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What links your jeans, sea snails, woad plants and the Egyptian royal family? It’s the dye, indigo. Learn about its fascinating history and how you can extract it at school.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
From a homemade thermometer to knitting needles that grow: here are some simple but fun experiments for primary-school pupils to investigate what happens to solids, liquids and gases when we heat them.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
To make the two-dimensional images that we see in print and on screen appear more real, we can hijack our brains to create the illusion of a third dimension, depth. These activities explore the physics that make this possible.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Astronomers use giant radio telescopes to observe black holes and distant galaxies. Why not build your own small-scale radio telescope and observe objects closer to home?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
During an eclipse, the Sun or the Moon seems to disappear. What is happening? Why not explore this fascinating phenomenon in the classroom, with an easy to build model?
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Did you know that you can use old hi-fi speakers to detect earthquakes? And also carry out some simple earthquake experiments in the classroom? Here’s how.
Ages: 16-19;
Something as everyday as bread can offer a surprising spectrum of interdisciplinary teaching opportunities.
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Nektarios Tsagliotis explains how to build an effective microscope using simple materials – enabling your students to discover a hidden world, just as Robert Hooke did in 1665.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Ever wanted to launch a rocket? Jan-Erik Rønningen, Frida Vestnes, Rohan Sheth and Maria Råken from the European Space Camp explain how.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
When you read the newspaper, how do you know what to believe? Ed Walsh guides you and your students through the minefield of science in the media.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
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Indigo: recreating Pharaoh’s dye
Topics: Chemistry, General science
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The effect of heat: simple experiments with solids, liquids and gases
Topics: Physics, General science
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Seeing is believing: 3D illusions
Topics: Physics, Biology, General science
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Build your own radio telescope
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Creating eclipses in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Building a seismograph from scrap
Topics: Physics, Earth science
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Bread-making: teaching science in primary school
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, General science
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Build your own microscope: following in Robert Hooke’s footsteps
Topics: Physics, Biology
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Sky-high science: building rockets at school
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Mathematics
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Bad science: how to learn from science in the media
Topics: Biology, General science
