Our hampers provide an assortment of activities to engage your students and help them build a greater understanding of the world around them.
These activities are designed to fit within an hour and can be delivered to small groups (up to 20) or to full classes, making them ideal as club activities.
What's in a hamper?
All hampers come with:
- the necessary kit* and a foldable trolley to help transport
- notes to help you lead the demonstration
- a presentation on a USB (a laptop can be requested if needed)
- hand-outs for the students
- risk assessment information and forms.
* you may need to source some perishable items yourself.
Depending on demand, you may only be able to loan the hamper for three days in total (i.e. day one to collect, day two to deliver the activity, day three to return the hamper).
If you would like more information about our hampers, please contact Renee Boling at r.boling@imperial.ac.uk.
Types of hamper
This session aims to discuss some of the things that our brains do, how we can ‘trick’ our brains with optical illusions, and how our reaction times depend on the ‘wiring’ of our nervous system.
- Recommended year group - 5/6
- Number of leaders required - 2
- Duration - 45-60 minutes
- Maximum group size - 30
Resources
- BW Leader Notes (PDF)
- BW Kit List (PDF)
- BW Brain Teaser Handouts (PDF)
- BW Brain Hats Handout (PDF)
This hamper gives students an opportunity to explore the chemistry behind colour. They can take part in fun and creative experiments such as mixing and separating colours with art and the scientific technique of chromotography.
- Recommended year group - 5/6
- Number of leaders required - 1
- Duration - 45-60 minutes
- Maximum group size - 20
Resources
- CC Presentation (PDF)
- CC Leader Notes (PDF)
- CC Kit List (PDF)
This hamper gives students the chnace to explore concepts of gravity through experiments that show how gravity is effected by air, fluids, surface area and magnetism.
- Recommended year group - 5/6
- Number of leaders required - 1
- Duration - 45-60 minutes
- Maximum group size - 30
Resources
- DG Presentation (PDF)
- DG Leader Notes (PDF)
- DG Kit List (PDF)
This hamper gives students an introduction to the different types of energy and energy transfers. A demo shows them how to can make their own electrolyser, use lemons as batteries and create their own circuits.
- Recommended year group - 5/6
- Number of leaders required - 2
- Duration - 45-60 minutes
- Maximum group size - 20
Resources
- EE Presentation (PDF)
- EE Leader Notes (PDF)
- EE Kit List (PDF)
This hamper allows students to explore different aspects of light. The activities including using 3D glasses and making colour wheels and spectroscopes.
- Recommended year group - 5/6
- Number of leaders required - 2
- Duration - 45-60 minutes
- Maximum group size - 20
Resources
- LAL Presentation (PDF)
- LAL Leader Notes (PDF)
- LAL Kit List (PDF)
This hamper gives students an opportunity to delve into the science of biology and develop their observational skills. Using handheld microscopes, students can try to identify and draw items from prepped slides and guess objects seen through a real laboratory microscope.
- Recommended year group - 5/6
- Number of leaders required - 1
- Duration - 45-60 minutes
- Maximum group size - 30
Resources
This hamper allows students to explore the exciting world of geology. With the help of rock samples and using handheld microscopes, students learn about the rock life cycle and classification of rocks.
- Recommended year group - 3
- Number of leaders required - 1
- Duration - 1 hour
- Maximum group size - 30
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