CUB BADGES

Scientist

6 parts must be completed
(3 from A and 3 from B)

A Make a simple switch. Show how it could be used to control a light bulb powered by a battery.

A Show how electrical currents produce magnetic, chemical and heating effects, and explain what happens.

A Show that hot air rises.

A Make an artificial rainbow by splitting up a beam of white light.

A Make a pin-hole camera and understand the principles of operation.

A Keep simple weather records over a month, e.g. rainfall, temperature, cloud cover, wind direction.

A Make a simple compass and show the effects of metallic and magnetic materials upon it.

A Make a simple periscope.

A Show how to recover dissolved substances from a water solution.

A Recognise three different constellations.

A Make a model to show how the Earth orbits the Sun

B Make some yoghurt and find out how living organisms are involved in the process.

B Grow cress (or a similar plant) and investigate what happens when light and water are excluded from it.

B Use a net and jar to find out how many different creatures live in the water and mud at the edge of a pond.

B Set up a wormery or ant colony and record the activity over a few weeks.

B Grow a bean or pea. When the root and shoot are visible investigate what happens when the seed is turned upside down and left to continue growing.

B Collect seeds from various plants and discover how these are protected and dispersed.

B Grow crystals or make crystal shapes from paper

B Investigate what happens to their pulse rate before during and after exercise.