Fantastic feats: experimenting with water
How can air hold the water in an upturned glass? Why does water stay in a bottle with a hole in its base? Find out with these entertaining experiments.
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How can air hold the water in an upturned glass? Why does water stay in a bottle with a hole in its base? Find out with these entertaining experiments.
Have fun with fruit while helping your students to explore the concepts of area and volume, and learn more about their real-world applications.
Here are some ideas for home-based experiments and other learning activities that students can do outside the classroom, all drawn from the Science in School Teach archive.
Investigate the factors affecting plant growth and devise a plan for growing plants on the Moon.
Prepare for lift-off with these simple activities that demonstrate some of the key principles of space science.
Create a living piece of ‘agar art’ to discover the invisible world of microbes living on our hands.
The European Space Agency’s Astro Pi Challenge gives students the chance to conduct their own science investigation on the International Space Station.
Pathogens that threaten human health are constantly evolving to keep ahead of our defences. But we can now track these changes at the genetic level, even as they are happening.
Get to grips with the spread of infectious diseases with these classroom activities highlighting real-life applications of school mathematics.
A blade of grass and a high tower both need to stand up against forces that threaten to level them. Are there design principles that they can exploit to achieve this?
Fantastic feats: experimenting with water
Maths with fruit
Science at home: ideas for remote teaching
Astrofarmer: how to grow plants in space
Rocket science made easy
Painting in a petri dish
Run your coding experiment in space
Evolution in action: pathogens
Disease dynamics: understanding the spread of diseases
Bionic structures: from stalks to skyscrapers