There’s a much greater awareness now of how important plants are for the ecology of the planet and keeping us alive. However, it’s perhaps less known just how intricately interwoven…
Outdoor
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Playing and experimenting with light is a lot of fun. Especially for children. Light painting is a particular photography technique that captures how any torch or light source is moved…
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There’s lots of things you can do with bubbles. Experiment yourself with bubble mixtures (look out for the ‘catchable’ bubble mixtures which allow you to catch and hold bubbles without…
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Install this on your smartphone and get your children to install it as well. You might not use it often, but it could save a life or just help you…
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Team challenge and could be used as an ice-breaker, although it could be organised to provide a challenge at the individual level. Put a plastic duck in the bottom of…
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Egg based challenges. All the following activities/challenges are based on using eggs. Some are messier than others. Egg Launcher An excellent finale activity whereby teams build a catapult to launch…
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Fun but definitely a challenge and good team exercise requiring teams (or pairs) to pitch a tent. However, the individual or individuals doing the actual pitching are blindfold and not…
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A good way to encourage upcycling and reuse of scrap materials. The challenge is for teams to source the materials, design and build a go-kart they can use to race.…
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Simple, but fun team, family or just individual challenge. Taking advantage of what smartphones (or if you have them digital cameras) you have available. As teams or individuals seek out…
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aka ‘Night Line’ Probably a better one for outdoors. Particularly good as a night activity where you can decide whether blindfolds are still required. Using lots of string weave a…