My third interactive science lesson for 4 - 11 year olds, originally live streamed on Facebook then edited for you tube. This week we do lots of experiments to understand animals’ amazing abilities! Plus story time and a special ‘Poo and Wee’ themed round up.



Watch along, or to join in you will need:

A teaspoon of margarine/butter/lard, two ice cubes, something to wipe butter off a hand! A piece of paper, a TV remote control, mobile phone camera, needle or pin, magnet (any size) two bowls of water (any size). Teaspoon of ground spice (cinnamon, paprika…anything powdery that floats on water). washing up liquid.


Experiments:

Blubber experiment: how do marine mammals survive in cold waters?

Hand prints: how do geckos stick to ceilings?

Surface tension: how do pond skaters / water striders stand on water?

Remote control demo: seeing infrared.

Home-made compass: how do salmon and pigeons navigate?


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My second interactive science lessons for 5 - 13 year olds. Do THREE experiments to discover how strange air is, watch the story of how oxygen was discovered, and do some exercise with your body and brain!

To join in with the demonstrations you will need: 3 pieces of paper, a pen, a glass of water, a piece of card (to fit over the glass), a washing up bowl or access to a sink, water (coloured with food colouring or cordial works best but not essential) a jar, a candle (must fit inside jar), matches or a lighter, and a small plate. Or feel free to just watch me..!

Links

A great, very detailed explanation of the 'card over the glass' trick can be found here http://sciphile.org/lessons/upside-down-water

The feather and hammer drop video is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/terrific-scientific/KS2/zd9r2sg

And here's a more dramatic version - with explanation - of the collapsing can demonstration! https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/incredible-can-crusher/

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The first of my interactive science lessons for 5 - 13 year olds. Find out how to make a rainbow three different ways with household objects, hear the story of the science of rainbows, and make a rainbow with your body and your mouth!

To join in with the demo you will need a clear bottle, washing-up liquid, water and washing-up bowl, or access to a sink.

Links

The spectroscope (white box with the bit of CD in!) is on my website. Fold the dotted lines and cut the solid lines. https://www.theatreofscience.co.uk/Resources/Theatre_of_Science_Spectroscope.pdf

The colour wheel is part of this resource; I thoroughly recommend this website: https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/elibrary/resource/120656/magic-light#&gid=undefined&pid=2

The colour wheel is on page 3 of the appendix and the instructions are page nine of the pupil activity book.

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The fourth of my interactive ‘lockdown’ lessons for 4 – 12 year olds. Do experiments alongside me to understand how the eye works, including how it bends light, the ‘unseeing’ bit of your eye and how you see colour, plus a puzzle, an optical illusion and the biggest story time yet!


To do the experiments (you can of course just watch along) you'll need:


White A4 paper
Felt pens (Red, blue, yellow, and green. Crayons or pencil crayons work OK).
A metal spoon
A mirror
Jug / large glass of
water
Cereal bowl
Coin


Links


My Facebook page for the activity pack!

https://www.facebook.com/theatreofscience


The amazing false colour image featured on BBC Four (the image is 16 seconds in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P8q_dCU3RI&feature=emb_title



Article with a gorgeous series of diagrams showing how our understanding of the eye changed over hundreds of years. Worth just scrolling through the pictures!

https://www.nature.com/articles/6701578



‘The place where the Minecraft eye is’

https://education.minecraft.net/worlds/the-human-eye/

Another interactive lesson for 4 - 12 years. I've tried to unearth some little-known facts about the planets so even the biggest space-geeks will learn something! Just watch, or do the experiments along with me. You'll need:

Black pepper (preferably in a grinder. Other spices work 'OK')
Bowl of water
Washing up liquid

Glass bottle (just has to have a neck narrow enough to fit a balloon. I'm using a milk bottle)
Just-boiled kettle (you'll have to boil it during the show)
Balloon

Two pins
2p coin

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Understand the science of Hot Air Balloons using story times, crafting, maths, a floating game, and of course fire!

To join in with the lesson you'll need: paper, pen, scissors, cotton thread or string, a candle and a jar. And to do the coolest experiment afterwards you might want to raid your teabags...

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Don't forget to check out my other lessons on Rainbows, Air, Animals, The Eye and The Planets.

Thanks for watching!

Which materials conduct heat and electricity and which ones don't? And WHY? More fun experiments you can do at home in this lesson plus my dullest puzzle ever and of course, story time! Grab a metal and plastic spoon and a plastic bag and join me for another interactive science lesson!

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What's the best model of a volcano? And the most dangerous part? The answers might surprise you! Make your own volcano and learn how volcanoes are formed and how they're studied, plus a very dramatic story time. To join in with the lesson you'll need:

A4 paper
Candle (any size)
Three mugs
A cup of flour
Water
A teaspoon

Links

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Why can't you get away from Tsunamis? Why is what you're picturing about landslides wrong? Learn how earthquakes happen, how to measure them and how to build your own seismometer in this interactive lesson.

