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Welcome to our Science Page!

Here you will find pictures and information about what is happening in Science at St Nicolas. Please find below our key Science principles along with free competitions for your children to enter. These will be regularly updated when new competitions are available.

Competitions and Investigations to do at Home

Below are some websites that have regular competitions for you to enter and investigations you can carry out. If you do enter any competitions or do any science at home, please send in pictures to the office, we would love to see them!

Experimenting with freezing water at home!

BP Competitions and Experiments A range of competitions and experiments for you to try out!

Visit the Winchester Science centre and Planetarium!

Have fun trying out some of these BBC ideas

Try out these cool experiments at home!

Why not visit the Science Museum!

Science Days and Workshops to attend

Visit the Zoo! Whipsnade and London Zoo offer lots of Science opportunities!

Games and Activities to Explore Science

BBC Bitesize Science KS2

BBC Bitesize Science KS1

What is Science Capital? How can it help my child?

We will be introducing the term 'Science Capital' to the children over the next few months. Here is a short video to explain what it is and the importance of Science.

Science Capital - an introduction

What is Science Capital? And why does it matter? This animation explains the compelling concept originally developed by King's Professor Louise Archer and her team. King's College London, the Science Museum and BP are working together on the Enterprising Science project to build young people's science capital and increase their engagement with science.