by Dr Jo | Oct 29, 2020 | Uncategorised
Whilst any time is a good time for doing science, the dark evenings at this time of year and spooky feel of Halloween lends itself so well to some themed investigations: From witches’ potions to spooky slime, there are lot of opportunities to get stuck in! This...
by Dr Jo | Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
This is a blog post to accompany the October 2020 Global Science Show: Science Centres special. I’ve been taking part in the fabulous #GlobalScienceShow since its inception by the very generous and creative @scottishscicomm Sam Langford during lockdown. Today I...
by Dr Jo | Oct 3, 2020 | Uncategorised
This blog post was first published as a Dr Jo Science Solutions guest blog post on ‘kitchen science’ for The World Is Their Classroom for British Science Week. You can now only access that if you are a member of their group, so I’m sharing here for all to see....
by Dr Jo | Sep 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
…when the grass is jewelled, and the silk inside a chestnut shell… OK, you have to be a certain age and have gone to primary school in the UK to appreciate that song (from the Come and Praise hymn book), but I often find myself singing it at this time of...
by Dr Jo | Sep 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Toy animal hospital and looking after animals We can look after animals in the wild by protecting their habitats and raising awareness (see below for some animal fact cards). Sometimes animals need a little bit of extra love and care. In the toy animal hospital we can...
