There’s lots of ways to use books your class might be reading as inspiration for science explorations and investigations. If you are studying light and shadows, then a good book to tie in would be the Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson. In the end (sorry,...
British Science Week is here and if you’re looking for some fun science demonstrations to amaze your class then here are good examples to show them. The children could carry these out too, perhaps as part of a circus of experiments around the classroom. These...
Here’s a quick experiment you can do to make a safe lava lamp in a bottle. Would be good when studying properties of materials or density. You will need: Clear plastic or glass bottle with a screw cap lid Water Cooking oil – vegetable or sunflower Food...
Ask someone to make a paper plane and usually they’ll make a paper dart. These fly well, but there are lots of other ways you can produce a plane from paper. If you strictly want to just use a single piece of paper, then try the ring flyer. If you want to bend...
Here’s a quick idea to help students visualise how the Moon and Earth move relative to the Sun. It can be quite hard for children to understand their motion relative to each other, so a real model that they can move around may help them to grasp the idea. You...
