Science@Home

Can you separate a leafy mixture, discover worms' favourite conditions or blow up a balloon with yeast? Find out more with these fun, hands on activities, exploring real life science.

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Each investigation includes:

Workbook with instruction guide, that can be downloaded and printed or used on a mobile device. With guiding questions to support your young explorer through their investigation.
A critical reading text about the work of our scientists, to help develop your child’s scientific thinking.
A guide for grown-ups, that gives some tips and hints about the investigation and the scientific method.
A certificate to reward your child’s scientific achievement.

Go with the flow

See how gravity affects the blood flow around your body.

Xploration Station – The Tablecloth Trick

Have you always wanted to know how to do the table cloth trick? Well in this video Steve tells you just how!

Xploration Station – Mummify an apple

Create faces in your apple and then preserve it just like the Egyptians used to!

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