Brain Power Science Experiments for Kids – Whizz Pop Bang Issue 134 Kit List

Get ready for some brain-bending science! Whizz Pop Bang Issue 134: Brain Power is packed with hands-on activities that explore how our amazing brains work, from testing memory and making a brain-training game to investigating how younger children think.

To help your child get stuck into the experiments as soon as their magazine arrives, we’ve put together this handy Brain Power experiment kit list. Gather these few simple supplies in advance and your young scientist will be ready to experiment!

We haven’t included everyday basics such as scissors and paper.

What you’ll need for the Brain Power experiments

Want a printable version of this list to stick on your fridge? Click here!

Discover the amazing science of the brain

There’s much more than experiments inside Whizz Pop Bang Issue 134: Brain Power. Kids can discover how billions of neurons help them think and remember, meet super-smart parrots, try clever memory-boosting tricks, explore the science of sleep and tackle plenty of brain-bending puzzles and riddles.

Want to join in with the Brain Power fun?

Subscribe to Whizz Pop Bang and your child can enjoy a new science adventure delivered through the letterbox every month.

Subscribe by 4th September 2026 to start your subscription with Whizz Pop Bang: Brain Power →

Here’s a printable version of this kit list…


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Whizz Pop Bang 133: Survival Science Kit List

What does it take to become a real outdoor explorer? That’s exactly what your child is about to discover… because the latest Whizz Pop Bang is packed with survival science, hands-on experiments and wild adventures.

This month, scientists-in-training can:
🏕️ Build a survival shelter
🔥 Learn how to build a campfire safely
🧪 Test which materials conduct heat best
🍌 Make bonfire-baked chocolate bananas
🫓 Cook campfire quesadillas
And so much more!

Here’s a kit list to help you get ready for Whizz Pop Bang 133. As ever, there’s so much science fun to be had, even if you don’t have every single thing on the list. There’s one you can print out below, too!

Like the look of this edition? Subscribe by 4th August 2026 to start your subscription with SURVIVAL SCIENCE!


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Whizz Pop Bang 132: Ship Shape

Here’s a kit list to help you get ready for Whizz Pop Bang 132 (which you can find in our shop now).

Here’s the list of bits and pieces you need to complete the activities this month. As ever, there’s so much science fun to be had, even if you don’t have every single thing on the list.

WILL IT FLOAT? (page 7)
❏ A collection of objects, for example: oranges, sticky tack or modelling clay

MAKE YOUR OWN ICEBERG (page 9)
❏ A cup or bag of water, frozen
❏ A whiteboard pen, sticker or sticky tack

WHAT MAKES IRON AND STEEL RUST? (page 11)
❏ Three sealable containers (e.g. jam jars)
❏ Three identical iron nails (not galvanised)
❏ Water that has been boiled and cooled
❏ Vegetable oil

PADDLE BOAT (page 16)
❏ A clean plastic food tray (ideally black)
❏ Another piece of plastic packaging (ideally black)
❏ Five elastic bands
❏ Two pencils
❏ Sticky tack
❏ A scrap of plastic bag at least 9 cm by 12 cm
❏ A paper straw

MAKE YOUR OWN MINI HOVERCRAFT (page 25)

❏ Sticky tack or modelling clay
❏ Pull up drinks bottle top
❏ An old CD
❏ A balloon

Download a printable version of this kit list to stick on your fridge right here ⬇️


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Whizz Pop Bang 131: Blooming Brilliant Flowers

Here’s a kit list to help you get ready for Whizz Pop Bang 131 (which you can find in our shop now).

You’ll never look at flowers the same way again… Get ready for a blooming brilliant adventure through the wonderful world of flowers in Whizz Pop Bang’s flowers issue.

Here’s the list of bits and pieces you need to complete the activities this month. As ever, there’s so much science fun to be had, even if you don’t have every single thing on the list.

BUILD A FLOWER MODEL (page 7)
A sharp green pencil
Modelling clay
A cocktail stick
A cotton bud
A ruler
A green felt-tip pen

MAKE MULTI-COLOURED FLOWERS (page 9)
Three white carnation flowers
Two different colours of food colouring

GROW YOUR OWN (page 11)
Seeds, seedlings or cuttings of chives, courgettes, mint, nasturtiums, violas or pinks

CHROMOTOGRAPHY FLOWERS (page 11)
White paper towels (kitchen roll)
Water soluable felt-tip pens
Pipe cleaners
A large coin

MAKE A SUNCATCHER (page 16)
Flowers and leaves
Newspaper or other paper
Wax paper (or tracing paper or white baking paper)
Sticky tack

Download a printable version of this kit list to stick on your fridge right here ⬇️


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