Water filters
Make your own water filter and clean up some dirty water.
Tag Archive for: key stage 1
Growing seeds
/0 Comments/in STEM at Home/by Melanie HoranDiscover how to plant seeds in a plastic bag so that you can watch them sprout and grow.
Constellation Tubes
/0 Comments/in STEM at Home/by Melanie HoranDo you want to look at the stars but don’t own a telescope? Make a constellation tube and you can see the stars whenever you want to. All you need is a cardboard tube, a sharp pencil, scissors, glue and our constellation printout.
Plastic bag storer
/0 Comments/in STEM at Home/by Sonia SinghReuse your empty milk containers and create a handy plastic bag storer!
Make a wormery
/0 Comments/in STEM at Home/by Melanie HoranMaking a wormery is a safe and simple way to observe and find out more about worms and what they are up to underneath the ground. All you need is an empty bottle, some soil and vegetable scraps and you are ready to go.
Levers, pulleys and gears – Key Stages 1 & 2
/in CPD, Simple/by Melanie HoranSimple mechanisms for Key Stages 1 and 2: gears, levers and pulleys. Context and activities for classroom and home.
Paper Pillars
/0 Comments/in STEM at Home/by Melanie HoranDuring this investigation you will discover which paper shapes can hold the most books on top of them before they collapse. All you need is paper, a ruler, a pencil and some sticky tape and you are ready to start.
Balancing
/0 Comments/in STEM at Home/by Melanie HoranUsing “Room on a Broom” by Julia Donaldson as inspiration, this activity uses a coat hanger, string, containers such as yogurt pots and some of your small toys to investigate how we can get objects to balance on a beam.
Make Paper Aeroplanes
/0 Comments/in STEM at Home/by Sonia SinghIn this activity, you will make planes using paper. Then you’ll test how far they can fly.
Spinners
/0 Comments/in STEM at Home/by Melanie HoranMake a spinning top from card and a short pencil and explore how your eyes see colour by spinning your top and recording what you can see.
Tag Archive for: key stage 1
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