Resources
Science on Stage Books
Books of teaching ideas and demos selected by the Irish team members at European festivals (2000-2022) have been produced. These books have been sent to all science teachers in Ireland and can be downloaded in PDF format here. The development and distribution of the books has been made possible by support from CASTeL at Dublin City University, the Institute of Physics (IoP) in Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Discover Programme, Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) and Science on Stage Europe.
- Science on Stage 2022 Teaching Ideas selected by the Irish team (5.1Mb)
- Science on Stage 2019 Teaching Ideas selected by the Irish team (4.3Mb)
- Science on Stage 2017 Teaching Ideas selected by the Irish team (2.0 Mb)
- Science on Stage 2015 Teaching Ideas selected by the Irish team (1.2 Mb)
- Science on Stage 1&2 Teaching Ideas selected by the Irish teams (4.7 Mb)
- Physics on Stage 2&3 Teaching Ideas selected by the Irish teams (5.9 Mb)
Science on Stage Videos
Videos (in English and Irish) of teaching ideas selected by Irish team members at European Festivals (2000-2019) have been produced. The production of these video resources has been made possible by support from CASTeL at Dublin City University, the Institute of Physics (IoP) in Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Discover Programme and the Professional Development Services for Teachers (PDST).
Science on Stage Resources (video, PDF)
Genetic drift [English][Irish]
Opening Flowers Capillary Action [English][Irish]
Natural alternatives to antiseptics [English][PDF]
Disc ‘Rotography’ [English][PDF]
Fat-binding products [English][PDF]
Make your own 3D cell [English][PDF]
Greener Greens [English]
Left and right dominance [English][PDF]
Mirror illusion images [English][PDF]
Beaky feeding frenzy [English][PDF]
Water Pollution with Nail Polish [English][PDF]
From mouth to toilet [English][PDF]
It’s a green world! – (Part 1) [English][PDF]
It’s a green world! – (Part 2) [English][PDF]
It’s a green world! – (Part 3) [English][PDF]
It’s a green world! – (Part 4) [English][PDF]
Enzyme action with Lego [English][PDF]
Genetics and Lego [English][PDF]
The Strength of a Seed Project [English][PDF]
The Wonderful World of Woodlice [English][PDF]
Effect of salinity on crop plant (grass) germination and seedling growth rates [PDF]
Going Bananas! [PDF]
Effect of alcohol and caffeine on the heart rate of the water flea Daphnia [PDF]
The importance of Water [PDF]
Hunting Jellybeans [English][PDF]
The survival game [English][PDF]
Game of Clones [English][PDF]
Bubble and Squeak [English][Irish]
Carbon Copy with Lemon Juice [English][Irish]
CO2 Rocket [English][Irish]
Electrolysis of Water [English][Irish]
Maths and Chemistry [English][Irish]
Steel Wool Sparkler [English][Irish][PDF]
Zippie Chemistry 1: Acid-Base Reactions [English][PDF]
Zippie Chemistry 2: Precipitation Reactions [English][PDF]
Zippie Chemistry 3: Endothermic / Exothermic [English][PDF]
Zippie Chemistry 4: Gel Formation [English][PDF]
Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic Compound [English][PDF]
Precipitation using PolyPocket sleeves [English][PDF]
Electrolysis using PolyPocket sleeves [English][PDF]
Electrochemistry in hydrogel balls [English][PDF]
Precipitation reactions in hydrogel balls [PDF]
Exploding Bubbles [English]
Chemical Tea [English]
The Blue Bottle [English]
Have fun with bubbles [English][PDF]
Getting to know the elements of your smartphone [English][PDF]
Diffusion using plant life [English][PDF]
Cloud in a Bottle [English][PDF]
Piezoelectric Sparker [English][PDF]
Boiling Point of Water [English][PDF]
Osmotic Pressure [English][PDF]
New properties from superficial changes#1 Mechanical Properties[English][PDF]
New properties from superficial changes# The wetness of sands [English][PDF]
Polypocket Chemistry#1- acidity of solutions [English][PDF]
Polypocket Chemistry#2- Exploring hydrochloric acid [English][PDF]
Bubble Motion Inside a Bottle [English][Irish]
Density [English][Irish]
Density of Apple and Tomato [English]
Cartesian diver using dropper and food dye [English][Irish][PDF]
