Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Visit iop.org/athome for step-by-step instructions and explanations of the science behind it all. Do Try This at Home from the Institute of Physics is a new series of fun science experiments and demonstration films. We're creating these to help all the parents and carers out there who are teaching their children at home.
Our team of expert science communicators are filming these in their kitchens and living rooms across the UK and Ireland, using basic household materials to demonstrate physics. We want to make it fun and easy for you to get your kids excited about science.
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Visit iop.org/athome for step-by-step instructions and explanations of the science behind it all. Do Try This at Home from the Institute of Physics is a new series of fun science experiments and demonstration films. We're creating these to help all the parents and carers out there who are teaching their children at home.
Our team of expert science communicators are filming these in their kitchens and living rooms across the UK and Ireland, using basic household materials to demonstrate physics. We want to make it fun and easy for you to get your kids excited about science.
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