Have you heard of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition? It’s a brilliant chance for young nature-lovers like you to show off your photography skills. Best of all? Kids can enter free!
This competition is all about celebrating the beauty and wonder of the natural world. When you take part, you’ll join people from all over the world who love capturing moments in nature, whether it’s animals playing, birds flying or tiny bugs doing their thing.
When you enter, your photos could be chosen to be part of an amazing exhibition at the Natural History Museum that people from all over the world come to see. Imagine your photo on display, inspiring others to care more about wildlife and the environment!
Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas won the Young Wildlife Photographer Of The Year – Grand Title 2024 award.
This photo is of fruiting bodies of slime mould and a tiny springtail. It was taken by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas in Germany, and he was awarded Young Wildlife Photographer Of The Year – Grand Title 2024. Find out more about this incredible photograph here.
Taking pictures of our wonderful planet isn’t just fun – it also can also remind everyone of the beauty of nature, and why protecting it is so important.
So, if you love taking pictures and want to share what’s special about the world around you, grab a camera or phone, head outside, and capture something amazing. You might be the next young wildlife photography star!
Here’s your chance to win one of ten copies of The Science Museum Puzzle Book: Journey Into Space. Keep reading to tackle some of the intergalactic puzzles featured inside!
Plan a mission, train to be an astronaut, launch a rocket and discover what it’s like to live in space as you tackle the teasers in this brilliant puzzle book!
As well as over 100 space-themed puzzles, this book is stuffed with essential space facts and profiles of significant people and moments linked to space exploration.
Put your brain to the test with these puzzles, taken from Journey Into Space: A Science Museum Puzzle Book. You’ll find the competition below these puzzles.
We’ve got ten copies of this book to give away! Simply answer the question in the comments to be in with a chance.
Which person has travelled into space?
A Helen Sharman B Galileo Galilei C Arthur C. Clarke
The Science Museum Puzzle Book: Journey Into Space by The Science Museum is published by Seven Dials available in trade paperback and eBook on 7th November 2024. RRP £14.99.
Find the answers to the puzzles from this page here. Haven’t tackled these teasers yet? Click here to give them a try!
WATCH THE SKIES! Stargazer D has seen the most stars. A has seen 4 stars. B has seen 3 stars. C has seen 2 stars. D has seen 5 stars. E has seen 1 star.
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS Message reads: REMEMBER TO SAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE KEYED IN
SHAPE UP Only box C contains all the parts to build the robot.
The Science Museum Puzzle Book: Journey into Space by The Science Museum is published by Seven Dials available in Trade Paperback and eBook on the 7thNovember 2024. RRP £14.99.
Are you looking for some spooky science to do at home? If you want to know how to do some Halloween experiments and make DIY Halloween decorations, you’ve come to the right place.
PLUS keep reading to find a discount code to SAVE 20% on books, binders and magazine bundles in the Whizz Pop Bang shop!
Discover how to create edible fake blood, craft a spooky window scene, turn Halloween candy into dancing Franken-worms, mix up a batch of gooey oobleck slime and carve a puking pumpkin right here. PLUS find out which issues of Whizz Pop Bang contain Halloween activities!
Want more spooky science? This month’s edition of Whizz Pop Bang is packed with it!
In Whizz Pop Bang: Spooky Science, mini scientists can…
🎃 Build a working model heart🎃 Discover how X-ray machines work🎃 Make blood cell cereal 🎃 Read bat-tastic facts 🎃 Craft a movable skeleton
Plus experiments, jokes, riddles, puzzles and more!
Whizz Pop Bang is our award-winning science magazine that brings science to life for children aged six to twelve (and their parents too)!
Discover how easy it is to enjoy science at home with Whizz Pop Bang magazine. Spark your child’s imagination with lab-loads of hands-on experiments, the latest science news, tantalising puzzles and amazing facts.
Subscribe today to start your child’s adventures in discovery and to inspire the scientists of the future!
This brilliant activity by Science Sparks uses common kitchen ingredients to make a bubbling pumpkin laval lamp.
You will need: A clear bottle or jar A bottle of vegetable oil Orange food colouring Glitter Water Alka Seltzer (or try fizzy vitamin tablets) Black pen and pipe cleaners for decoration
Head over to Science Sparks to find out how to make this epic lava lamp!
Can you believe that half term is just around the corner already?! We’ve got the perfect way to keep your child entertained – Whizz Pop Bang’s epic selection of spooky experiments, awesome crafts, fascinating facts and silly jokes!
Store your magazine collection in style with a Whizz Pop Bang binder. These clever binders allow readers to flick through 12 editions. There’s no need to punch holes or remove them before reading.
