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Royal Institution ExpeRimental
ExpeRimental is the Royal Institution’s collection of short family science videos and practical activities.
Topics include static electricity, handmade animations, visual illusions and a cake experiment that swaps ingredients. In the static-electricity video, a parent and child make objects move without touching them, then try the same thing with other objects. The videos model curiosity more than polished explanation, leaving most of the time for predicting, trying and comparing.
- Ages
- Family activities; the static-electricity activity is marked 12 and under
- Works on
- Web browser
- Topics
- Science, Nature
- Languages
- English
- Listed
- 2026-10-11
What kids do
- Investigate static electricity
- Create handmade animation
- Explore visual illusions
- Compare cake ingredients
Who it suits
Made for families. The Royal Institution marks the static-electricity activity for children 12 and under.
Notes for parents
Each activity has an information sheet for setting up. The videos play through embedded YouTube players.
What you need
- An adult taking part
- Materials for each project
Visit Royal Institution ExpeRimental
In these guides
- Science experiments at home with everyday materials: Science activities for kids from museum and science-society sites: colors in milk, static electricity, a bean in a jar, shadows and sunshine.
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- MarcoPolo Ocean: Reef building, a submersible to assemble and marine animals to find, with narration that introduces ocean words.
- Coral Reef by Tinybop: Children explore a reef food web, hide an octopus and follow food through a jellyfish to see how ocean life connects.
- Star Walk Kids: Astronomy Game: Cartoons, narrated facts and quick quizzes guide children around a moving solar system and a mobile observatory.
- The Earth by Tinybop: Volcanoes, earthquakes, fossils and shifting sediment, all on screen, showing how the Earth’s surface changes.
- Space by Tinybop: An interactive solar system model where children compare planets, tilt the Earth and follow the phases of the Moon.