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Whizz Pop Bang’s January Sale!

Posted on 9th January 2025 | by Jo at Whizz Pop Bang | Leave a Comment

Looking for a Whizz Pop Bang discount code? We’re kicking off 2025 with an epic deal you can use to save 33% on back issues and three-issue bundles of back issues in the Whizz Pop Bang shop!

Use the code BONANZA25 at the checkout to claim your discount.*

➡️ All back issues just £4 each!
➡️ Three-issue bundles just £10!
Prices include FREE UK p&p!

Discover our treasure trove of back issues! Every edition is crammed with captivating articles, hands-on experiments, and inspiring stories that will spark your child’s curiosity and passion for science.

Whether the children in your life love…
🦕 dinosaurs
🍰 experimenting in the kitchen
🏗️ building and engineering
🐾 animals or
🧪 anything to do with science
there’s something for everyone in our back catalogue.

Browse 75 Inspiring Back Issues In The Shop

Simply select your child’s current passion or this term’s school topic from the list of three-issue bundles available in our shop…

🦕 Dino Discovery Bundle – giant dinos, flying beasts and the age of extinction!
🧠 Human Body Bundle – terrific teeth, brilliant brains and the wonder of medicine
💥 Explosive Science Bundle – fire, explosions and active Earth
🐥 Animal Antics Bundle – insects, babies and the wildlife-packed jungle
⚙️ History Bundle – the Victorian era, Ancient Greece and the Stone Age
🚀 Space Exploration Bundle – travel into space and investigate the Moon and Mars!
🤖 Engineering Bundle – play park science, historical engineers and rocking robots!

If you’ve wanted to try Whizz Pop Bang for a while, then this is the perfect time. Using the Whizz Pop Bang promo code BONANZA25 means you’ll get three issues for just £10 with FREE UK delivery – that’s just £3.33 per issue!

Browse Three-Issue Bundles In The Shop

* Offer valid until midnight on 31.01.25 on Whizz Pop Bang individual back issues and bundles of three back issues purchased using the coupon code BONANZA25. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer.

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Watch a sinking ship

Posted on 1st May 2022 | by Kirsty Williams | Leave a Comment

Scientists have discovered The Endurance, the lost ship of the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, at the bottom of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Watch a video of the ship sinking here:

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Living in space

Posted on 1st January 2022 | by Kirsty Williams | 2 Comments

Astronauts have been living aboard the International Space Station for the last 21 years. Ever wondered how astronauts wee and poo, sleep and brush their teeth in microgravity? Find out here…

Find out more about what it’s like to live in space in Whizz Pop Bang: OUT OF THIS WORLD.

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Fill your child with science wonder with a subscription to Whizz Pop Bang, the award-winning magazine for 6 to 12-year-olds. Watch their face light up with glee when their very own magazine zooms through the letterbox! Packed full of hands-on science awesomeness, it’s the gift that keeps of delighting, month after month.

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Princess Leia hologram could soon be a reality!

Posted on 1st January 2020 | by Jo at Whizz Pop Bang | 5 Comments

Star Wars fans will remember the 3D hologram of Princess Leia projected by R2-D2. Now, British scientists have developed a way of making holograms that can be seen, heard and felt! Here’s a video of this new technology in action:

Have you been reading about holograms in Whizz Pop Bang: POLAR SCIENCE? Pretty amazing, aren’t they? Read more about this story in the Polar Science issue – on sale now!

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10 Awesomely Amazing recycling heroes!

Posted on 21st January 2019 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

Whizz Pop Bang magazine recycling heroes

Big shout out to our 10 Awesomely Amazing recycling heroes in our RUBBISH SCIENCE issue!

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1. Melati and Isabel Wijsen who set up Bye Bye Plastic Bags
2. Sammie Vance with her recycled plastic buddy benches
3. Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu who set up soleRebels designing shoes from old tyres
4. Ryan Hickman, age 9 runs his own recycling company
5. Aaron Westbrook 3D prints prosthetic limbs from recycled plastic
6. Anna Bullus who set up Gumdrop ltd making shoes with pink soles from recycled gum
7. Esther Bird campaigned to stop single-use plastics being used at her school
8. Julia Bray, Ashton Cofer and Luke and Natalie Clay converted styrofoam cups into activated carbon
9. Zymal Umer set up Zee Bags to make gift bags from recycled newspaper
10. Amy and Ella Meek from Kids Against Plastic campaign to help families, cafes and councils to be ‘Plastic Clever’

So inspiring to see so many kids taking the initiative, the future’s looking greener everyone! 👍🏽

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AIR POLLUTION: An invisible threat

Posted on 3rd January 2019 | by Rachael Tapping | Leave a Comment

Whizz Pop Bang air pollution feature

How can science help? In this article we help children understand what causes air pollution, and how we as individuals can help to improve air quality. This article was featured in the SMALL WONDER issue of Whizz Pop Bang science magazine for kids, to buy this issue visit our online shop.

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Put your hard hat on – we're going underground in this edition of Whizz Pop Bang! Prepare to get muddy as you dig into the science beneath our feet.

We'll investigate the mysteries of caves, then grow your own stalactites and stalagmites. Meet some wriggling worms, from garden friends to parasitic animal invaders! Craft awesome paper gemstones, grow glittering crystal geodes and mix up some seed bombs to create wild places for pollinators.

Solve sparkling puzzles and riddles, then discover how engineers tunnels that can be many miles long. Meet the geologist and explorer Charles Lyell and marvel at the incredible Mexican cave filled with gigantic crystals!