Your pocket money is alive! Well, sort of. Well, not really. But your coins will certainly seem alive after this experiment. You don’t need time or a laboratory for this one; like the tremendous teabag rocket, the test takes less than ten minutes. Furthermore, it uses entirely household materials, so won’t harm the environment! You […]
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The BIG EXPERIMENT results!14/07/2020
You dunked. And you dunked. And you dunked, and dunked, and dunked… In our big experiment, we asked young scientists and their parents across the country to dunk three types of branded biscuit. With this data, we’ve been able to work out which is the most dunkable. But who was the winner? Let’s take a […]
See NEOWISE (CosWatch Blog 7)13/07/2020
Welcome to the seventh of Fun Science‘s CosWatch blog posts, which you can read through with your young scientist and learn how to see the comet NEOWISE. This comet is visible for about the next week, but then will be absent for thousands of years. Unless you’re immortal or a ghost, don’t delay! What is […]
See Andromeda (CosWatch Blog 6)10/07/2020
Welcome to the sixth of Fun Science‘s CosWatch blog posts, which you can read through with your young scientist and learn how to see Andromeda, our galactic next-door neighbour. What is CosWatch? There’s so much to see in the night sky! You may have seen Brian Cox on TV describing the “wonders of the universe”, […]
See Uranus (CosWatch Blog 5)01/07/2020
Welcome to the second of Fun Science‘s CosWatch blog posts, which you can read through with your young scientist and learn how to see Uranus. What is CosWatch? There’s so much to see in the night sky! You may have seen Brian Cox on TV describing the “wonders of the universe”, or Carl Sagan talking […]
Forensic Fun: Fantastic Fingerprints!29/06/2020
BREAKING NEWS: There has been a crime at the Fun Science HQ. Chemical Cress has discovered that all of her delicious digestive cookies for the Big Experiment have been eaten! Clearly, some forensic investigation (detective talk for “collecting clues”) is required. This is the perfect time to whip out our Fantastic Fingerprints experiment. You will […]
Moon Phases (CosWatch Blog 4)23/06/2020
Welcome to the second of Fun Science‘s CosWatch blog posts, which you can read through with your young scientist and learn the phases of the Moon. What is CosWatch? There’s so much to see in the night sky! You may have seen Brian Cox on TV describing the “wonders of the universe”, or Carl Sagan […]
TOP SCIENTISTS trading card game23/06/2020
TOP SCIENTISTS Starter Pack! We’ve just released the starter park for our new collectible trading card game. This game plays just like Top Trumps – young scientists can compare the stats of scientists in fields such as astronomy, geology, biology and space exploration! How do I play the game? Every starter or booster pack […]
See Orion’s Belt (CosWatch Blog 3)17/06/2020
Welcome to the third of Fun Science‘s CosWatch blog posts, which you can read through with your young scientist and learn how to see Orion’s Belt. What is CosWatch? There’s so much to see in the night sky! You may have seen Brian Cox on TV describing the “wonders of the universe”, or Carl Sagan […]
Five simple science experiments to do at home09/06/2020
Lockdown can be frustrating, boring and repetitive, especially if you’re a scientist. Here’s some of our favourite simple science experiments to do at home! 1. The Tremendous Tea rocket Time: 10 minutes Grown-ups like to say that they enjoy tea because it “tastes nice” or “wakes them up”. I’m now able to exclusively reveal that […]
