Valentine’s Day Science Lesson Planning Ideas

by Mark Langley. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, no doubt many of you will be looking for ideas to link your class activity with a day that may be on many of your students minds.  In our video, Mark Langley, one of the Professional Development Leaders at the National Science Learning Centre demonstrates how to [...]

Merry Christmas from the Science Learning Centres

Welcome to the last of our resource and activity gifts for Christmas. A huge thank you to all of our delegates who have participated at one of the Science Learning Centres across the country this year. Here are the last of our resources for you to share, use or take inspiration from. Primary (Please scroll [...]

What time is feeding time?

by Richard Needham Here is a suggestion for an activity you can use with children of primary or secondary age. It involves collecting information about when birds visit a bird feeder over a twelve hour period. I used it to find out if feeding patterns in garden birds are linked to changing light levels. You [...]

Dry Ice Demonstration

In this video senior professional development leader, Simon Quinnell, presents the dry ice demonstration. This is a good demonstration for discussing the properties of gases, acids and alkalies and for using at open evenings: Watch the video Please ensure you undertake a full risk assessment before performing this demonstration and that it meets your institutions [...]

Winter Primary Science Activities

As a seasonal treat we have filmed a couple of activities to get primary pupils discussing the properties of snow and ice: Watch the video

Cannon Fire Demonstration

The fourth in our series of demonstration videos is the ‘Cannon Fire’ experiment which can be used to demonstrate oxidation. This impressive demonstration produces loud, crackling bursts of flame which resemble the sound of cannon fire. Please ensure you undertake a full risk assessment before performing this demonstration and that it meets your institutions health [...]

Whoosh Bottle Demonstration

The Whoosh Bottle demonstration is an exciting experiment which can be used to demonstrate the combustion process.

Methane Bubbles Experiment

This is the second in our series of demonstration videos developed to get your students Enthused about science. Please ensure you undertake a full risk assessment before performing this demonstration and that it meets your institutions health and safety requirements. We also recommend you consult CLEAPSS or SERC. The following Science learning Centre courses are [...]

Coffee Whitener Flames Demonstration

Watch Simon Quinnell demonstrate the Coffee Whitener Flames experiment. This experiment can be demonstrated using cheap and readily available materials and is relevant to chemistry, physics and biology. Please ensure you undertake a full risk assessment before performing this demonstration and that it meets your institutions health and safety requirements. We also recommend you consult [...]