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Blow-up balloon

Can you blow up a balloon without using your mouth?

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Bouncy egg

Can you make an egg bounce?

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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.

Cut out simple shape templates and look through them to find similar shapes in the real world with this free learning activity.

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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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