Activities

Design pixel art icons and write a python program to create a digital step tracker.

Use a micro:bit project to send graphics in this tech-filled treasure hunt.

Discover the different air masses that deliver our weather, and decide if you need your brolly or sunscreen!

Build a weather station as you learn how to find a weather forecast and prepare for take off.

Work as a group to aim for the targets and guess the aircraft designations you know.

Create and code your own paper pixels as you find out how computers display images.

Share your scientific flair with others as you use this guide to put on a demonstration or activity for another group.

Use this guide to plan and run your own experiment, as we scrutinise the science in some of your favourite activities.

Scout out the science of the perfect campfire to create something worthy of the hall of flame.

It’s time to roll the dyes as we experiment with some tie-riffic natural colours and fabrics.

Brush up on your circuitry skills and repurpose some old bits and bobs to make yourself a crazy critter.

Reach for the stars in this space race involving acid-base reaction rockets!

Shape some new wonders of the natural world in your meeting place, by creating some sparkling crystals and geodes.

Magnetise before your eyes to create real working compasses from scratch!

Butcher, baker, bath bomb maker! Look into the chemistry of clean and make some brilliant bath bombs from bicarb.

Use a map of the UK to work out which planets go where, as we explore the wonders of our solar system.

Work together to make a glow-in-the-dark map of the stars, and discover what stars can be seen all over the world.

Work together and show that your team can create a bridge capable of helping an explorer complete his jungle journey.

Use coding skills and compass directions to help a ScoutBot get to camp.

Lift off and learn by becoming an astronaut and boldly venturing to Mars, before returning home to share your discoveries.