Racing Candles [English][Irish][PDF]
Submarine Model [English][Irish][PDF]
Sinking Orange [English][Irish][PDF]
Twinkle, twinkle, little star (laser) [English][Irish][PDF]
Ballistic Pendulum Bullet [English][Irish]
Teaching Speed with Graphs [English][Irish]
Convection Current Spinning Wheel [English][PDF]
The obedient pet can [English]
Colliding discs [English][PDF]
Centre of Mass [English]
Levers and fulcrum [English][PDF]
Friction and normal reaction [English][PDF]
Slinky Seismometer [English][PDF]
Magnus effect with plastic cups [English][PDF]
Lets twist again [English][PDF]
Hanging hammers [English][PDF]
Vector nature of momentum [English][PDF]
Pulleys in equilibrium [English][PDF]
Gravity and Friction [English][PDF]
Floating Yen [English]
What does the scales say? [English][PDF]
Balancing Coke Cans [English]
Anyone for Tennis? [English]
Deflection of a water jet [English][PDF]
Rolling jars of sugar [English][PDF]
Rolling spools with wide and narrow hubs [English][PDF]
g by freefall [English][PDF]
Rolling Coke cans [English][PDF]
The boat full of holes [PDF]
Fountain in a bottle [English][PDF]
Archimedes yacht [English][PDF]
Angular Momentum with a frying pan [English][PDF]
Float an aluminium boat on gas! [PDF]
Balancing bird [English][PDF]
Centre of gravity [English][PDF]
Elastic catapult [English][PDF]
Rotating cup [English][PDF]
Boats: 1. Elastic paddle boat [English][PDF]
Boats: 2. Water powered boat [English][PDF]
Boats: 3. Simple steam boats [English][PDF]
Boats: 4. Steam Boat [English][PDF]
Projectiles: 1. Mouse projectile [English][PDF]
Projectiles: 2. Straw projectile [English][PDF]
Projectiles: 3. Air projectile [English][PDF]
Projectiles: 4. Toilet roll projectile [English][PDF]
Projectiles: 5. Foam Projectile [English][PDF]
Inverted glass of water [English][PDF]
Is it pure gold? [English][PDF]
Euler’s Disc [English][PDF]
Ketchup Cartesian diver [English][PDF]
Water Bottles Drop [English][PDF]
Bead fountain [English]
Centre of mass [English][PDF]
Floating Cork and Surface Tension [English][PDF]
Surface tension demonstrations [English][PDF]
How not to sink! [English][PDF]
Relative flotation 1 [English][PDF]
Relative flotation 2 [English][PDF]
Titanic model [English][PDF]
Polydenisty Bottle [English][PDF]
Hare’s Apparatus [English][PDF]
Trying to weigh air? [English][PDF]
An even Simpler Motor [English][Irish][PDF]
A Human Hand battery [English][Irish]
A two-part Ammeter [English][Irish][PDF]
Button Magnets in a Test tube [English][Irish][PDF]
Charged Rod and Finger [English][Irish][PDF]
Dancing Foil [English][Irish]
Diamagnetic Water [English][Irish]
Electrical conduction through the Human Body [English][Irish]
Electrostatic Attraction & Repulsion With Straws [English][Irish]
Floating LEDs [English][Irish]
Magnetic Brakes [English][Irish][PDF]
Paper Electroscope [English][Irish]
Printing Magnetic Fields [English][Irish][PDF]
Six Magnets in a Test Tube [English][Irish]
String as a Conductor of Electricity [English][Irish]
FET Electroscope [English][PDF]
Magnetic Vehicle [English][PDF]
Magnetohydrodynamic Effect [PDF]
Running Bug [English][PDF]
Magnetic Train [English][PDF]
Aluminium Pie Pan Electroscope [English][PDF]
Emag Spectrum RADIO [English]
Emag Spectrum MICRO [English]
Emag Spectrum COLOUR MIXING [English]
Emag Spectrum XRAY /GAMMA [English]
Emag Spectrum INFRA RED [English]
Emag Spectrum UV [English]
Swinging Magnet [English]
Induction Motors [English]
Principle of a Galvanometer [English][PDF]
Magnetism [English][PDF]
Franklin’s Bell [English][PDF]
Things to do with a USB current monitor [English][PDF]
Make a graphite resistor [English][PDF]
Lenz’s Cooking Foil [English][PDF]
Washing machine electricity generator [English][PDF]
Make a Curie motor [English][PDF]
Diffraction of light from LEDs [English][PDF]
Electronic Circuits 1 [English][PDF]
Electronic Circuits 2 [English][PDF]
Action and Reaction Newton’s third law[English][Irish][PDF]
An air-powered Straw Rocket [English][Irish][PDF]
Amazing Swinging Coat Hanger and Coin[English][Irish][PDF]
A Peacock’s Feather[English][Irish]
Apple, Hammer and Sir Isaac Newton[English][Irish][PDF]
A Teabag Rocket[English][Irish]
