Science ‘challenge cards’ encourage kids to take an interest in engineering

1
girl engineering

INQUIRER.net stock photo

The James Dyson foundation has shared a series of “Challenge Cards” created by engineers at the British home appliances company.

The goal is to offer children a playful introduction to the world of science.

With some weeks of lockdown still left to run in many areas, children, with a little help from their parents, will find plenty of excitement in the series of remarkable challenges.

Among the 44 experiments on offer are schemes to fit an egg into a bottle without breaking it, skewer a balloon without bursting it, measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave oven, make raisins dance, build a lava lamp and mix invisible ink.

The challenge series can be viewed through the foundation’s official website. JB

RELATED STORIES:

Children prefer books which explain how the world works, says new study

Children who feel connected to nature are also happier, finds new study

Read more...