Join us as we uncover the fascinating world of science using everyday items - this time, it's all about Paper Kitchen Towels! Get ready to be amazed by the simplicity and magic of science in the spirit of Christmas.
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Let’s bring a science experiment to a winter wonderland! This simple and Christmas activity to do with young children, but I liked fizzing the magical Christmas Wonderland myself too. It is a simple way to make me feel...

This crystal snowflake is made by dipping shaped pipe cleaners into borax dissolved in boiling water. As the water cools, borax forms crystals that cling to pipe cleaners making this incredible Christmas tree decoration.

Therapy dogs help so many different people in so many ways. In a new short series from HooplaHa and Inclusion Films, Sullivan's Travels, we get a pawsitively adorable look. Sullivan is a young therapy dog who got her...

Let me show you how to make a melting snowman experiment that is both simple and festive. The first step is to mix one glass of baking soda with 1 tbsp of salt, 2 tbsp of hand wash and 4 tbsp of water. Next, mould three balls and stack...

Connecting LEDs together with wire can be very fiddly - especially for primary aged pupils. This project uses strips of aluminium cooking foil to connect them together. I've made these with Yr4+. Not all LEDs will work with 3V - check...

Every year, it's the same: people rush from store to store to get gifts for their beloved ones. Christmas develops even more into a consume driven celebration. Today, we ask ourselves: where does Christmas have its roots - why do we even...

Project Apollo took America to the moon. But what came before? The second in our series of films using archive footage to tell the story of America's early days in space looks at Project Gemini: America's crucial programme designed to...

Project Apollo: the most famous space programme to date. In the final part of our trilogy exploring American’s first steps into space, we tell the tale of the Apollo program. Watch Project Geminif='https://youtMercuryTTXAJJkhc'...

Do you know why we put out salt on the streets during the winter months? Salt dissolves in water and lowers its freezing point, so it takes temperature to drop even lower to turn salted water into ice. Our picture today will...

Candle carousels, or Christmas pyramids, are part of the German Christmas tradition. It is fun watching them spin around like a merry-go-round. But why exactly do Christmas pyramids spin? There is no electricity, just candles! In this...

As humans, we sometimes project our thoughts and emotions onto things that aren't human. In this clip from the 2011 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Meet Your Brain", Bruce Hood shows how we can interpret shapes as having their own "personalities",...

In 1959, Project Mercury became the United States' maiden space programme. This is the story of that programme, told through beautiful archive footage. Watch Project Geminif='https://youtApolloXVisitJkhc' target='_blank'...

Being an astronaut is stressful. But astronauts aren’t the best at admitting when they’re feeling the strain. An innovative research project uses speech analysis to spot hints of underlying anxieties. Day 19 of our advent calendar, A...