This practical allows children to create a simple electrical circuit using adhesive copper tape, a battery and a coloured LED. When placed in a school-made greetings card, the LED will light up adding sparkle.

Information about the different types of magnets and their safety measures, together with activities that demonstrate the properties of magnetism and information on the everyday use of magnets.

This practical activity describes how children can extract iron from breakfast cereal using a neodymium magnet.

A guide to all of our environmental study area resources.