Science Science Kits - Letterbox Lab

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 31/03/2017

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...

Posted 24/03/2017

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%...

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 03/03/2017

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...

Posted 28/02/2017

“The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented” – Dennis Gabor. Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-British engineer and...

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 24/02/2017

It might have been difficult to notice through Storm Doris yesterday, but with every day there is a sunrise and a sunset. In between, the familiar...

Posted 22/02/2017

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

Posted 14/02/2017

“Science is a quest for understanding.” – Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell. When Jocelyn Bell Burnell was a postgraduate student she...

Posted 10/02/2017

If your child asks you this question, don’t feel you actually need to know the answer. Nobody knows, which makes it a great question. Forget UFOs...