Resources by Science Museum
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The innovative, British-designed computers named Pegasus first appeared in 1956 and enjoyed long and successful careers. This book discusses the origins of the Pegasus project from wartime know-how through to the involvement of Ferranti Ltd, giving tribute to the remarkable achievements of the individual designers...
Periscope
You can’t see around corners… or can you? In this activity, carefully placed mirrors change the path light takes twice, making it possible to look over walls, around corners and even behind you – all without being seen.
Learning outcomes:
- Investigate how light travels in a straight line and can...
Pinball Power
The simple pinball machine in this activity is made from a cardboard box, with ice lolly sticks as the flippers. It provides a great opportunity to explore the science of forces and motion. Game on!
Learning outcomes:
- Investigate simple mechanisms and Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Use...
Planning a Collapsed Timetable Day
This resource provides a list of top tips from teachers across the UK and from The Science Museum, on how to plan a successful collapsed timetable day. An example plan for a collapsed timetable day on climate change is included.
Powerful Questions
This activity is designed to support teachers in designing questions or statements which spark the imagination and stimulate a discussion.
The activity helps teachers to create questions that engage students by linking topics they enjoy
talking about, directly with the content being taught.
Rocket mice
In this activity students make an air-powered launcher to propel a card mouse.
Equipment required:
Plastic bottle, card, scissors, tape.
Rocket Mice
This activity involves shooting a rocket high into the air by rapidly squashing a plastic bottle launcher.
It’s a great opportunity to challenge the old saying “What goes up must come down”. You won’t get this rocket into space—but some real rockets do go fast enough to prove the saying wrong.
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The Science Museum in South Kensington welcomes over 2.8 million visitors each year and cares for our national collections in science, technology, industry and medicine – over 300,000 objects, some of which date back to prehistoric times, and including more world ‘firsts’ than any other single institution. Through...
Selective Breeding and Genetic Modification
Produced by the Punk Science team from the Science Museum, this video clip asks, "What’s the difference between selective breeding and genetic modification?" The engaging video looks at how traits can be selected by breeders to produce offspring with desirable features. This is compared with genetic engineering,...
Spaghetti Structures
Engineers put pure scientific knowledge into practice – but their jobs often involve practical testing, problem-solving and teamwork too. This activity calls all of these skills into action, to help build a tall, strong tower using spaghetti and marshmallows.
Learning outcomes:
- Investigate the...