Hands-on Science
Hands-on Science
The best science lets you try, find out and prove things yourself.
Dr Yan has made how-to videos of ten activities for you to try. Have a go with friends and family in your home or garden, a pub or a park.
Stunts, demos and experiments
Two Ball Bounce
Use science to get an amazing bounce from an ordinary ball.
Watch the video and you'll see it's instant fun.
All you need is two balls that weigh different amounts.
Lightspeed
No surprise: you can melt margarine in a microwave.
Big surprise: do it carefully and you can measure the speed of light - the fastest thing in the Universe.
Yan's video guides you through the maths and there's online help too.
Plugholes
So many people say that water flows down the plug one way in the northern hemisphere and the opposite way south of the Equator that it must be true, right?
It's just a theory until you put the science to the test yourself.
Watch Yan's video guide.
Brain Test Britain
Can you really train your brain?
We need your help to carry out the largest ever scientific study of brain training.
Help us by training your brain for ten minutes a day, three times a week for six weeks.
Whirled wide science
Open University Evolution MegaLab
Be part of something big by looking out for something tiny. The OU wants your help in a nationwide experiment.
There's a theory that snails are reacting to climate change and altering their shells.
Check what the snails are like where you are and report what you find to the Evolution MegaLab.
Roadshow ends
Bang Goes The Theory took its live science shows to seven towns and cities.
The 2009 tour has now ended.
Hands-on activity guides
Spaghetti snap challenge
If you bend dry spaghetti until it snaps, how many pieces does it break into?
- 1. Always two
- 2. Always more than two
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