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First up we have an engineering challenge: can you knock down all the targets with a toilet paper roll, a balloon and some pom poms? Perfecting your pom pom cannon design and your aim could pass a whole afternoon!

Next, if you’re feeling puzzle-y, we’ve got an entire guide to solving grid-based logic puzzles and a space-themed logic brainteaser to keep you going. Become a regular Sherlock with puzzles ranging from kittens to T. rex!

But if you feel more like impressing your friends and family with science, then we’ve got this splashy water magic trick for you to master and perform! Find a place in your home that’s easy to clean up because we bet you won’t pull it off on the first try…

While you’re working with water, why not make a sky jar and discover the physics behind the beautiful colours of a sunrise and sunset? All it takes is a little splash of milk.

Finally, we’ll finish with this year’s most viewed activity: make giant cell cookies! Have a blast baking these extra-chunky cookies and decorating them like tiny cells. If you’re keen to explore more biology in the kitchen, check out runners-up, glitter grapes and ceviche!