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Here are some amazing science activities you can do at home or in the classroom.

Balloons

A man holding an orange balloon over a soft drink bottle half filled with white liquid.
Balloon Blowout
A inflated green balloon with a wooden skewer coming out of one side.
Balloon Kebab
A inflated balloon attached to a piece of flat wood that has wheels attached underneath.
Balloon Powered Car
A woman blowing into a pink balloon which itself is inside a plastic soft drink bottle.
Balloons in Bottles
A plastic soft drink bottle with a pink rubber balloon inside, a pink rubber diaphragm at the bottom, and a yellow lump of plasticine on top.
Model of Lung
The bottom of a inflated green balloon being touched by the flame of a white candle under it.
Stop the Pop
A quarter inflated green balloon floating in a tub of water.
Balloon Compass
A balloon attached to an old record sitting on a table.
CD Balloon Hovercraft

Bubbles

A woman making a large bubble.
Bubble Mix Recipe
Two hands holding a paper cup with green liquid inside, next to a clear pepper grinder.
Pepper Scatter
Two hands holding a paper cup and a toothpick.
Soap Boat
A white plastic plate that has water in it and colourful swirls.
Storm in a Saucer

Fluids

A jar with a white cap and red and yellow liquids layered inside.
Oil and Water
Pop top explosion
Pop Top Fountain
A soft drink bottle with water inside and a floating object.
Squidy - The Cartesian Diver
A witch holding a tub of green slime.
Cornflour Slime
Two hands holding marbles over two jars filled with liquids.
Falling Marbles
A jug of water being poured into a beaker that has a white nappy in it.
Nappy Soak
A photo of a man with blonde hair and wearing a black shirt.
Suspended Egg
A man kneeling on a lawn, with a plastic tub and soft drink bottle in front of him. Soft drinking is projecting into the air.
Mentos Fountain

Cimate Change

Two clear plastic cups taped end to end.
Mini Greenhouse

Temperature

A vertical square flat pice of aluminium foil, coming out of a black cardboard box with a hold in the top.
Solar Powered Oven
A close up of a plastic cup with yellow oily fluid inside.
Lava Lamp
A pair of hands holding a plastic soft drink bottle that is in a bowl filled with water and ice cubes.
Cool Crush
A person with grey leather gloves on, is stirring with a wooden spoon, in a small white bown. Fog is coming out of this bowl and flows down into a steel bowl under it.
Science Ice-cream
A red and blue drink bottle, both suspended in a tub of water, have red liquid floating up and blue liquid sinking down.
Temperature Layers
A water drink bottle wrapped with paper has cool steam coming off it, blown by a nearby fan.
Toilet Roll Cooler

Electricity

An inflated green balloon next to a Coke can.
Aluminium Can Static Roll
A woman looking up at two long balloons and a model paper octopus.
Floating Octopus
Someone's hands wearing a green wrist watch, holding a 9 volt battery that is held up to a inflated white balloon.
Pop Fuse
a long pink straw with copper wire wraped around it continuously, with the wire connecting its two ends to a AA battery.
Solenoid Chute

Sound

A close up of a wooden clothes peg with two pieces of copper wiring wrapped around each peg leg.
Wired for Sound
Five glasses on a table with different colour water and levels in each.
Glass Bottle Orchestra
A woman looking down at a pink inflated balloon.
Orbiting Money
A woman blowing into a plastic device
Weird Whirring Widget

Forces

A wooden cube sitting on a corrugated folder paper bridge.
Corrugated Paper
Two hands tapping a white vertical cylinder with a round base, and a cartoon cut out stuck on front.
Knock Down Clown
A box of baking soda is next to a large flat plate that has a white splatter on it, and a white liquid trail goes into the air.
Pop Rocket
A man wearing a silver jacket and a black shirt, is holding up a 30 cm ruler.
Ruler Break
A man holding up a Coke can with a piece of string tied to the top, and heading the bottom of the can with a burner.
Steam Powered Can
A vertical cylindrical paper tube sitting on a white plate, has a flame at the top.
Teabag Rocket

Senses

A pair of hands using an eye dropper and a small brown bottle. Beside sits green and yellow defalted balloons.
Scented Balloons
A man wearing glasses looks on at another man with a wooden clothes peg on his nose, sip through a draw of a red drink in a plastic cup.
Taste Test
A man wearing glasses, is holding up a white disc with a picture in black of a cage.
Tricky Picture

Other Videos

Two candles sitting on a white plate.
Edible Candle
A hand inside a black and white box with the end cut out, is point down.
Star Gazer