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We’ve found 270 activities:
Frame the wind
Find out how renewable energies help us create a better world.
Supported by
Gas Distribution Networks
45 mins
Indoors
Try the Beat the Heat experiment
Discover how different colours absorb heat in this fun experiment with water
1 hr
Outdoors
Explore different water worlds
Create miniature water worlds, then explore the water cycle.
1 hr
Indoors
Play trespassing train
Try this game to see just how hard it can be to sneak past a train and learn why you should never trespass on the railways
Supported by
The Rail Industry
10 mins
Outdoors
Play train controller crossing
Learn about staying safe at the railway as you try this twist on 'red light, green light'
Supported by
The Rail Industry
10 mins
Indoors
Cardboard canoes
Design and build boats out of cardboard, and then test them in your own competition.
3 hrs
At camp
Play Canoe Polo
Use your kayak skills in this fun water based game
30 mins
On water
Learn about online safety issues
Work together to discover and try to solve some of the current issues faced by young people online.
30 mins
Indoors
Explore the impact of online content
Discover the different ways that online content can positively and negatively influence people’s ideas, emotions and behaviours.
30 mins
Indoors
Mo and Jaz's tech tales
Find out what to do when you see something online that makes you feel unhappy, worried or scared.
20 mins
Indoors
Design an app to help others
Think about how you'd make a quick and easy app to help your local community.
40 mins
Indoors
Clean up a local waterway or marine area
Protect seas, lakes, rivers, canals and more, so everyone can enjoy their time by the water.
Supported by
Royal Navy
30 mins
Outdoors
Build a mini paddle boat
Make a mini paddle boat and watch as kinetic energy powers it along.
Supported by
Royal Navy
45 mins
Indoors
Learn how tides work
Use this model to explore how the Earth’s Sun and Moon influence the tides
Supported by
Royal Navy
30 mins
Indoors
Try a railway safety quiz
Test your train and railway safety knowledge with this fun quiz, which is sure to get you train-travel ready.
Supported by
The Rail Industry
30 mins
Indoors
Play Trains and Ladders
Try this twist on human snakes and ladders, as you make right and wrong choices along the train tracks.
Supported by
The Rail Industry
1 hr
Outdoors
Train safety obstacle course
Learn all about electricity at the railway as you move your way through this quick obstacle course.
Supported by
The Rail Industry
45 mins
Outdoors
Try to whittle a tent peg
Whittle your own tent peg and learn knife skills in this traditional scout activity.
Supported by
Victorinox
45 mins
Outdoors
Make your own marshmallow stick
Create your own marshmallow roasting stick while learning how to use a knife.
Supported by
Victorinox
45 mins
Outdoors
Try to carve a spoon
Carve your own spoon and learn how to use a knife.
Supported by
Victorinox
45 mins
Outdoors
Make your own cork prints
Carve some cork print blocks and learn knife skills in this creative activity.
Supported by
Victorinox
45 mins
Indoors
Row to the rhythm
Have fun on the water as you paddle to the beat.
Supported by
Royal Navy
30 mins
On water
Kayak keep away
Practise your stopping, starting, and turning with an energetic game on the water. Don’t take your eye off the ball!
Supported by
Royal Navy
15 mins
On water
Hygiene hijinks
Explore survival hygiene, filter your own water, and create an ancient toothbrush.
Supported by
Victorinox
1 hr
Indoors
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