Grab bundles of 3, 6 or 12 magazines at a bargain price! With 17 different collections to choose between, you’re bound to find something to keep curious minds busy.
* Use the code AUTUMN20 at the checkout. Offer ends 01.11.24
3. Dancing Franken-worms
Turn the contents of those overflowing trick or treat buckets into a fun learning opportunity. Find out how to use bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to make gummy worms dance over at Playdoh to Plato’s blog!
Stock up on boredom-busting science fun with this bundle of three activity-packed magazines, together with the awesome Whizz Pop Bang Science Puzzle Book.
The bundle contains: ⭐️ The awesome Whizz Pop Bang Science Puzzle Book, packed with over 150 brain-bending puzzles! ⭐️ Whizz Pop Bang magazine, Issue 10: Extreme Environments ⭐️ Whizz Pop Bang magazine, Issue 27: Spectacular Skeletons ⭐️ Whizz Pop Bang magazine, Issue 34: Shocking Science
SAVE 20% on this bundle when you use the code AUTUMN20 at the checkout!*
You will need: Mixing bowl Spoon Cornflour or custard powder Water Food colouring (optional)
What you do: 1. Place four heaped tablespoons of cornflour or custard powder into a bowl. 2. Add a splash of water and stir the mixture. Keep adding water a little at a time, until the mixture is about the same consistency as honey. 3. If you add too much water, add some more cornflour or custard powder. 4. Add a little food colouring if you like and mix it in.
Watch the video to find out more about the strange properties of this special substance.
Watch Whizz Pop Bang kid Poppy make some spooky oobleck!
Looking for more spooky science? These issues of Whizz Pop Bang have some simple Halloween science ideas inside!
Looking for more home science fun? From science experiments, science activities, collectible science club badges to science colouring and more, you’ll find loads of brilliant ideas right here!
It wasn’t just people on Earth who were glued to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics – astronauts on the ISS were inspired by the athletes, too! They added elements of Olympic sports to their training programmes (and it looks like they had a lot of fun doing it, too!)
Watch the astronauts who were inspired by the Olympics here!
Do you know a small scientist who is always coming up with new inventions? They are bound to love this new book which proves that small inventions can make a huge difference to our world!
We have five copies ofSmall Inventions That Changed The World by Roma Agrawak and Jisu Choi to give away! Thank you to Hachette Children’s Group for providing this epic prize.
This book shines a spotlight on tiny change makers including the nail, the wheel and string. It’s hard to image how such humble objects can be significant, but this book explains how they were crucial to the development of advanced technology like spaceships and skyscrapers.
Small Inventions That Changed The Worldtakes readers on a spectacular and intriguing journey through centuries, from the Silk Road to the International Space Station.
We’ve got five copies of this stunning and inspiring book to give away! Simply answer the question in the comments to be in with a chance.
Which of the below is a type of engineering?
A Civet B Civil C Cirrus
Small Inventions That Changed The World by Roma Agrawal and Jisu Choi is published by Hachette Children’s Group and is available now. RRP £16.99.
It’s not long until the fantastic Just So Festival kicks off – it’s running at Rode Hall, Cheshire on 16th – 18th August 2024. It’s an incredible outdoor adventure for families from bumps to great grandparents, and Whizz Pop Bang are so excited to be a part of the fun that’s in store!
The Whizz Pop Bang team are huge fans of this magical festival, and once again, we’re bringing a sprinkle of science to the programme!
Head to the Discovery Den to explore the wonderful world of water with Whizz Pop Bang, the awesome science magazine for kids
Cut, fold and float flowers that blossom due to capillary action Make a floating boat Dare you hold a glass of water over your head?! And lots more (slightly damp) fun, perfect for children aged 6 to 12.
Whizz Pop Bang is an awesomely amazing monthly science magazine that brings science to life for children aged six to twelve (and their parents too)! There’s lab-loads of hands-on experiments, mind-boggling facts, puzzles, news and fun packed into each month’s magazine. Whizz Pop Bang sparks imaginations and inspires the scientists of the future from the moment it comes bursting through their letterbox. Subscribe today at whizzpopbang.com!
If you’re not lucky enough to be going to Just So Festival this year, but want to have heaps of fun with science, browse back issues in our shop now!
Have your family been glued to the cycling in the Olympics? Bike fans will love Bicycles Pop-Up Book – a beautiful pop-up book all about cycling over the past 200 years. Featuring eight pop-up scenes crafted by master paper engineer, Dominique Ehrhard, this beautiful book will be treasured by cycle enthusiasts of all ages.
