Science expeditions by Barr Beacon Science https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience Embrace your inner geek and voyage where no one has gone before! Are you up to the task? - how many of these virtual visits or creative challenges can you master? en-us 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC 2025-10-17 17:12:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f52d.png WWF Activities for pupils BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325287 Take inspiration and ideas from their hub of seasonal and fun creative activities that are designed to encourage pupils to get outside, get creative using recycled materials, and learn about nature and sustainability. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325287 Chester Zoo – Virtual Zoo BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325290 Take part in one of many virtual tours of Chester Zoo which broadcasted the zoo whilst in lockdown. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325290 Edinburgh Zoo – Animal information and live webcams BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325292 Find out about all the animals that live in Edinburgh Zoo and there are live webcams of the animals so you can see what they are up to! ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325292 London Zoo – Virtual Zoo and Live Talks BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325293 Visit the animals, and their hardworking keepers, in real time. Gain an unedited snapshot of what goes on day to day – the cleaning, the caring, the surprises and the affection. Enjoy the animals in all their unpredictable, quirky ways and check in with the teams still there, on site, looking after their animals. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325293 WildEarth – Live Safaris BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325294 WildEarth’s safariLIVE is an award winning, expert hosted LIVE safari, broadcast directly from the African wilderness into your home.

Sunrise Safari: 5:30am-8:30am
Sunset Safari: 2pm-5pm
Every day of the week
]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325294 Monterey Bay Aquarium – Live Cams BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325295 Be delighted by the antics of the sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of jellies. With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are. There are live narrated feedings every day. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325295 London Science Museum – Virtual Museum BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325298 Explore the science museum with a virtual tour on Google Streetview or enjoy a curated tour of the museum. You can also explore their 325,000 object in amazing detail! ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325298 CERN – Virtual Visits BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325299 ‘Visit’ the site of the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. A variety of interactive activities including virtual reality videos and tours of the site. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325299 Learn.Genetics – An introduction to genetics and biology BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325300 Explore a range of resources all aimed at explains the basics of biology and genetics. Activities to complete as well as learning if you want to learn something new. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325300 Discovering Antarctica BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325301 Take a journey through this site and begin discovering Antarctica for yourself. Each section features activities, images, video clips and fact sheets, to help you learn about this distant, frozen wilderness. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325301 British Science Week 2020 Pack BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325302 The theme for the British Science Week 2020 activity packs and poster competition was ‘Our diverse planet.’ Even though the week is over, the packs contain lots of activities on this theme, with anything from biological diversity and social diversity, to the diversity of knowledge and STEM careers. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325302 TEDEd – Online learning videos BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325303 Allows students to search for lectures — recorded or animated — on subjects of interest or sign up for a daily email of lesson plans that span all subjects and age groups. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325303 Google Expeditions – Virtual Reality Tours and Augmented Reality BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325306 Expeditions explore history, science, the arts, and the natural world. Whether you’re roaming with dinosaurs or taking a look at Renaissance sculptures, there’s something amazing to explore for every subject.

]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325306 Tynker – Learn to code BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325308 Tynker provides everything needed to learn computer programming in a fun way. Tynker offers self-paced online courses for children to learn coding at home. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325308 Dyson Challenge Cards BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325309 Can you skewer a balloon without popping it? Coat a nail in copper? What happens when you plug a clock into a potato? Dyson engineers have designed these challenges specifically for children. Ideal for home or in the classroom, they encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering.

WARNING: Some of these practicals require adult supervision. One practical (etching metal) will release chlorine gas which can be
harmful if you have asthma.

]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325309 STEM – Massive list of activities for all ages BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325310 A range of fun, hands-on activities for families to use at home, suitable for all ages from 4 to 16. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325310 Create a Rube Goldberg Machine BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325312 A Rube Goldberg machine is any complex contraption that uses a chain reaction to perform a simple task. Think of it as dominoes with far more steps leading to doing something simple like turning a light on or silence an alarm. They involve a lot of set up but are incredibly satisfying to have work.
This site has examples of famous Rube Goldberg videos from YouTube. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325312 Royal Institute – Experiments and Practicals BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325314 A series of short films making it fun, easy and cheap to do science experiments at home with your family. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325314 Lockdown Science BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325315 Here you will find the experiments you can do at home. All very low-tech. No fancy equipment. Just what's in the cupboard and the fridge, and some fun for kids. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325315 London Natural History Museum – Virtual Museum BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325316  Delve into the Museum from home with a virtual self-guided tour of the galleries, an interactive experience about Hope the blue whale and audio guides narrated by Sir David Attenborough. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325316 Scouts – The Great Indoors BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325317 While Scouts normally love the great outdoors, they’ve pulled together some inspired indoor activity ideas to keep you entertained while schools are closed due to coronavirus. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325317 Washington D.C Natural History Museum – Virtual tours BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325319 The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325319 Washington D.C Natural History Museum – Summer Explorations BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325320 Join a free virtual summer program series that allows you to explore the world of natural history science in a fun and interactive way! Each week they will explore a different natural science-based theme and provide a suite of daily live webinars, videos, activities, and projects. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325320 Kew Gardens – Virtual tour into the glasshouses BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325321 Travel to the tropics, the desert and the mountains without leaving the house with their seasonal footage and a sneak peek at their glasshouses across Kew and Wakehurst.]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325321 Virtual Planetarium and solar system discovery show BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325323 The Universe is a vast and intriguing place, and this show explores our own little corner of it: the Solar System. Starting from our home planet, the Earth, you’ll travel through our celestial neighbourhood, visiting objects like planets, moons and asteroids, and ending with a fly-out to view our galaxy, the Milky Way. 

]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325323 NASA – Citizen Science Projects & Other Activities BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325324 NASA’s citizen science projects are collaborations between scientists and interested members of the public. Through these collaborations, volunteers (known as citizen scientists) have helped make thousands of important scientific discoveries. ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325324 Institute of Physics – Moon Adventure BBScience https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325326 What's it like to be an astronaut? Where did the Moon come from? What's the future of humans in space? Click to find out more! ]]> 2020-07-08 17:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/BBScience/SummerScience/wish/650325326