always thought the Maldives was for couples.
Then my kids spent a week there making pizza, diving for the first time, cycling through paradise, and seeing reef sharks outside our villa.
Now I know: it's just as magical for families.
Then my kids spent a week there making pizza, diving for the first time, cycling through paradise, and seeing reef sharks outside our villa.
Now I know: it's just as magical for families.
🎃 Ready for some spooky fun? Let's blow up a Monster Bag for Halloween! 💥 #𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗗𝗮𝗱𝗟𝗮𝗯 #𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 #𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗢𝗻𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 #𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀
September 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎃 Ready for some spooky fun? Let's blow up a Monster Bag for Halloween! 💥 #𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗗𝗮𝗱𝗟𝗮𝗯 #𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 #𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗢𝗻𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 #𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀
Celebrating 10 years of TheDadLab! 🎉
Alex was 3, Max was 1 when we started this incredible journey 👶🔬
Now look at them - 13 and 11, still asking brilliant questions but in much deeper voices! A decade of growing up together, learning together, and proving that the best education...
Alex was 3, Max was 1 when we started this incredible journey 👶🔬
Now look at them - 13 and 11, still asking brilliant questions but in much deeper voices! A decade of growing up together, learning together, and proving that the best education...
August 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Celebrating 10 years of TheDadLab! 🎉
Alex was 3, Max was 1 when we started this incredible journey 👶🔬
Now look at them - 13 and 11, still asking brilliant questions but in much deeper voices! A decade of growing up together, learning together, and proving that the best education...
Alex was 3, Max was 1 when we started this incredible journey 👶🔬
Now look at them - 13 and 11, still asking brilliant questions but in much deeper voices! A decade of growing up together, learning together, and proving that the best education...
When science education travels the world 🌍
Just wrapped my first workshop in a series of workshop in the Maldives after being invited by Ritz Carlton Maldives to share TheDadLab’s approach to making STEM accessible for families.
It’s incredible to see how the language of curiosity is universal
Just wrapped my first workshop in a series of workshop in the Maldives after being invited by Ritz Carlton Maldives to share TheDadLab’s approach to making STEM accessible for families.
It’s incredible to see how the language of curiosity is universal
August 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
When science education travels the world 🌍
Just wrapped my first workshop in a series of workshop in the Maldives after being invited by Ritz Carlton Maldives to share TheDadLab’s approach to making STEM accessible for families.
It’s incredible to see how the language of curiosity is universal
Just wrapped my first workshop in a series of workshop in the Maldives after being invited by Ritz Carlton Maldives to share TheDadLab’s approach to making STEM accessible for families.
It’s incredible to see how the language of curiosity is universal