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We’ve found 11 activities:
It’s a-sprout time
Watch a plant as it grows, making sure it has what it needs to thrive.
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Rolls-Royce
20 mins
Indoors
Make DIY hand warmers
Make your own toasty hand warmers for those cold winter walks.
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10 mins
Indoors
Experiment making magic mud
Turn potatoes into something a little less ordinary with this quick science experiment.
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Rolls-Royce
30 mins
Indoors
Try growing some crystals and geodes
Shape some new wonders of the natural world in your meeting place, by creating some sparkling crystals and geodes.
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Rolls-Royce
1 hr
Indoors
Butcher, baker, bath bomb maker
Look into the chemistry of clean and make some brilliant bath bombs from bicarb.
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30 mins
Indoors
Polishing pennies
Make old pennies sparkle with some simple chemical reactions.
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40 mins
Indoors
Storm in a teacup
Understand energy by creating your own tornado.
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20 mins
Indoors
Slimy states
Explore the science behind slime by cooking up a batch of your own.
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40 mins
Indoors
Tower building
Discover the secrets behind the world’s most amazing feats of engineering and build some of your own.
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15 mins
Indoors
It’s a worm’s world
Create an artificial home for worms and watch these amazing digging machines at work.
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40 mins
Indoors
Rainbow celery
Learn how plants 'drink' water with some special colour-changing celery.
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20 mins
Indoors