Marine Energy Problem Solving Challenge
This Marine Energy Problem Solving Challenge was developed by the Environmental Research Institute as a result of funding from the Scottish Government's Do Something Creative. Do Science campaign. »
Experiments and Challenges
We have carefully selected some fantastic experiments and challenges that you can try in your classroom or at home from making a volcano with baking soda to building your own K'Nex castle.
K'Nex Castle challenge
Build a K'Nex Castle challenge »
K'Nex play park challenge
A large company is planning to build a play park for your school and the chief engineer wants you to design and build a piece of equipment for it. »
K'Nex Ferris wheel
A new amusement park is being built and the chief engineer wants your team to design and build a Ferris wheel »
Build an Airbrake Car
Build an Airbrake Car from simple items. Once assembled, the car will be propelled along the floor using the stored energy in the wound elastic band. »
Build a Trebuchet
What is a Trebuchet you ask?! A Trebuchet is basically a mechanical arm that throws things over long distances. This guide will help you build your own. »
Build a Wind Turbine
Build a wind turbine with simple items. This is a great experiment to understand this renewable energy source. »
Build a Cantilever Bridge
Build a Cantilever Bridge, like the Forth Road Bridge, from card. »
Build a Rocket Car
Build a Rocket Car from simple items such as bottle tops, wire, straws and a skewer! »
Build a Land Yacht
Build a Land Yacht from simple items and take advantage of our ample supply of natural energy. »
Electromagnetic buzzer
Make your own using basic items you can find around the home. »
A useful electromagnet
Create an electromagnet that will be of practical use in your house. »
Iron in cereal
Use magnets to test the iron content found in breakfast cereals. »
Fizzy drink eruption
Re-create the famous fizzy drink eruption effect with litle more than some metos mints and fizzy pop. »
Baking soda volcano
Create a realistic volcano effect for use in your own animated film! »
Fruit battery
Use the acids withn different fruits to power a battery. »
Egg in a bottle
Use differences in air pressure to suck an egg inside a bottle. »
Make your own ice-cream
Make your own variety of flavours of ice-cream. »
Bloodstain pattern analysis
Bloodstain pattern analysis draws on the scientific disciplines of biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics »
Cryptography
Cryptography is the practice and study of hiding information »
Fingerprints
Forensic and detective technique used to solve a crime scenario »
Physics in the field
A shortlist of 5 top easy physics tricks and experiments created by the Institute of Physics which you can try in the classroom or at home. Watch how to make marshmallows by creating a vacuum and how to play a tune using drinking straws. »
K'nex Mars Rover Challenge
Build a K'nex Mars Rover Challenge »
K'nex Bridge Challenge
Build a K'nex Bridge Challenge »
K'Nex Turbine Challenge
Build a K'Nex Turbine Challenge »
