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Stick Man Activity Ideas

Stick Man Activity Ideas

Stick Man by Julia Donaldson is one of my favourite children's books, I think party because it reminds me of Autumn and Christmas which are my favourite times of the year. Stick Man has inspired a lot ...

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Preserving Autumn Leaves

Preserving Autumn Leaves

We've been collecting lovely Autumn leaves over the last few weeks and noticed how they seem to curl up and become crunchy after just a few days, so we thought we'd try a few different methods to try ...

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Top 10 Outdoor Summer Science Activities

Top 10 Outdoor Summer Science Activities

Summer is a great time to get outdoors, play, explore and learn at the same time. We've got 10 brilliant outdoor summer science activities to keep you busy.Set up a zip wire outdoors or ...

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Why do plants need water?

Why do plants need water?

A few days ago we noticed that one of our little pumpkin plants on the window sill had wilted.  The soil looked dry so we watered the plant and after a few hours it was standing lovely and straight ...

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15 Science Experiments for Autumn and Fall

15 Science Experiments for Autumn and Fall

Autumn is such a great time of year, I love the colourful leaves underfoot and the first hint of winter. To celebrate the changing seasons I've pulled together a wonderful collection of Fall Science ...

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Why do leaves change colour in Autumn?

Why do leaves change colour in Autumn?

A sign of autumn is when leaves on some trees start to change colour. The green colour starts to fade to be replaced by red, orange or yellow, do you know why leaves change colour in autumn?Plants ...

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How strong is a conker?

How strong is a conker?

We finally managed to find a few conkers last weekend, so set about experimenting with making them stronger. A quick bit of research told me that standard methods of strengthening a conker are soaking ...

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Challenge and Discover – Water Science

Challenge and Discover – Water Science

Water is pretty amazing. Did you know it is the only natural substance to exist in three physical states at temperature naturally occuring on Earth?Water covers about 70% of the surface of the ...

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Going on a Minibeast Hunt

Going on a Minibeast Hunt

Welcome to Day 4 of our Spectacular Summer Science series.Today we've been on a minibeast hunt. The girls are fascinated by all bugs and insects and not the least bit squeamish.We downloaded ...

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Make your own Wormery

Make your own Wormery

We were kindly sent a kit to make a wormery a few weeks ago, which the children loved not only setting up, but observing the worms as well. We missed it a bit when we put the worms back in the ...

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