You (too) can do science
"Tu (també) pots fer ciència" (You (too) can do science) is a scientific outreach project, co-financed by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, which consists of creating scientific educational material so that children can carry out easy science workshops and experiments with few resources and in an autonomous way, with the help of their teachers or responsible individuals. Through this project, the aim is to reach diverse children audiences, even those with more difficulties accessing scientific knowledge, and thus advocate for a more inclusive and open science.
The materials have been developed by Soledad Gómez, a researcher at IRSJD, Alberto Moran, a collaborating pharmacist, and Marta Fortuny, communication manager at IRSJD.
Each experiment is composed of a card addressed to the activity facilitators (teachers, monitors, mothers, fathers, etc.) and a card addressed to the children. Available in Spanish, Catalan, English, and French.
Knowing the fingerprints · 6-8 years old
Let's take a look at those lines we have on the skin of our fingertips that form different figures and that can help us to be a good detective...
Activity aimed at children between 6 and 8 years old.
English
Available in Spanish and Catalan on the language versions of the website.
Making snow with a diaper · 6-8 years old
We are used to put a solid in a liquid and see how it dissolves, like a bit of sugar in a glass of water. Here we are going to do it the other way around. We are going to see how a solid is able to capture a liquid inside it.
Activity aimed at children between 6 and 8 years old.
English
Available in Spanish and Catalan on the language versions of the website.
Bubbles with holes · 8-10 years old
Learn the concept of surface tension through experimenting with soap bubbles.
Activity aimed at children between 8 and 10 years old.
English
Available in Spanish and Catalan on the language versions of the website.
Dye a celery · 8-10 years old
Let's get to know what plants look like inside and understand what capillarity and transpiration are.
Activity aimed at children between 8 and 10 years old.
English
Available in Spanish and Catalan on the language versions of the website.
Build your own solar oven · 10-12 years old
Let's find out how we can use the sun's energy for cooking.
Activity aimed at children between 10 and 12 years old.
English
Available in Spanish and Catalan on the language versions of the website.
Balloon race · 10-12 years old
We are going to learn about the principle of action and reaction, which was first explained by Isaac Newton in 1687 and is now known as Newton's Third Law.
Activity aimed at children between 10 and 12 years old.
English
Available in Spanish and Catalan on the language versions of the website.
Project co-funded by the Grants for the Promotion of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Culture of the Fundación Española de Ciencia y Tecnología.