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Baked Alaska (60 min)
- demonstrations and explanations based
around heat insulation. Culminating in the
cooking of ‘baked Alaska’.

Electrocution (60 min)*
- focuses on the dangers of electricity, from
lightning to high voltage supplies. Includes
electrocuting a sausage.

Feel the force (60 min)*
- experiments and demonstrations of many
different types of force. The show features
such favourites as the bar breaker experiment,
rockets in action and a dramatic presentation
of King Hiero’s crown.

Fun with expansion (60 min)
- demonstrations to show the fact of expansion
and the forces involved. Includes making pop-
corn and the carbon serpent.

How cold can you get (60 min)
- a range of experiments aimed at cooling
things. Examples of cooling by expansion,
forced melting and by chemical reaction.
includes a small-scale demonstration of how
the Victorians made ice-cream.

Incredible machines (60 min)*
- survey of experiments and apparatus, from
bouncing into orbit to the bucking suitcase. We
travel from the unlikely to the downright
Impossible.

Kitchen Science (60 min)
- a host of experiments and demonstrations based
around common chemicals used in the kitchen.
Features include writhing ‘snakes’ in
cornflour, volcanoes, rockets, popcorn and
honeycomb made before your very eyes.

Lighting through the ages (60 min)
- demonstrations and explanations of how people
have produced light from ancient times up to the
present day. Features include the homemade
acetylene lamp and flame throwing with colours.

Make your own electricity (60 min)
- shows where electricity comes from with
demonstrations ranging from static electricity
through all kinds of electric cells and on to
generators.

Making sparks fly (60 min)*
- an electrifying tour through electrostatics, electric
arcs and experiments in a microwave oven.
features the spectacular ‘boiling glass’ expt. and
a 1 metre high Jacob’s ladder.

Out of thin air (60 min)*
- lively demonstrations on air pressure and its
applications. Includes an introduction to
steam engines and the karate chop
experiment.

Save the Planet (60 min)
- Demonstrations ranging from recycling metal to
the hydrogen-powered car. Includes an
investigation of power-saving devices, igniting a
match with light, and alternative energy sources.

Sound Notions (60 min)
- introducing waves and their applications. A
number of experiments are featured on sound
waves and musical instruments.

The Final Frontier (60 min)
- A survey of the Solar System packed with
illustrations and demonstrations. Includes the
Sun and Earth system, orbits and gravity, and a
hydrogen rocket experiment.

What can the matter be? (60 min)
- experiments and demonstrations involving
solids, liquids and gases. Heating and
cooling effects plus - how to make crazy putty.

N.B. There is some overlap of content between ‘Making sparks fly’ and ‘Electrocution’. Also between ‘How cold can you get?’ and ‘Fun with
expansion’.