Eureka! At Home

Codes and Ciphers with Anne Miller

Anne's back to share a few of her favourite codes and ciphers! Have a go at home :) ...Read more

Mirror Writing with children’s author Anne Miller

Anne is here to show us how to use Mirror Writing - a special kind of code - to write your own name and send secret messages! ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel makes a lemon battery!

As the old saying goes: 🍋 If life gives you lemons, make... batteries? 🍋 The Professor has NO time for lemonade with his latest energy make, and he goes exploring under Muncaster Castle to see their innovative heating system! ...Read more

Prof. Pumpernickel’s Science Jokes

The Professor's thrown off his lab coat and hit the road, and he's in the mood for some SCIENCE JOKES! Be afraid... Be very afraid 🤣🤣🤣 ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel’s explosive storytime!

Get yourself niiiice and comfy for storytime with Professor Pumpernickel... Wait, what? The Prof is taking a leaf out of Ian the Storyteller's book this week, though with his usual explosive twist hehe. (Seriously, don't try ANY of this at home!) ...Read more

Felt Tip Chromatography with Chris

Got some felt tips, kitchen roll, pegs and water? Then you're all set to do some SCIENCE! ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel’s Cloud Machine (and more!)

☁️ Professor Pumpernickel loves stormy weather 🌩️ - so much so that he's worked out a way to fill his laboratory with an ACTUAL FLUFFY CLOUD... As you do. But that's why we love him 😍🤣 ...Read more

Eye Illusions, with Chris

👁️👁️Want a couple of cool eye experiments to try at home? And to find out what the bejaysus is going on in this picture?👀 Watch Chris's latest Eureka! At Home video! ...Read more

🧠Brain training🧠, with Chris!

Chris has got a couple of demos to show you how you can do some really cool stuff, with a bit of practice! ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel talks love and attraction!

He's back in his lab with some experiments using attraction. Have a go at making your own survival tool, electromagnet, and a REALLY cool spinny thingymabob (a.k.a Homopolar Electric Motor). ...Read more

Chris demos the Energy Stick

What's the Energy Stick, and what's it got to do with your touchscreen phone? Well, Chris is here to tell you all about it 💡 ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel’s Lab – MAGIC!

Professor Pumpernickel's experiments look pretty magical, but are based on knowledge and SCIENCE! ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel gets energised!

The Professor cordially invites you on a tour of his boat, learning about some of the MANY ways that we use energy from the Sun along the way! 🌞 ...Read more

Eureka! At Home: 🍷🎵 Make a wineglass sing! 🍷🎶

🍷🎵 Chris is here to show you how to make a wineglass sing (and explain why it happens). 🍷🎶 ...Read more

Eureka! Activity Sheets: 10-19

Second installment of our activity sheets packed full of learning and ideas to try at home! ...Read more

Eureka! Activity Sheets – 1-9

Try your hand at TV presenting, Wacky Races, creating a lava lamp and more... ...Read more

Sarah makes Fake Snot – Ew!

Snot: Here's how to fake it 'til you make it, with Enabler Sarah! ...Read more

Impossible Hole Challenge, with Chris

Chris has got a challenge for you, so grab a spare greeting card and a pair of scissors (ask a grown-up etc...) and check out his latest video, then amuse yourself by challenging YOUR friends later! ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel’s Laboratory – Sound!

Sound: What is it, and what does it look like? That's right - what does it LOOK like! Professor Pumpernickel can show you, and has some really cool stuff to try out at home too! ...Read more

Kitchen Chemistry, with Chris

Chemistry isn't all labcoats and beakers - just ask Chris! He's back this week with some chemical trickery you can do with stuff in your kitchen :D ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel’s Laboratory Week 3: Colour!

Professor Pumpernickel has always been a colourful character, so it's pretty apt that this week he's exploring COLOUR and the way we see it - including some colourful experiments to try out at home! ...Read more

Why do coke and mentos have such a messy reaction?

You may have seen what happens when you drop mentos mints into a bottle of diet coke, but do you know WHY it happens? Here's Chris to explain (and to clean up the mess). ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel’s Laboratory. Week 2: LIGHT!

Professor Pumpernickel's back in the lab, and this week he's LITERALLY blowing a few things up, as he explores the history of flash photography! ...Read more

See the world in infrared, with Chris

🌈 Ever wondered what the world looks like in infrared?🌈 Chris is here you give you a taster, and to explain a bit about the different types of light and how we use them! ...Read more

Train a pen lid to dive, with Jill (cartesian diver)

Jill has been VERY busy during lockdown, teaching Bob, the pen lid, to dive on command (or possibly using the science behind density and buoyancy to make her own cartesian diver). ...Read more

Professor Pumpernickel’s Laboratory – week 1

Professor Pumpernickel loves blowing stuff up... and in his first video for us, he's going to blow your 💥MIND💥 with a mind-bending trick (ha! See what we did there?). Plus make a Thaumatrope at home! ...Read more

Make your own Lava Lamp

Create your very own lava lamp using a few simple ingredients, plus the wonders of SCIENCE, with Chris ...Read more

Mix and play with Oobleck!

Oobleck. Oowhat? OOBLECK! It's a slime that's both a solid AND a liquid, depending on what you're doing with it, and here's Darren to show you how to make it! ...Read more

Make your own fake wound

Find out how to make a fake wound from everyday materials around the house. ...Read more

Rocket science

Our Enabler Darren and his side-kick Alex explain rocket science. Plus make your own exploding rocket at home. ...Read more