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Fill your summer with science!

Posted 15/07/2018 by Mia Hatton 959

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 to be filled with fun. As we may have mentioned, playing with science is a wonderfully constructive...

A Week of Science in the Sun

Posted 28/06/2018 by Mia Hatton 1250

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 classic ‘rainy day’ activities but we’ve spent the last week of glorious sunny...

What’s in our science subscription box?

Posted 23/03/2018 by Mia Hatton 1449

Letterbox Lab is a science subscription box available in the UK and Ireland. You might have heard of subscription boxes – they might bring to mind an image of themed stuff in a box that is a nice monthly treat. You might not have heard of...

How do rainbows form? And what is a rainbow anyway?

Posted 26/05/2017 by Mia Hatton 7087

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...

Why Do Clouds Float?

Posted 05/05/2017 by Letterbox Lab 2042

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...

What’s so good about a science subscription box?

Posted 14/04/2017 by Mia Hatton 2590

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‚Ä¶ you name it, you can subscribe to it. The subscription option...