Welcome to the 12 Days of Science!

12 Days of Science

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​Dear Parents and Carers, ​

Welcome to our festive science adventure!

This year The Week Junior Science+Nature has teamed up with Winchester Science Centre (and lots of other exciting brands) to offer young people a festive feast of science and nature-themed activities. Plus there are lots of fantastic prizes up for grabs every day.

The online event opens on 11 December 2021 and will last for 12 days (ending on 22 December 2021). Each day we release a fresh URL revealing a new activity. Keep an eye on our Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram accounts to see the links. Each competition lasts only a day, so you’ll need to get your entries in quickly.

Scroll down to see the activity and daily competition.


DAY 1 - Go cloud spotting

Here’s the first activity for you to share with your child.

The days may be short at this time of year but there should always be time for a bit of relaxing cloud spotting. This awesome experiment from the inspirers at the Winchester Science Centre will definitely make children go WOW! Watch the video, then download the activity and get ready to go cloud spotting.


WOW! Science: Nitrogen Cloud - YouTube WOW! Science: Nitrogen Cloud - YouTube
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Winchester Science Centre boy in astronaut suit

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Win a family ticket to Winchester Science Centre

Win a day out for the family at Winchester Science Centre. Explore interactive exhibits, including an enormous 10-metre-long playable guitar, live-action science shows and fly through the solar system in the UK’s largest standalone planetarium.

To be in with a chance of winning one family ticket* to Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium, send your name and email address to competitions@science-nature.co.uk by 23.59 on 11 December 2021. Make sure you put WINCHESTER SCIENCE CENTRE in the subject line.

To find out more information about Winchester Science Centre, including what’s on, head over to winchestersciencecentre.org

*A family ticket includes two adults and up to three children. This will include entry to the Science Centre, admission to the science show and admission to the planetarium. The prize can be redeemed at weekends and school holidays up to and including Sunday 4 September 2022. For full terms and conditions see sciencenature.theweekjunior.co.uk/12Daysterms

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