Archimedes Tug of War[English][Irish][PDF]
Balancing spoon, fork and match on glass[English][Irish]
Bank Card, Coins and Water Surface Tension[English][Irish]
Boomerang Ball[English][Irish][PDF]
Bouncing Balls[English][Irish][PDF]
Bouncing water[English][Irish]
Bubbles in Free Fall[English][Irish][PDF]
Can you balance 6 nails on 1[English][Irish][PDF]
Cartesian Diver Using a Bottle and a Test Tube[English][Irish]
Centripetal Force [English][Irish][PDF]
Climbing Playing Cards – Friction on Two Strings[English][Irish][PDF]
Defying Gravity – 1[English][Irish][PDF]
Earth and Moon Jump[English][Irish]
Fountain in a Bottle[English][Irish]
If you push the wall, will it move[English][PDF]
Investigating Flight[English][Irish]
Measuring Friction with Metre Sticks[English][Irish]
Rolling Dumbell[English][Irish]
Rolling Roses on an Incline[English][Irish]
Surface Tension in a Glass of Water[English][Irish]
Surface Tension Water knot[English][Irish][PDF]
The Power of the Wind[English][Irish][PDF]
Defying gravity Bernoulli[English][PDF]
Which syringe is easiest to push [English][Irish][PDF]
Gravity & Friction[English]
Five buttons and gravity[English][PDF]
Aquabeads[English][Irish]
Science Principles[English][Irish]
Sweet Diffusion[English][PDF]
Rainbow Bridge[English][PDF]
Ready, Steady, Launch – Fun with Fizzy Rockets![English][PDF]
Circus Show[English][PDF]
Sierpinski Fractals[English][Irish]
Multilingual Science & Maths literacy[English][Irish]
Predict, Observe, Explain[English][PDF]
Coin goes through rubber[English][PDF]
Head-shrinking illusion![English][PDF]
Benham’s disc[English][PDF]
Levitation illusion![English][PDF]
Bananas[English][Irish]
Camera Obscura[English][Irish][PDF]
CD & DVD Diffraction Patterns in Water[English][Irish]
Diffraction Grating from a Teabag[English][Irish]
Focusing of the Human Eye[English][Irish]
Green Laser Microscope[English][Irish]
Mirror Reflections[English][Irish]
See the IR light[English][Irish][PDF]
Sun Cream UV Absorption[English][Irish]
Twinkle, twinkle, little star (laser)[English][Irish][PDF]
Wooden Mirror[English][Irish][PDF]
Velocity of light in water[English]
3-D Image formation and Filters[English]
Refraction due to changing wave speed[English][PDF]
Black absorbs heat radiation[English][PDF]
Which Balloons Pop?[English][PDF]
Optical sets using gelatine[English][PDF]
Lasers and fluorescence in olive oil[English][PDF]
Exploring multiple reflections – 1[English][PDF]
Exploring multiple reflections – 2[English][PDF]
A timeline of light[English][PDF]
Text to Light[English][PDF]
How to send a message around the bend[English][PDF]
Modelling total internal reflection within a fibre optic cable using plain mirrors[English][PDF]
Light to text[English][PDF]
What’s the best colour of light for fiber optics?[English][PDF]
How laser light is different from non-laser light?[English][PDF]
Light intensity – from space to street lamps[English][PDF]
Finger LED colour mixing[English][PDF]
Experiments with UV beads[English][PDF]
Atmospheric Pressure 1[English][Irish][PDF]
Atmospheric Pressure 2[English][PDF]
Balloon in a Bottle[English][Irish][PDF]
Bernouli Balloons[English][Irish]
Bionic Plungers[English][Irish][PDF]
Marshmallows and Air Pressure[English][Irish]
Simple Hovercraft[English][Irish][PDF]
Tornado, Water and Flame[English][Irish]
Two straws better than one[English][Irish][PDF]
Coke-can Anemometer[English][PDF]
Estimating atmospheric pressure [English][PDF]
Air race between identical pieces of paper[English][PDF]
The Bernoulli effect 3: the slipstream[English][PDF]
Magic water bottle[English]
Thumb Tack Cushion[English][PDF]
Balloons and air pressure[English][PDF]
Biscuit Tin Balloon[English][PDF]
Lego Harmonics[English][Irish][PDF]
Mouth Organ Lollies[English][Irish]
Paper Speaker[English][Irish][PDF]
Sound is a Waveform[English][Irish][PDF]
Sounds Nuts[English][Irish][PDF]
Triangle as musical instrument [English][PDF]
Speed of Sound in Air using Smart phone[English][PDF]
Fans make noise[English][PDF]
Sound Propagation in metal[English]
Sounds around us[English]
Easy Doppler effect[English]
Musical sticks[English][PDF]
Crowing cup, mooing bucket[English][PDF]