Hoopla is a new magazine to help support the emotional wellbeing of children aged 5 to 10, full of fun activities, jokes and good news!
In a world where our children are growing up faster than ever before, where they face the pull of screen time, societal pressures to excel at school, to fit in with their peers, to be a certain body shape and to look a certain way, it’s easy to see how kids can sometimes feel overwhelmed.
It’s no wonder an ever-growing proportion of young children are facing mental health problems from an early age.
A magazine to help keep children carefree, playful and happy…
Hoopla magazine gives kids aged 5 to 10 a breathing space. A space to be who they want to be, to explore new ideas, to challenge their brains, and to try fun activities that foster happiness and wellbeing.
Hoopla is a 36-page magazine, packed full of fun ideas for off-screen activities to try at home, along with exciting articles to stimulate children’s expanding brains. Hoopla helps to keep kids happy, playful and curious. It’s a real physical magazine that arrives especially for them through the letterbox each month – a dose of happiness delivered straight into their hands each month!
Hoopla is the happy magazine for all children who want to have fun! 😁
What’s inside Hoopla magazine?
There’ll be a new topic each month and each edition will feature sections on art, nature, science and cooking, as well as emotions and critical thinking.
The first edition of Hoopla is all about having fun! It will get kids thinking… What does it mean to have fun? Would it be enjoyable to have fun all the time? How do you and your family have fun? Plus, there’ll be loads of fun activities to try at home!
Future editions will cover a wide range of topics, from dinosaurs and detectives to ancient Egypt.
Ideas for fresh-air adventures that encourage kids to get outside
The 36 pages will be packed full of ideas to keep kids happily engaged, such as outdoor activities, art projects and fun science experiments.
Kids will discover famous artists and get to try a related art project each month
There’ll be a good news section as well as journalling pages to encourage boys and girls to write or draw their thoughts, feelings and experiences. There’ll also be stories, puzzles, jokes and riddles to keep young minds challenged and active.
Children are encouraged to express their thoughts and feelings
Each magazine is lovingly illustrated by awesome illustrator Clive Goodyer with fun-loving characters that help to bring the magazine to life.
Magazine characters, clockwise from top left: Jem, Callie, Tanj and Whirl
Happy, healthy minds
Dr Naira Wilson, a clinical psychologist specialising in childhood mental health and author of children’s books supporting emotional wellbeing, will be Hoopla’s expert adviser. Hoopla will promote ideas that engage children in activities that support their wellbeing, without being prescriptive or pushy.
Beam a ray of happiness to your child each month with Hoopla magazine!
Helping others
We’re committed to helping as many children as possible, which is why we’ll be supporting children’s charity ‘Place2Be’. This well-established charity partners with schools all over the country to supply trained councillors for one-to-one and group counselling so that children of all ages have someone to turn to.
So a subscription to Hoopla doesn’t just support your child’s happiness, it also supports the wellbeing of thousands more children.
Who are we?
I’m Jenny Inglis, a mother of three and for a time I was fostered as a child. I have also had experience of being a foster parent too. I am therefore personally very aware of the experiences of childhood mental health struggles and the importance of children’s wellbeing and happiness. It is for those reasons that I’m hoping to launch a new happy magazine for children. ‘Hoopla’ will help to promote self-acceptance, positive mental attitudes and enjoyment of all aspects of childhood life.
For the last nine years I’ve been running an equally awesome magazine for kids called Whizz Pop Bang – it’s an award-winning magazine that brings science to life for girls and boys aged 6 to 12. I started Whizz Pop Bang from a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 and it’s been a roaring success ever since!
With the help of my fabulous team of Whizz Pop Bang writers, illustrators, designers and customer service super stars, we’re ridiculously excited to be bringing this second magazine to life!
Thank you so much for your support in helping to make Hoopla magazine a reality!
Is Euro 2024 on 24/7 in your house? Are you counting down to Paris 2024? Then keep reading, because we have three copies of Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia from DK Books to give away to sports-loving scientists!
Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia is the ultimate guide to over 100 sports worldwide. From basketball to pickleball, this book has it all! Whether your child loves team sports, racing, or extreme adventures, they’ll find something exciting.
Packed with vibrant images and easy-to-understand explanations, kids will learn the rules, essential gear, and the spirit of the game. With special features on the Olympics and Paralympics, this book is perfect for young sports enthusiasts.
Simply answer the question in the comments to be in with a chance.
What equipment is used for pickleball? 🎾 Paddle and ball 🎾 Bow and arrow 🎾 Racquet and shuttlecock
Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia. DK. £14.99. Out Now.
