By David Shaw, 2 June 2021
This quiz is all about shiny things. Will there be a glimmer in your eye as you get 5/5?
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By David Shaw, 13 May 2021
Here’s a great trick of the light that looks like magic. Put a picture into water, and the colour disappears! And the best thing is, the colour comes back when you take the picture out again.
By David Shaw, 5 May 2021
This quiz is all about change! Can you get full marks first try, or will you need to change your answers?
By David Shaw, 28 April 2021
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made history by flying on Mars. To celebrate the first flight of a copter on another planet, here’s a simple unpowered helicopter you can build at home!
By David Shaw, 21 April 2021
This quiz is all about explosions. Can you make a big bang with correct answers, or are you set to fizzle?
By David Shaw, 15 April 2021
Can you blow a paper ball into a bottle? It sounds easy, but it’s harder than you think!
By David Shaw, 12 February 2021
Imagine you’re a tangle-web spider, and you’ve just snared a nice big critter for dinner. Sounds great, huh? Except there’s a problem. Dinner is 50 times heavier than you, and it’s trying to escape. What’s a spider to do?
By David Shaw, 12 November 2020
Here’s a great excuse for a trip up a mountain! Grab some bottles and learn why it’s hard to breathe at the top of tall mountains.
By David Shaw, 23 September 2020
Although this theme is a bit funny, the questions are no joke. Can you get serious and ace this quiz?
By David Shaw, 9 July 2020
By Beth Askham and David Shaw Did you know that electricity and magnetism are closely related phenomena? In this activity, you’ll create a magnetic field using electricity and find that this can cause chaos for a compass!
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