the little book of experiments...parents section

body beautiful

Choose an experiment to help you learn more about your body. Or just have fun with our home-spa recipes and find out a little about how face masks and moisturisers work.

Choose... Shrunken Heads Edible DNA Model Edible Fake Blood Tastebud Tickler Bendy Bones Arm Levitation Glitter Bath Bombs Banana Face Pack Hand and Body Gel Model Brains Very Berry Lip Gloss Rotting Eggs and Rotting Teeth

it's a model universe

Working models of stuff from our universe, from hovercrafts to moon craters.

Choose... A Towering Success Balloon Rocket Bouncy Custard Balls Feeling The Pressure Green Pennies Make Your Own Thermometer Sedimentary Sandwich Sky In A Jar Solar System Biscuits Spinning Juice The Air Powered Car Watching The (Water) Clock Edible DNA Model Edible Fake Blood Build your own Hovercraft Make your own compass Camel-Goat Cat's Eyes Cheese Fractures Cocoa Craters Model Brains Make a Fossil Mini Waterworld Oily Hubbub Pinhole Camera Whether the Weather

green stuff

Lots of experiments with fruit and veg.

Choose... DNA Extraction In Your Own Kitchen Self Slicing Banana Amazing Onions Carrot Pump Grow your own Avocado Tree Colour Change Cabbage Light Fantastic

feel the force

Experiments exploring magnetism, pressure, density & other physical phenomena.

Choose... Balancing Forks: Advanced Balloon Rocket Bernoulli's Apples Crystal Hearts Cupid's Arrow Cutting The Ice Fast Food Feeling The Pressure Fruit Force Recycling Plastic? Sorted! The Air Powered Car The Big Dripper The Blubber Glove The Strange Case of the Weighty Balloon Water Great Trick Spraygun Arm Levitation Build your own Hovercraft Make your own Compass Camel-Goat Carrot Pump Cocoa Craters Forever Blowing Bubbles Model Brains Amazing Antigravity Bubbles Custard Gone Crazy Egg Spin Ketchup Sachet Magic Cotton Magic Milk Bottles Magnetic Coppers Mini Geyser Pressurised Plastic Shivering coin

fascinating food

More ways to mess around with your food and boost your scientific knowledge in the process.

Choose... A Towering Success Bouncy Custard Balls Cupid's Arrow Fast Food Green Pennies Grow Your Own Salticle Make Your Own Thermometer Russian Reaction Roulette Sedimentary Sandwich Shrunken Heads Simply Nuts Sky In A Jar Solar System Biscuits The Blubber Glove Warm Hearts Edible Fake Blood Tastebud Tickler Bendy Bones Fermented Milk Colourful Coins Flaming Fruit Fly Food Self-slicing Banana Amazing Onions Banana Facepack Carrot Pump Churning Butter Very Berry Lipgloss Bad Breath Cheesy Waves Colour Change Cabbage Custard Gone Crazy Egg Spin Growing Crystals Ketchup Sachet Oily Hubbub

party tricks

Party tricks to amaze and astound your guests. (Some may need preparation beforehand.)

Choose... A Troubled Bubble? Balancing Forks: Advanced Bernoulli's Apples Cupid's Arrow Cutting The Ice Fruit Force Simply Nuts Spinning Juice Water Great Trick Edible Fake Blood Colourful Coins Self-slicing Banana Spraygun! Floating Candles Amazing Antigravity Bubbles Forever blowing bubbles Chromatography Quacking Cup Custard Gone Crazy Eternal Flame Illusory Pendulum Ketchup Sachet Magic Cotton Magic Milk Bottles Magnetic Coppers Mini Geyser Oily Hubbub Shivering coin

select alphabetically

All the experiments listed alphabetically.

Choose... A Towering Success A Troubled Bubble? Amazeing Onions Amazing Antigravity Bubbles Arm Levitation Bad Breath Balancing Forks: Advanced Balloon Rocket Banana Face Pack Bernoulli's Apples Bendy Bones Birds in Winter Bouncy Custard Balls Build your own Hovercraft Camel-Goat Carrot Pump Cat's eyes Cheese Fractures Cheesy Waves Chromatography Crystal Hearts Churning Butter Cocoa Craters Colour Change Cabbage Colourful Coins Cupid's Arrow Custard gone crazy Cutting The Ice Edible DNA Model Edible Fake Blood Egg Spin Eternal Flame DNA Extraction In Your Own Kitchen Fast Food Feeling The Pressure Fermented Milk Flaming Fruit Floating Candles Fly Food Forever Blowing Bubbles Fruit Force Glitter Bath Bombs Green Pennies Grow Your Own Avocado Tree Grow Your Own Salticle Growing Crystals Hand and Body Gel Illusory Pendulum Ketchup Sachet Light Fantastic Magic Cotton Magic Milk Bottles Magnetic Coppers Make a Fossil Make Your Own Compass Make Your Own Thermometer Mini Geyser Mini Waterworld Model Brains Oily Hubbub Pinhole Camera Pressurised Plastic Quacking Cup Recycling Plastic? Sorted! Rotting Eggs and Rotten Teeth Russian Reaction Roulette Sedimentary Sandwich Self-slicing Banana Shivering coin Shrunken Heads (For Halloween) Simply Nuts Sky In A Jar Solar System Biscuits Spinning Juice Spraygun! Tastebud Tickler The Air Powered Car The Big Dripper The Blubber Glove The Strange Case of the Weighty Balloon Very Berry Lipgloss Warm Hearts Watching The (Water) Clock Water Great Trick! Whether the Weather