Fantastic Fossils
Tweet Fossils are the remains, impressions or traces of ancient animals or plants, which have been preserved in the earth’s crust for thousands of years. For a bit of fun, why not make your own ‘fossils’ of treasures you find at the beach or in your garden? You Will Need: • 115g cup of flour [...]
Global Greenhouse Games
Tweet A simple but effective experiment which replicates a global-scale effect on the table top and helps to explain an important aspect of atmospheric science. You will need: • A tall plastic fizzy drinks bottle • Glass jar small enough to fit inside the bottle • Scissors • Thermometer Instructions 1. Use the scissors to [...]
Sweetography
Tweet We’ve un-mixed colours before using chromotography – but this time we are using sweets to discover the extra colours! You will need: Smarties, M&M’s or Skittles (1 of each colour) Coffee filters Atall glass Water Table salt A pencil Scissors A ruler 6 toothpicks Aluminum foil An empty 2 litre bottle with cap [...]
Egg-Shocker!
Tweet If you are organising an egg drop challenge here is an unusual method of protecting your egg. We can’t say from what height exactly this will work (that’s for you to discover), however those who have tried this have reported that utilizing stretchy nylon stockings to protect an egg from impact works well (if [...]