Here’s a record-breaking journey that needs to be seen to be believed!
In 2016, Luke Aikins set a record for skydiving 7,6000 metres without a parachute! While travelling at 193 km/h, he steered his way to a safe landing on a bouncy net.
Watch Luke’s record-breaking fall here:
Here’s a record you can try and beat at home – find out how to fold the best paper aeroplane in the world here!
Find out more about awesomely amazing record-breaking journeys in Whizz Pop Bang 113: FESTIVE SCIENCE FUN!
We’ve got THREE bumper sets to give away from Connetix worth £115 each!
We have an epic giveaway this December, this is not one you want to miss out on! We’ve partnered with Connetix and have three massive, 120 piece magnetic construction sets to give away.
The Connetix 120 Piece Pastel Creative Pack makes playtime engaging and educational, sparking boundless creativity and promoting educational, playful experiences for children of all ages. This amazing creative pack offers a spectrum of shapes in 8 delightful pastel colours, making it the perfect canvas for constructing impressive Connetix creations, from intricate designs to grand-scale masterpieces.
Whether children are absorbed in solitary play or engaging with friends and family, constructions toys like this one from Connetix spark STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and, Mathematics) learning while nurturing fine and gross motor skills. Kids can assemble towering castles, futuristic rockets, majestic towers, sturdy bridges, and much more.
The high-quality, open-ended pack seamlessly adapts to your child’s evolving interests and abilities, providing a platform for increasingly complex and imaginative play experience
For your chance to win, simply answer this question in the comments:
Which is the tallest building in the world?
a) The Shard
b) Eiffel tower
c) Burj Khalifa
This competition closes at midnight on Sunday 31st December 2023 and is open to UK residents only. Whizz Pop Bang competition terms and conditions are here.
We’ve got four epic construction sets to give away from Geomag!
Use the strength and energy of the Geomag magnets and spheres to build crazy spinning tops and suspended models that will spin for ages. Put your building and spinning skills to the test with this Geomag E-Motion Magnetic Construction Set! Plus, they are made from recycled plastic!
For your chance to win, simply answer this question in the comments:
What type of vehicle is the Gossamer Albatross?
a) Bicycle
b) Boat
c) Plane
This competition closes at midnight on 31st August 2022. For full terms and conditions visit whizzpopbang.com/terms
Get ready to race with this marble of engineering! Slot together the press-out parts to create three twisting neon tracks, just waiting for marbles to shoot, spin and whizz around.
This clever marble run kit from Build Your Own includes an ingenious lift and drop marble elevator and run switches to randomise the courses. It’s Build Your Own’s most challenging creation yet – with a build time of four hours, this kit is bound to keep the whole family busy during long weekends at home.
Designed in the UK and made from high-quality sustainable cardboard, this is one amazing piece of kit and we’ve got THREE to give away to lucky winners!
To be in with a chance of winning one of three Build Your Own marble run kits, simply answer this question in the comments:
Who is Mae Jemison?
A An engineer and NASA astronaut
B A marbles champion
C A botanist
Good luck!
This competition closes at midnight on Monday 30th November 2020. Whizz Pop Bang competition terms and conditions are here.
Whizz Pop Bang is a top-quality, gender-neutral, advert-free science magazine for families everywhere. Each issue is packed with experiments, activities, amazing facts, puzzles, jokes, riddles and more. Find out more here!
Now that schools are closed, have you become a home educator overnight? Whizz Pop Bang is the world’s most awesomely amazing kids’ science magazine, bursting with hands-on experiments, facts and fun, and we want to help you and your children with the huge transition that many of us face.
Here are some FREE science activities and experiments to help you entertain, excite and educate your year 5 child! You’ll find out how to make a water wheel lifter, a balloon rocket, a model of our solar system, flying machines and paper planes, plus reading comprehensions about astronaut Tim Peake and sensational scientists The Wright Brothers!
Our experiments are designed for children from 6 to 12, but this list of experiments is particularly perfect for year 5, P6 (Scotland) and 9-year-olds and 10-year-olds as they tie in with the relevant National Curriculum objectives and topics.
The reading comprehensions included here were designed to be read at A3 size, so text may appear too small when printed at A4. They work really well on a tablet or monitor, or you may need to print them on two pages of A4 if your printer allows.
If you have any comments or questions about our free year 5 science experiments and reading comprehensions, please leave a comment for us. Or do you have any science homeschool ideas or general home educating ideas for 9- and 10-year-olds? We’d love to hear from you!
Harness the power of water in this fun free science experiment using household items.
This activity is taken from Whizz Pop Bang’s Awesomely Amazing Science Club – download the entire pack here!
You will need:
1 small plastic bottle
1 large yoghurt pot or plastic bottle cut in half
Duct tape
String
Paper clip
Bowl
Wooden spoon or pencil
Make a balloon fly across the room!
You will need:
A balloon
String
Two chairs
Measuring tape
A 5 cm piece of straw
Topic links: Year 5 Forces and magnets, P6 Forces
This interview delves into what it is really like to travel in space. Tim Peake describes what it feels like to take off in a rocket and to feel weightless, as well as his scariest moments. A must-read for your aspiring astronauts.
This downloadable reading pack includes:
– An interview with Tim Peake for you to print or for your child to read on a tablet.
– Reading comprehension question sheet and answer sheet.
Topic links: Year 5 Earth and Space, P6 Space
Print and fold a paper stunt plane that should fly in a circle!
You will need:
Sticky tack
Year 5 Forces and magnets, P6 Forces
Experiment with making flying machines by adding different shapes to paper straws!
You will need:
Paper straws
Year 5 Forces and magnets, P6 Forces
A biography text on the remarkable story of the team behind the world’s first powered flight. In December 1903 Wilbur piloted a plane with a petrol engine for 59 seconds and travelled 260 metres. The Wright brothers had unlocked the secret of mechanical flight!
This downloadable reading pack includes:
– A feature about sensational scientists, The Wright Brothers, for you to print or for your child to read on a tablet.
– Reading comprehension question sheet and answer sheet.
Topic links: Year 5 Forces and magnets, P6 Forces
Learn the order of the planets by making a model solar system. Just download, print, add scissors and glue, and your astronauts-in-training will do the rest. It’s out of this world!
Topic links: Year 5 Earth and space, P6 Space
Are you home educating children in other year groups? Find more free resources here:
Free science activities for year 2 and P3
Free science activities for year 3 and P4
Free science activities for year 4 and P5
Free science activities for year 6 and P7