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young girl in pigtails is blowing into a balloon that is strapped onto a homemade racing car

Physics

Balloon car racers

Build and race your own balloon powered cars.

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a woman with glasses leans away as a young boy holds up a balloon in one hand

Physics

Static magic

Explore the magical world of static electricity by making charged objects move without touching them.

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a young girl is running her finger over the rim of a glass while smiling at her mother

Physics

Singing wine glasses

Make music with wine glasses and squash, and investigate how changing one variable can affect another.

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young girl in red dress holding two wooden spoons and some string tied in a loose circle around them from which emerges a giant bubble

Chemistry

Giant bubbles

Learn why bubbles are always round and find out how to make giant bubbles with a couple of wooden spoons and some string.

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red curly haired young girl smiles to the camera, next to her is a glass filled with oil and some red liquid

Chemistry

Homemade lava lamp

Build a homemade lava lamp and use a surprising property of citrus fruits to explore the science of floating and sinking.

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two boys holding up Pringles cans as if they are cannons

Physics

Rubber band cannons

Build rubber band cannons from crisp tins and drinks bottles, and use them to explore projectile motion.

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chess board with chess pieces made out of wood

Maths

Off-the-shelf Masterclass: Being systematic

Investigate how many squares there are on a chessboard (hint: not 64) and extend this reasoning to cubes, triangular grids, and

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the letter Pi on a chalkboard with the numeric value of Pi underneath up to the 23rd decimal point

Maths

Off-the-shelf Masterclass: Special number pi

Introduce your students to pi and explore its fundamental connection to circles, and the randomness in its infinite string of

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Sierpiński's triangle drawn on the ground with chalk

Maths

Off-the-shelf Masterclass: Sierpinski’s triangle

Explore Sierpinski’s triangle, a beautiful mathematical shape which appears in surprising places. Create the shape in different

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close-up of a daisy

Maths

Off-the-shelf Masterclass: Numbers in nature

What is the Golden Ratio and why is it interesting? Why does it crop up in nature so often? Here we explore these questions and

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