When you search for science kits one phrase tends to appear over and over again regardless of the theme of the kits you look at: “for ages 8+”. How do you find a science kit for a six-year-old? And why is there an age restriction on...
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Our first Explore Box, Hidden Rainbows, reveals secret colours in everyday items such as felt tip pens and ceiling lights. But how are rainbows formed in nature? And what is a rainbow? When a reviewer asked how the contents of the Explore Box...
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It’s that time of year again. The Sun has poked out from behind its usual wall of cloud for a few days, and we’ve prepped wonderful outdoor activities to keep our little ones occupied from half term until September. And then, of course, the...
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Even a fairly small cloud can weigh as much as 100 elephants! So, on the average day in the UK there is thousands, even millions of elephants worth of water and ice above our heads. Obviously 100 elephants would not float, even one elephant...
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Our kids’ science questions blog series is getting a science fiction flavour again as we consider is it possible to travel faster than light. In many science fiction shows and films travelling across the Galaxy to distant stars and planets is a...
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When we began crafting our Letterbox Lab science kits, we realised that these days you can get almost anything as a subscription. Snacks, recipes, dog treats, toys, books, geek swag… you name it, you can subscribe to it. The subscription option...
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The sky is made of air, which is obviously not blue. So, why is the sky blue? This seems like a tricky question which children ask a lot. But in two easy steps you can see for yourself the answer to this age-old question. Step 1 – Making...
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Our regular blog series providing answers to the science questions kids ask is getting a little sci-fi flavour. First in this mini-series we ask “could you build a real lightsaber?”. Every one of the last five decades has had at least one...
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We tackle 10 of the most common misconceptions in science and false facts.  We only use 10% of our brain If only we could unlock that other 90%, we could have super powers! The idea our brains have incredible hidden potential is very appealing...
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The obvious response to your child asking “why do we laugh when tickled?” is to say, ‚ÄúI don‚Äôt know, let‚Äôs do an experiment‚Äù. Give them a massive tickle while continuously asking them, ‚Äúwhy are you laughing?‚Äù. Keep going...
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British Science Week starts today with events celebrating science across the UK. At Letterbox Lab will be celebrating science week by launching our Youtube channel on Monday 13th. Every day of the week we’ll be putting up a new video showing...
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Farts are definitely funny. We think we’re pretty clever and sophisticated beings with art and science and civilisation and then all of a sudden some smelly gas comes noisily out of our bottoms. For a moment all of that sophistication is...
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