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Hands-on Activities

Hands-on activities and ideas for kids, including STEM projects, art and crafts, and fun activities for developing motor skills and confidence-building.

Screen-time can be a great way to play and learn when used appropriately. However, offline and screen-free games can provide a fun, stimulating learning experience. Traditional forms of play and enquiry can provide lots of opportunity for collaboration, confidence-building, as well as cognitive and emotional development.

Build a Simple Bug Hotel (Small and Inexpensive)

13th August 202313th August 2023

Bugs and insects play an important role in the ecosystem. Why not create a ‘buzzing’ bug hotel teaming with interesting mini guests for you to observe right in your backyard? …

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Make an Ancient Egyptian Necklace

2nd March 2021

Ancient Egyptian civilisation began around 5000 years ago and lasted for around 3000 years! It was a culture incredibly rich in history, art, and architecture. In this activity, we make …

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How to Make a Volcano

18th February 202129th May 2020
Make a volcano

The following steps will show you how to make a volcano at home, using readily available materials. These powerful forces of nature can be incredibly violent and destructive, but they …

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Categories Hands-on Activities Tags Planet Earth

Build and Race a Balloon Powered Car

17th June 20235th May 2020

Balloon-powered cars are a fun way of demonstrating Newton’s Laws of Motion. Balloon-Powered Car Challenge Why not do this activity with others, and challenge your friends to a race? Print …

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Water Wheel Activity to Show Potential Energy & Kinetic Energy

22nd February 202114th April 2020
Water Wheel

This STEM activity can be used to demonstrate the difference between potential energy and kinetic energy to children. Opportunities for learning: Basic engineering / model building skills Discussing energy types …

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Categories Hands-on Activities Tags Energy, Environment, steam, stem
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