Have you ever seen someone flick a tablecloth out from under plates that stay in place? The plates stay in place because of a ...

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This fun egg rolling activity kept my children occupied for hours. We recorded how long it took boiled eggs to roll down our slide and then wrapped them in different materials to see if that affected ...

Einstein Rings are a type of gravitational lensing in which the light from a galaxy or star passes a large object, like another galaxy or black hole, and is bent around it. If the alignment is right, ...

Have you ever wondered how far Jupiter is from Mars or Venus from Earth? Our handy calculator makes it easy to find out! All distances are average and approximate, as it’s difficult to be accurate ...

You’ve probably seen or experienced most of these common science phenomena before, but you may not have thought about why they happen. From sticking a magnet onto your fridge to colourful lights in ...

Get ready to unleash your inner scientist with my HUGE collection of science experiments and investigations for home and school. Most activities use inexpensive materials you probably already have ...

Trim the flowers at the stalks. Fill a vase or jar with water and add a little food colouring. Place the flowers in the jar and leave for a few hours. Usually, you will see the flowers change colour ...

Have you ever wondered how water is transported up the stem of a plant against gravity? This transportation process is called transpiration. You can demonstrate transpiration easily with simple ...

Stethoscopes are used to listen to a person’s heart and breathing. You can make a very basic stethoscope easily using just a cardboard tube, tape and a funnel. This is a brilliant science activity for ...

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