Halloween Science

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...

Kitchen Science

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....

Autumn Days

…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...