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Watch science experiments
Websites to visit
Find out more about how light bends and bounces
See what fear and excitement does to your heart
Find out how scientists safely land rovers on Mars
Click on "Support Materials" and "For Students" for instructions on how to do this experiment yourself. Make sure to ask an adult for help.
Think like a scientist
Websites to visit
Think like a scientist and escape a locked room!
Discover the physics of paper planes, then make your own
Is it a bird or a fish? Try a classification game!
Build a robot and guide it through an ancient tomb
Click on "Get Started", then choose "Tunnel Explorer".
Make an optical illusion using your phone's camera
Browse the playlist for more science activities.
Type a secret message online using Leonardo's mirror writing
Scroll down to "Try it out!".
Make a mix-and-match animal with super survival skills
Click on the question mark to find out how to play. NB to make a mixed up animal, choose a different body for each part.
Science everywhere
Websites to visit
Discover how forces can be a lot of fun
Watch animals and guess their role in the environment
Find out how rainbows are formed
Why do rugby players spin the ball?
Meet some scientists
Websites to visit
Meet a microbiologist and find out what she does
Find out about Alexander Fleming and his accidental discovery
Learn about butterflies and moths from a lepidopterist
Lepidopterists are scientists who study butterflies and moths.
Meet a doctor and find out how to become a scientist
Click on the playlist to meet more scientists and find out the answers to lots of questions.
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About this book
Usborne STEM
Science scribble book
Think like a scientist in this innovative activity book, full of science activities to explore, record, discover and invent. Investigate forces, turbines, mirror writing, skeletons, animal migration and lots more, all using only the book and your pencil case. Includes links to websites with even more science activities and downloadable templates.
Alice James
Alice James joined Usborne in 2015, after several years of working in primary schools. She absolutely loves science, and over the years has lived with chimps, spent a month in the rainforest, studied Biology at Oxford University, and grown 200 carnivorous plants (not necessarily in that order). Whilst at Usborne Alice has worked on books on all kinds of science topics, from space to energy to the periodic table.
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