Welcome to the first newsletter of the term!
Each week, you will find a short write-up on each Module’s lessons so that you can have some great science chats with your future scientists.
We hope you find it fun, informative, and helpful!
You will also find news about important upcoming events to keep you in the loop on what’s going on at the Lab. Like, the Home Workshops we are now offering!
These are the perfect way to enjoy Curiosity Lab’s unique blend of hands-on science and wonder during these unprecedented times from the safety and comfort of your home.
We are also offering Online Workshops covering topics in line with school curricula, packed with our trademark jaw-dropping demos and exciting experiments the kids can safely do at home.
Get in touch to find out more about these latest offerings.
EVERYDAY
MYSTERIES
The everyday mysteries begin to unfold with the most frequently asked science questions: Why is the sky blue? And, while we are at it, how are rainbows made? After using special glasses to split white light and reveal the spectrum of colours within it, we fired lasers to explore how spherical raindrops do the exact same thing with sunlight. Then, by shining white light through water tinted with a splash of milk, we recreated our atmosphere’s scattering of blue light that gives us blue skies. Finally, we turned a CD into a spinning top that not only reveals the rainbows all around us, but also demonstrates the magic of colour mixing.
A FANTASTIC
VOYAGE WITHIN
Before we explore how we function, we need to see what we are made of. That’s why our voyage through the human body started at its most basic building block, the cell. It takes around thirty-five trillion cells to make the human body, so delving into their tiny world required the power of microscopy. With the help of different stains and ever higher magnifications, we dove deep into the world of plant and animal cells, before climbing up the hierarchy of our bodies, where cells create tissues and tissues work together to create organs!
CHEMISTRY IN
PLAIN SIGHT
We got off to a glowing start, exploring the world of fluorescence - that otherworldly glow given off by certain chemicals when exposed to UV light. After discovering the fluorescent potential of a whole host of household chemicals, we diluted fluorescein - a key ingredient in highlighters - to create a glow-in-the-dark potion with beautiful, neon-green tendrils. Then, it was time to find fluorescence in the most unexpected place. We blended up a spinach smoothie to extract its chlorophyll and distilled a green liquid that glowed pink!
