Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths : Learning by Doing

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Finding Harry a Home book cover

Finding Harry a Home

Storybook: Finding Harry a Home

Meet Harry. He’s a small crab with a big problem!

Harry lives happily on the shoreline - a magical world of sandy beaches, secret coves and busy rock pools. However right now he  needs to find a new home. But he can’t do it alone... he needs help!

With a gentle storyline, vivid illustrations and lovable characters the book blends storytelling and STEM topics to show that different animals have adapted to live in different habitats and how changes in the environment can affect them.

It is also a story about friendship and how, particularly working together, people can make a difference.

The storybook is available to purchase at Amazon.

It also comes with additional learning resources which you can download using the button below.

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digital art with scratch

Coding with Scratch: Digital Art


Age 7 to 14
Easy

Create three separate apps to automatically draw some crazy artwork. Every drawing will be a unique masterpiece!

Write the code to make the sprite move around the stage and use the pen blocks to draw lines as it moves. We’ll hide the sprite so that the drawings appear like magic.

Then experiment with the code to try out different ideas.

Scratch is a great way for you to learn how to code. Its fun and easy to use ... but also very powerful! It's the programming language used in most schools around the world.

It's completely free to use and runs on most computers.

 

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chromatography experiment

Chromatography

Science: Chemistry: Separating Mixtures
Age 7 to 13

Exploration rather than explanation. Have fun while learning science.

Coloured chemicals can be separated using a technique called chromatography. This is a chance to mix science and art!

This experiment uses paper chromatography to separate the different coloured dyes in felt tip inks.

Chromatography is also widely used in areas like forensics and developing new vaccines.

The free project guide has all the information you need:

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