RESOURCES
A bank of creative science activity resources to help those looking after children at home over the next few weeks to help keep them curious!
TOTS TIME SCIENCE
BOOKLET
'What's In The Box?' will take you through a series of activities to do at home with little ones. This activity is all about inspiring curiosity.
Ages: Under 3s
Duration: Half and hour
TOTS TIME SCIENCE
EXPLAINER
This document gives some more ideas about different kinds of things to put in the boxes for 'What's In The Box?'.
Ages: Under 3s
Duration: Half and hour
BACK GARDEN
SCAVENGER HUNT
Have a go at finding all sorts of different items in the back garden. This playful activity is all about observation skills and opens up conversations about nature and biodiversity.
Ages: Primary
Duration: Up to an hour depending on size of space
MYCELIUM MODELS
This document takes you through how to make models out of mushrooms. This experiment takes several weeks, and you'll cultivate mycelium and mould it into different shapes. This activity is all about scientific methodology and biology.
Ages: KS2 and KS3
Duration: Half-hour activities every few weeks for six weeks
THE IGNITE! SCIENCE
BUSKING HANDBOOK
Have a go at making some of our most popular simple science tricks and try them out on the rest of the family. These science tricks are all about the senses and how our brains interpret the world around us.
Ages: Primary
Duration: An hour to do all the tricks
POSTCARDS FROM
SPACE
Imagine you're writing a postcard home from space, telling someone about everything you can see and do. This creative activity is about learning about conditions in space as much as it is about using the imagination.
Ages: Primary
Duration: Up to an hour
CURIOSITY BOXES
A simple activity exploring what makes objects curious, what is curiosity and how to create your own cabinet of curiosity.
Ages: All ages - children and adults!
Duration: Half an hour for each object
LAB_13 BIOCITY COOKBOOK
A resource for primary science teachers based on activities developed through our Lab_13 BioCity initiative and inspired by the questions of pupils across Nottingham.
Ages: KS2
Duration: Each activity can take around 50 minutes