Easy and Fun Physics for Science Week

We talk to Ogden Partnership Coordinator Natasha Peachey who inspires us to think about Science Week 2025. Simon Poliakoff then joins us to give us some beautiful ideas for Physics activities.

Links

• Bruce Yeany – Home Made Science Channel on YouTube
• Bruce Yeany – Balloon on glass
• based recipe for big bubbles
• Tri-String for bubbles
• Simon’s YouTube Channel – Physics with Simon Poliakoff
• Simon’s Centripetal Tray
• Thomas’ double-slit slide – download the original then print as many as you like at digitalslides.co.uk.

Thank you to Simon who sent these links

• Ray box projectors (idea originally from Keith Johnson’s Physics for You book)
• Young Double Slit with mobile phone: 
• Bubble mixture: Mix1.5g of Guar Gum with a small amount of glycerol to make a slurry, then mix with 1 litre hot water, then add 40g original fairly liquid (optional 1 teaspoon of baking powder).  Mix and leave to cool.  Further recipes are available. 
• Loudspeaker building

Join in!

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Music

• Season 7: Physics Is Our Business by Miracles of Modern Science.
• Seasons 5 and 6: Crescents by Ketsa.
• Seasons 3 and 4: Disco Sheik by Podington Bear.
• Seasons 1 and 2: One legged equilibrist polka by Circus Homunculus.
• Occasionally we also use Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith.

The music is used under the Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License