A presentation for teachers of simple paper strength tests to carry out in class. Ending with a fun paper toy that should walk down an incline using the force of gravity.
Light travels in straight lines. Make this homemade pinhole camera to prove it!
These paper instruments could be cut out, constructed and used for measuring and calculating time and distance in astronomy. We have made a replica for you to try at home or in school.
A senior infant class visited the library and they were learning all about the polar regions. We looked at the animals of the Arctic and Antarctic.
This activity always gives the wow factor. All you need to do is make the viewer and grab a smartphone and YouTube kids!
Instructions on how to make your own ink to write and draw with. All ingredients can be found in a supermarket and art supplier, and maybe from your kitchen cupboard or from the great outdoors!
You'll find our Planetary Quiz for primary school age here, including bite-size information fact files on the planets (and a dwarf planet) in our solar system.
Here we use our collection of Aldrovandi volumes with their amazing prints of the animal kingdom. Then use them to develop skills in classifying animals and identifying their differing characteristics.
