More Activities
We will be continually adding more fun activities to this website which can be incorporated into school lessons or used at home. Some have been developed by undergraduate students within the Materials Science and Metallurgy Department, University of Cambridge.
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Egg Parachutes is an activity which introduces the concept of air resistance and reducing the impact of force. The children have to make a carrier to protect an egg so that it can be dropped from a height of 1 metre without breaking.
Cafe Wall Illusion is a fun investigation which shows how our brain can sometimes be tricked into seeing things which aren't really there. Children make their own cafe wall illusion and investigate the conditions that make this illusion appear.
Colour Magic is a short investigation to extend work on coloured light using coloured filters. The children write secret messages using the science investigated.
Rusty Reactions is a short investigation to see which conditions cause iron or steel nails to rust.
Work Hard - Hard Work is a short but fun investigation about work-hardening of metals. Children get to test their strength against each other - or do they?
Perfect Pennies is a simple investigation where different everyday liquids are used to clean old tarnished pennies through reaction of the liquid with the tarnish on the penny. This introduces reactions of simple everyday acids.
Acid Rain 1 - Can we dissolve chalk? introduces the effect of acid rain on the built environment. The children see first-hand what happens to chalk-based substances in simple everyday acids.
Slimy Science is a fun investigation where the children make their own slime. They then investigate the properties of the slime as it is quite an usual material.
In Development Everyday Materials is a teaching package containing exercises and simple experiments to demonstrate the many properties of materials that pupils will not have come across before. Common materials, which the majority of pupils will be familiar with, are used.
Eye Can See You is a fun investigation to do in the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology, finding out how eyes vary between different animals and why.
Acid Rain 2: What happens to our environment? introduces the children to the effect of acid rain on the living/natural environment. They can see how the acidity of rain water directly affects the growth of plants.
