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Looking for a cheap and easy kids science party? Host a stargazing party!

Posted on 18th August 2016 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

September is the ideal time of year for a stargazing party; it’s cheap, easy to host and the kids get to stay up ‘late’ which is always deemed to be fun in itself!

Inside issue 13 is the ultimate guide to the night sky, along with a pull-out stargazing map to help the kids decipher the constellations and find out how to spot Mars, and depending on the conditions, maybe Saturn too!

We’ve put together a party planner for your science party with a difference, including the recipe for planet cake pops to impress all your party guests. And don’t forget to order copies of Whizz Pop Bang science magazine for really cool goodie bags, order single issues here.

For your stargazing party you will need:

Blankets to lie on in the garden
Binoculars (and a telescope if you have one or can borrow one)
Flasks/cups of hot chocolate and marshmallows
Jam jars and tea lights to decorate the garden, and lead the way to the stargazing blankets
Planet cake pops already made and ready to eat
Glow in the dark stickers or glow sticks to play with together
Tell your guests to bring a jumper and a wooly hat so they don’t get too cold!

The ultimate evening to hold your stargazing party will be on Saturday 10th September as the Moon will be visible in the evening sky and it will be dark by around 8pm.

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Competition time for Mum and Dad! And maybe Grandpa too…

Posted on 29th July 2016 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

We have a copy of this fascinating book to give-away as a prize for one our awesome Whizz Pop Bang grown-ups; whether that’s Mum, Dad or maybe a grandparent who likes playing in the sand! SAND: A journey through science and the imagination is written by Michael Welland.

How to enter: simply send a photo of yourself buried in the sand! Yes it has to be you (a grown-up), and it could be just your feet or your whole body, we’re not too fussy on that detail. The winner will be the funniest photo so get creative! You can also send in an old photo, we love a relic 😉

Post, send or tweet your photos by 5th September. We will contact you if you photo is a winner for your address.

Synopsis for SAND on Amazon:

‘This book is all about sand – sand in individual grains, each one a little different; sand in piles; sand in shoals and dunes; the science of sand but also, shot through the book, sand and imagination – the art and the music of sand. Did you know that the Sand Mountain in Nevada emits a low C, while dunes in Chile sound an F, and those in Morocco a G#?
For all its ubiquity, sand is an extraordinary substance. For scientists, it is important in many ways: it represents the crushed remains of past rock, and builds up into layers in lake and ocean beds, layers of sandstone from which we can extract the history of deep time; its erosion creates complex landscapes of mounds and dunes which move in characteristic ways; its grains are remarkable individually and in their behaviour together as a granular material. And to travellers, poets and artists, the deserts it forms are full of grandeur and pathos. Michael Welland is a geologist who has a passion for sand. He shows that truly, one can see a world, both in space and time, in a grain of sand.’

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Mission Impossible? 53 Science experiment for kids for the summer holidays!

Posted on 28th July 2016 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

KIDS: STEP AWAY FROM THE SCREEN!!
Your inner curiosity and brain cells are calling you…

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to groom yourself like a cat, to drain the rain, to feel the force and to alter your sense of touch. Taking it to the next level, your mission is to make your own fake blood, loop the loop and snore louder than your Dad without going to sleep. Then it gets tricky: could you grow your own stalactites and stalagmites? Could you lift your Mum off the ground? Could you move water with fire?

How is this possible? For 6-11 year olds across the globe it is possible with science magazine WHIZZ POP BANG!

Buy now and put your child to the test – can they become world class mini scientists? Six copies for £20, free delivery and not a screen in sight: https://whizzpopbang.com/shop/all/

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Minibeast photography competition

Posted on 14th July 2016 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

The results are in from our minibeast competition (issue 11, June) and we have five winners to announce!

Firstly we want to say thank you to all of you who entered. We had over 75 entries of awesome minibeast photos. We now have spiders, bees, butterflies, caterpillars, beetles, slugs, ladybirds, snails, dragonflies, centipedes and moths all crawling around on the Whizz Pop Bang office wall 🙂

Without further ado here are our lucky winners and their prize-winning photos…

Isla Gibbs, age 10:

James Grant, age 7:

Khadeejah Hussain, age 5:

Megan Whitfield, age 10:

Pippa Pang, age 6:

Congratulations to our five winners, your butterfly garden kits are on the way! If you didn’t win and you’d really like a butterfly garden kit they are available from insectlore.co.uk

Enjoy the sunshine and the minibeasts in your garden or park, and remember to handle all minibeasts very carefully and be aware that some might sting.

