Maths in a Suitcase
& Science in a Suitcase
Light
Colour mixing, colour filters, make a photograph, ultra violet light fluorescence, phosphorescence, fresnel lenses
Reflection
Right angle mirrors, corner cube mirror, moveable kaleidoscope, phenakistopes, symmetry and pattern, wavy mirrors, anamorphs
Sound
Resonance tubes, Chladni plates, materials and sound
The senses
3D illusions, stereoscopes, autostereograms, optical illusions, hot and cold hands, persistence of vision experiments – zoetrope, phenakistoscopes etc
Electricity & Magnetism
Magnetic sculptures, magnetic field experiments, strong magnets, induction
Pressure and flow
Pop bottle experiments – Hero’s Fountain, Tornado tube, Cartesian divers and density, Bernoulli and Venturi effects, gravel travel and particle behaviour
Structures and forces
Triangulation, cantilever arch, centre of gravity experiments
Colour mixing, colour filters, make a photograph, ultra violet light fluorescence, phosphorescence, fresnel lenses
Reflection
Right angle mirrors, corner cube mirror, moveable kaleidoscope, phenakistopes, symmetry and pattern, wavy mirrors, anamorphs
Sound
Resonance tubes, Chladni plates, materials and sound
The senses
3D illusions, stereoscopes, autostereograms, optical illusions, hot and cold hands, persistence of vision experiments – zoetrope, phenakistoscopes etc
Electricity & Magnetism
Magnetic sculptures, magnetic field experiments, strong magnets, induction
Pressure and flow
Pop bottle experiments – Hero’s Fountain, Tornado tube, Cartesian divers and density, Bernoulli and Venturi effects, gravel travel and particle behaviour
Structures and forces
Triangulation, cantilever arch, centre of gravity experiments
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