Resources by Planet Science
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Egg Box and Cress Heads *suitable for home teaching*
The Egg Box resource is a series of seven eggy experiments from Planet Science for children to investigate. Extra science notes are given with each experiment for parents to discuss with their children. Cress Heads has a further three experiments on growing cress, jumping beans and foil spirals from Planet Science...
Egypt, 1st Century BC - Dissolving: The World’s Most Expensive Cocktail
The story of the pearl Cleopatra dropped into vinegar to impress mark Anthony is the basis for an investigation designed by Planet Science into whether pearls (or in this case, oyster shells or sea shells) dissolve in acidic solutions. The resource also explains where pearls come from and the chemistry behind...
Fortune Tellers
In this Planet Science resource, instructions are given for making a fortune teller so students can make one with their own questions and answers. Attractive templates are provided where the science topic links to a possible career. They can be used to stimulate interest among 9 to 13 year olds and suggest possible...
Get Outside!
The collection from Planet Science provides resources, ideas and downloadable materials for children and their parents to encourage children’s observation and awareness of the world around them. There are four areas to explore, The Beach, Starwatching, Camouflage and Materials.
This collection of Planet Science resources consists of science lesson activities for students aged 11 to 14, highlighting a different transferable skill and an example of someone using this skill in their non-science profession. Students can see that skills gained in science lessons can be used in whatever...
This resource from Planet Science consists of stories taken from the past or present which are designed to inform and inspire students to examine in some detail important issues affecting other parts of the world. Teacher’s notes, activities and practical work are included.
Hungry Caterpillar
This activity from Planet Science uses as its base the popular children’s book The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, which focuses on the life cycle of the butterfly, provides the inspiration for activities which link to the curriculum in that animals, including humans, move, feed, grow, use their senses and...
Illusory Pendulum Experiment
The Illusory Pendulum Experiment from Planet Science, available in English, French, German and Spanish, is used to demonstrate the sensitivity of the eye to light. A swinging pendulum is set up and is observed when dark filters are placed on each eye in turn. The pendulum appears to execute a different motion...
Jaipur, India - Natural Dyes, Paints and Colours
In this Planet Science resource, an introduction on natural and synthetic dyes leads on to activities in which students devise an experiment for making a natural dye and testing its colour fastness. A feature on the Indian painter Shammi Banu and the techniques he uses to use paints made form natural sources like...
Let’s Get Detoxed: Scientific Claims from Advertising
This resource, from Planet Science, examines the claims made by AquaDetox that toxins can be extracted from the body by electrolysis of a salt solution in which feet are bathed. The lesson activities revise the way in which toxins are removed from the body naturally and use practical work to investigate and...