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KS2 (age 7 to 11)

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Egg-drop trick

Can you use science to pull off a cool trick?

This free downloadable image bank showcases the tools, people and challenges behind the development of computers.

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Mystery tubes

Work out how shoelaces are connected inside a closed tube.

Make a device called a phenakistoscope, which displays a continuously looping animation.

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Cipher wheel

Make a cipher wheel of your own with this learning activity, which you can use to encrypt and decrypt messages.

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Bubble Geometry

Make use of geometry in observing the shapes and angles soap bubbles create when they join together.

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Enigma cipher machine

Enigma cipher machines were designed to create complex encrypted messages that were almost impossible to break.

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