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Posted 15/07/2018

Hey science fans! Can you believe the summer holidays are upon us already? All of a sudden, six glorious weeks are stretching ahead of us, waiting...

Posted 28/06/2018

Has anyone noticed it’s been a bit bright and warm of late? So did we! Science activities are often lumped in with movies and board games as...

Posted 30/06/2017

Find out more Why do bubbles keep rising from the bottom of fizzy drinks and don’t run out? This one question, asked of us by an 11 year old...

Posted 19/05/2017

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...

Posted 14/04/2017

When we began crafting our Letterbox Lab science kits, we realised that these days you can get almost anything as a subscription. Snacks, recipes...

Posted 07/04/2017

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...

Posted 17/03/2017

The obvious response to your child asking “why do we laugh when tickled?” is to say, “I don’t know, let’s do an experiment”. Give them...

Posted 10/03/2017

British Science Week starts today with events celebrating science across the UK. At Letterbox Lab will be celebrating science week by launching...

Posted 26/02/2017

Welsh ICE families put science up their sleeve For those outside of Wales, half term might seem like a long-distant memory, but here in...

Posted 22/02/2017

We’re all about fun kids’ science activities and making discoveries through play. It encourages scientific understanding, it develops...

Posted 08/02/2017

As we like to say at Letterbox Lab, science is weird, messy and fun to play with, but science is also one of those precious things in life that...