Make & Do

Messing About With Boats

  • 19 Jun, 2011
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Detergent-powered boats!
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Stirling Engine from Junk

  • 06 Jun, 2011
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A simple heat engine made — mostly — from household rubbish.
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Fire Balls

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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Holding fire in your hand is either incredibly painful… or you’re doing it this way.
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Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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Wire wool, vinegar, and a thermometer — an easy-to-repeat, classic experiment.
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Fizzy Coke Can trick

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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A trick involving a can of Coke. You’d worked that out from the title, right? There’s balancing involved too, though.
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Building an Igloo

  • 18 Jul, 2010
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Snow + science technician + video camera = igloo! Obviously.
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The Squeaky Pop Test

  • 23 Jun, 2010
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The hydrogen test, with a twist.
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Erupting Fizz

  • 23 Jun, 2010
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Salt, oil, lemonade… lava lamp!
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Exploding Bubble Volcano

  • 23 Jun, 2010
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The baking powder and vinegar classic.
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Wibbly Wobbly Jelly

  • 25 Mar, 2009
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The preparation and biology of jelly.
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Chemistry Attack!!

  • 05 Mar, 2009
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Green eggs! Made using red cabbage water.
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Clara’s Experiment

  • 18 Feb, 2009
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A fizzy tablet drives a volcano model.
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Professor Hartley’s Science Lesson (2)

  • 10 Feb, 2009
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The 1950s. School. Slate tablets, the cane, mortar boards… and buzzing straws.
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Excellent Electromagnets

  • 08 Feb, 2009
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How to make an electromagnet, and what it can do.
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Air Resistance

  • 26 Jan, 2009
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A paper helicopter, and how its wings affects it behaviour.
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Super Science Boy

  • 13 Jan, 2009
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Super Science Boy explores how to make the best volcano using only house items.
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Edible Volcano

  • 13 Jan, 2009
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Lemon juice, baking powder, and… a volcano
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Death of a Toothbrush

  • 20 Jun, 2008
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Christian gets tired and goes to brush his teeth, but something sinister has happened to his toothbrush…
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NPL Water Rocket Challenge

  • 09 May, 2008
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25th June 2008 — the National Physical Laboratory’s Water Rocket Challenge. Expect to get wet.
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Reebops

  • 06 Feb, 2008
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Using marshmallow models to explain why you look like your parents.
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