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Make self-propelled rockets out of juice bottles, and learn how a chemical reaction which produces gas can be used to propel a

Learn about mixtures, solutions and chemical reactions while making home-made play dough.

Make soap powered boats and learn how soap affects the way water molecules hold onto each other.

Experiment with the chemistry of candles and make a flame jump through the air.

Make an uncooked egg bounce.

Discover the hidden colours in ink.

Make amazing balancing structures and explore the science of stability.

Make a homemade parachute to transport an egg safely to the ground, and explore what it means to do a fair test.

Try out an amazing trick with a coat hanger and some string, and think about the science of sound.

Become engineers for the day, by building structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows, and investigating the properties of

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