Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Science - In the spotlight Back Science - In the spotlight Primary science – In the line of enquiry 18th November 2011, 12:00am Aimee Fagan Share Science - In the spotlight https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/science-spotlight-26 Copy Link How does soap work? Can you bake ice-cream? How do animals stay warm in winter? Mesmerising mysteries and riddles are great fun for young scientists at school and at home.To save time preparing answers to these exciting enquiries, have a look at the ideas for fun experiments and investigations shared on TES Resources by Hamilton Trust, rnlieducation, bevanloo and julsgate. And try www.planet-science.com, which has an experiments section covering chemistry, physics, biology, weather and even magic tricks.Find all resources and links at www.tes.co.ukresources010. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Modern Foreign Languages - Resource of the week Aimee Fagan • 18th November 2011 Modern Foreign Languages - Resource of the week Aimee Fagan • 18th November 2011 Science - In the spotlight Aimee Fagan • 18th November 2011 Science - Resource of the week Aimee Fagan • 7th October 2011 Recent Most read Most shared ‘Insidious return of prejudice’ fuelling racism in schools, leaders warn News 14 March 2026 How our coastal school has stopped leavers becoming Neet Teaching & Learning 13 March 2026 Ofsted recruits unpaid inspectors as part of pilot scheme News 13 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 We need to talk about the neurodivergent teachers in our schools Analysis 12 March 2026 Ofsted rejects 9 in 10 complaints about schools News 11 March 2026 5 things we need for the SEND reforms to succeed Analysis 12 March 2026 Deliver on SEND or lose services, ministers warn councils News 12 March 2026 Lack of space in schools could halt inclusion drive, DfE warned News 13 March 2026
