Families | Royal Institution

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

Build and race your own balloon powered cars.

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

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

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

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