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Reviews for Whizz Pop Bang

Posted on 30th June 2016 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

“My 6 year old was very happy to get his first copy today. All thoughts of playing Lego games on the tablet have been forgotten whilst he tells me all about seahorses”
Clair Sperring Cartwright 

“Just received our first copy. The boys love it! Proper science, great information and laid out in a really child friendly, fun way”
Emma Veitch

“What a fabulous discovery: a bright, new, engaging magazine with a sense of humour that appeals to children and is packed with fun science facts and activities. I love it!”
Jules Pottle, Primary Science Teacher of the Year Awrded by the Primary Science Teaching Trust

“So we have an egg shell dissolving in a Jar on the worktop and a row of cups with eggs being coloured in the fridge. The “yay fizz pop bang is here!” And the instant opening and reading are worth every penny. My son is six and read us every article over the next week”
Naomi Forster 

“My 10 year old loves this magazine and the latest email giving a list of supplies for the forthcoming issues experiments is a fantastic idea. Thanks very much!”
Su Garbutt 

“@whizzpopbangmag has created a real buzz in my classroom – rota of kids wanting to take it home to share”
Paul Tyler, Primary Science Teacher

“Love this magazine. We received our 2nd issue today and it was whisked away by my 9 year. Whole family is enjoying this. Thank you Whizz Pop Bang!”
Rebecca Stephens

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What makes the best bubbles? Try this experiment and see!

Posted on 30th June 2016 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

Would you like to know what makes the best bubbles?

Make a base mixture of water mixed with washing up liquid. If you don’t already have one, you can make a bubble wand using a pipe cleaner. Experiment with blowing bubbles, and then try adding sugar, baking powder, corn syrup or glycerin to your mixture, one at a time. Test how each ingredient changes the surface tension and affects the bubbles.

Have you ever wondered why bubbles form in soapy water but not in ordinary water? The answer is surface tension. The surface tension of water is too strong for bubbles to last – the water molecules pull each other together and the bubbles quickly burst. When water is mixed with soap, the surface tension becomes weaker and the liquid can be ‘stretched’ more, allowing bubbles to form.

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Whizz Pop Bang is for inquisitive girls and boys

Posted on 30th June 2016 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

“I get very frustrated about the lack of women in science, having experienced sexism at university, such as comments about women being at the kitchen sink instead of in laboratories. I wanted to be part of the solution and try to change that attitude.”

Jenny Inglis

The team at Whizz Pop Bang have all experienced this attitude, which is why one of the key aims behind the magazine and the community we’re building is to grow confidence and provide role models for girls.

Whizz Pop Bang is a completely gender neutral children’s science magazine, because we strongly believe that science is for girls, just as much as it is for boys. This message needs to be communicated to not only to girls, but also to boys who need to see their female friends and peers as future scientists. We ensure every issue has strong female scientist role models, and content that appeals to all children.

The challenge is to reach out to families who don’t see science as part of their everyday lives. Our aim is to provide as many kids as possible with the opportunities to discover their natural curiosity and approach not just science, but all STEM subjects with an open mind. If we can help to achieve this at primary school, it will encourage more girls to see themselves as scientists of the future and continue their secondary education believing in themselves.

Read all about how Jenny started Whizz Pop Bang, and how she and the team have created a science magazine that inspires thousands of children to be curious:

https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2015/nov/20/science-magazine-founder-turns-her-kitchen-into-a-lab

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WHAT ARE CRYSTALS?

Posted on 6th April 2016 | by stuart | Leave a Comment

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Crystals are solids that are made up of repeating structures. When tiny building blocks, called atoms or molecules, stick together in repeating patterns they form crystals. Different atoms and molecules make different crystals.There are seven basic types of crystal. In a cubic crystal every edge is the same length and each angle is the same size. Other crystal shapes can have edges and angles that are different sizes. Scientists class crystals according to the number of differently-sized edges and angles that they have.
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Try making your own crystal structure at home

Using cocktail sticks or dry spaghetti to represent bonds and raisins or marshmallows to represent the atoms, can you make the structure of a crystal? There are many different shapes that you could make. The important thing is that your crystal structure has a regular pattern.
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