Science @ Home
The following resource are designed to enrich science education at home and use commonly available materials. They range from extended projects to short experiments, practical activities and thinking tasks.
Paper Caterpillar Races
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Turn Your Smart Phone into a 3D Hologram
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Skittle Diffusion
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Hologram video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VQhRoo75j8
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Making a Candle from An Orange
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Making a CD Hovercraft
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Extracting DNA from a Strawberry
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Making a Doodle Bot
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Coloured Milk
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Pepper and Water Trick
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Homemade Lava Lamp
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Plastic from Potatoes
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DNA from a Banana
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Colourful Rain in a Glass
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How to Make Natural Perfume
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The Most "Natural" Way to Dye a T-shirt
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The Royal Institution have produced a series of short films making it fun, easy and cheap to do science experiments at home.
The British Science Association CREST Award
The ongoing COVID-19 situation has resulted in many families working from home, meaning parents are having to juggle new ways of working while engaging children throughout the day. CREST Awards are a fantastic opportunity to showcase ways your children can be engaged in science-based activities with very few resources and can be used with students aged 5 to 14.
The ongoing COVID-19 situation has resulted in many families working from home, meaning parents are having to juggle new ways of working while engaging children throughout the day. CREST Awards are a fantastic opportunity to showcase ways your children can be engaged in science-based activities with very few resources and can be used with students aged 5 to 14.
Making a 3D Cell
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20 Vegetables You Can Re-Grow From Scraps
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Thinking Tasks - How many can you solve?
Can you solve "Einstein’s Riddle"?
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Can you solve the prisoner hat riddle?
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Can you solve the bridge riddle?
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Can you solve the three gods riddle?
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Can you solve the passcode riddle?
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Can you solve the river crossing riddle?
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Directory of Resources
1. Royal Society of Chemistry
Education in Eduction resources for learning Chemistry at home
2. Flashy Science
A website, supported by the University Of Sheffield, that offers a series of virtual experiments that "allow you to explore physics and engineering, and refine your scientific skills in an interactive environment."
3. Practical Action
The international development organisation has a schools hub featuring an expansive list of activities and worksheets that could potentially be adapted for a remote-educator situation
4. Primrose Kitten
An overwhelmingly comprehensive (in a good way) collection of Science and Maths video assets created/curated by a passionate London science teacher. The videos are free, and there is also a collection of paid-for guides and content on the Primrose Kitten website
5. The Science Museum
Google Stories Collection
As an alternative to the excellent main Science Museum website, this curated collection of online exhibits brings together digital assets to tell the stories of a series of exhibits based in the main museum,
6. Chester Zoo Learning Resources
Chester Zoo
The fantastic education team at Chester Zoo have pulled together a comprehensive list of digital and at-home resources
7. #ScienceFromHome on Twitter
A hashtag created by primary science specialist Dr Sarah Bearchell that is quickly gaining traction on Twitter
8. British Science Week packs British Science Association
A series of three age-group specific general science packs featuring ideas and activities based on the theme "Our Diverse Planet".
1. Royal Society of Chemistry
Education in Eduction resources for learning Chemistry at home
2. Flashy Science
A website, supported by the University Of Sheffield, that offers a series of virtual experiments that "allow you to explore physics and engineering, and refine your scientific skills in an interactive environment."
3. Practical Action
The international development organisation has a schools hub featuring an expansive list of activities and worksheets that could potentially be adapted for a remote-educator situation
4. Primrose Kitten
An overwhelmingly comprehensive (in a good way) collection of Science and Maths video assets created/curated by a passionate London science teacher. The videos are free, and there is also a collection of paid-for guides and content on the Primrose Kitten website
5. The Science Museum
Google Stories Collection
As an alternative to the excellent main Science Museum website, this curated collection of online exhibits brings together digital assets to tell the stories of a series of exhibits based in the main museum,
6. Chester Zoo Learning Resources
Chester Zoo
The fantastic education team at Chester Zoo have pulled together a comprehensive list of digital and at-home resources
7. #ScienceFromHome on Twitter
A hashtag created by primary science specialist Dr Sarah Bearchell that is quickly gaining traction on Twitter
8. British Science Week packs British Science Association
A series of three age-group specific general science packs featuring ideas and activities based on the theme "Our Diverse Planet".