Seas the day with Science World’s Summer Activity Pack! Design fun, bubbly artwork, create a ferry impressive boat powered by soap, and take a colourful walk to brighten up your day.
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At-Home Experiments
Indoor Rainbows
Make your very own rainbow with a glass of water! You’ll need:
- small glass container
- water
- small mirror
- flashlight
Colour Walk
Find things in nature that represent each colour of the rainbow. You’ll need:
- paper
- pencils or coloured crayons
- list of rainbow colours
Bubble Prints
Paint with bubbles in this fun art activity! You’ll need:
- newspaper
- container of water
- dish soap
- food colouring
- straw
- white construction paper or card
Soap-powered Boats
Build a paper boat and watch it move across water! You’ll need:
- large container of water
- small container of liquid soap
- empty milk carton
- scissors
- toothpicks
Chromatography Caper
Observe chromatography in action and create colourful artwork. You’ll need:
- paper towel or coffee filters
- markers
- water
- tape
- plastic or paper cups
- pencil
Water Filtration Challenge
Create clean water and learn how water is filtered for our use. You’ll need:
- pail with dirty water
- table or flat surface to work on
- clear plastic 2L pop bottles
- filtering items such as dirt, wood chips or cotton balls
How much water would it take to put out the sun?
Unlike a flame, the sun doesn’t burn, it creates heat and light through nuclear fission. Learn why this makes it hard for even trillions of gallons of water to extinguish the sun.
How does sunscreen work?
Discover how sunscreen works to protect our skin from harmful ultraviolet (UV) light, a type of radiation emitted by the sun.
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