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British Science Week: secondary activity (2016)

This resource pack is aimed at supporting teachers during British Science Week, but can be used at any time of year.  The theme for 2016 is all about the different spaces where science can be found and done. The focus is on the following types of space:

  • Built space:
  • Building a modular clinic
  • Building a pyramid 
  • Accident investigations 
  • Digital space:
  • The social impact of 3D printing 
  • Automatic lighting
  • Wireless signal blockade
  • Open space:
  • How acid is my rain?
  • My local wildlife
  • Outer space:
  • Building a telescope
  • Navigating in space
  • Personal space:
  • The stroop effect
  • Music and physical performance

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