To make the seismogram you will need:

Four full food cans (eg beans)
Sellotape
Scissors
A4 paper
Mug
Elastic band
Good felt tip pen

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What is gravity? What's life like without it? Was Newton wrong? Find out while doing my all-time favourite (but possibly very frustrating!) demonstration.

To join in with this lesson you'll need:

A mug (standard height or taller)
A fork and a spoon (the least-nice ones you have in the house! We're going to stick them together so the prongs might get ever-so-slightly bent)
At least two matches (we're going to light one)
String / thread at least 30cm long
A4 paper

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Why do baby bottles say 'BPA Free?'. Can plastic actually be good for the environment?! What REALLY happens to your recycling? The answers and more in this interactive science lesson. To join in you'll need:

A couple of cubes of grated chocolate
Four tablespoons
One teaspoon
Mug of just-boiled water
Tea towel
Chopping board or plate
Knob of butter

You may also want to gather a variety of plastic items - in the UK we have triangles on our plastics with the numbers one to seven in them. Can you find them all in your house?! Can you find anything that says 'BPA Free'?

Links:

Practical Action's amazing activity book - make bunting from plastic bags, all the way up to learning about hydrocarbons (I used the pupil's sheets).

https://practicalaction.org/schools/plastics-challenge/

The INCREDIBLY MISLEADING info booklet from Plastics Europe - I'd only use this with older kids who understand the information is designed to mislead. You could read the story and spot all the ways it's trying to make plastics sound appealing (language, the fact a fairy and a princess both love plastic etc), and try and come up with alternatives to the plastics items the king is missing.

https://www.plasticseurope.org/application/files/5515/1310/6753/kuno-students-book.pdf

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Thank you!

What causes Aurora? The whole story from atoms to magnetism and quantum mechanics, suitable for 5 years and above! I’ll also show you how to make lightening, when the weather’s dry..! To join in you'll need:

a metal cake tin
two plastic bags
Two magnets (any size)
Any glow-in-the-dark stuff you might have in the house.

Links:

WordUnited's shop with 10% off educational toys at the time of writing: https://wordunited.com/product/galt-toys-magnetic-lab-physics-science-stem-kit-2/?fbclid=IwAR2f1RsG4QDbp1MOE9mNEeDXur03fHJD6Dpf-gKJ3EgmJ-Ajv8D0rkTg6mc

Free resources on WordUnited: https://wordunited.com/resources/

The Solvay Conference photo from 1927: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/solvay-conference-probabl…/

Why do nettles sting you? Why is holly spiky? Why are some leaves fluffy? Why are some not green?! Find out while doing some leaf rubbing and hear the cautionary tale of a scientist who was nearly very successful.

To join in with the lesson you'll need paper, crayons, and leaves. If you'd like an activity to do before the lesson, try a treasure hunt! Can you find...

A spiky leaf?
A fluffy one?
One that isn't green? (How many different colours can you find?)
The biggest and smallest leaves you can find.

Links:

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Fossils! It’s a big topic. This lesson covers the main points; how are fossils formed? What’s the best fossil model? Who was Mary Anning? Could Jurassic Park happen in real life? What’s the latest woolly mammoth news? And poo.


Links!
My favourite website telling you where to go to find fossils (scroll down and there's a list of locations).
https://ukfossils.co.uk/locations/


The TED talk I got the woolly mammoth info from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU-aBxu9N5I


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Once again we cover all the important points of a big subject. What is Electricity? Who won the war of the currents? Could that fence scene in Jurassic Park actually happen? To join in you'll need an energy saving lightbulb, a plastic bag and a dark room.

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In the first of my three lessons on the ocean we draw a map of the entire planet in five minutes (it's fine), model the ocean zones using jam, find out why angler fish don't REALLY look like that, and hear the story of Edith Widder, giant squid hunter. To join in in real time you'll need:

A jar of jam (full or nearly empty is fine)
Teaspoon
Mobile phone torch
A4 paper
Pen

Links

The oceans song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6BE4VcYngQ

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In this second of three oceans lessons, do an activity to find out how corals make their skeletons, find out what they have in common with lichen, and hear the story of Captain Cook – was he a hero?



Links

My friend

Lawrie Duckworth’s incredibly catchy Ballad of Captain Cook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bYOf-nRMnk


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Make a very cool toy to explore the difference between fish and sharks, model a jet-propelled squid, and find out why you should NOT mess with food chains. Also what is the Krill Paradox, apart from a good band name? To join in in real time you'll need:

A washing up bowl
A plastic bottle with lid (that will fit comfortably inside the bowl!)
A biro pen cap
Blob of blu tack.

Links:

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Hear a secret bell, enjoy a story time about sonic BOOMS and find out how sound travels through air, water and wood. To join in you'll need:

A balloon (will be useable afterwards!)
A shoelace or piece of string
A teaspoon

Links:

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An interactive Science Show for under 13s. Do robins REALLY deserve to be associated with Christmas? Should you eat Christmas cake or chocolate this year? And what on earth is going on inside a cracker snap? Plus a story time about world peace, Christmas trees, and guerrilla warfare. To join in with the activities you need:

A plastic bag, a drinks can, a jar of spice (any will do).

Links

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