Natasha Simons

Inspiring students to see science in their everyday lives through exciting science shows and demonstrations.

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

Fantastic taking part in @CfblSchool #ScienceWeek2020 exploring the science of cake.

There was a real excitement around the school, loads of activities going on and the students were brilliantly engaged!

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

@AnnaPloszajski @SaraBrouw Love the socks 😍!

(Also love your selection of really useful boxes - I never seem to have enough)

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

@RuthAmos @Jude_Pullen Amazing! The more rube goldberg machines the better (especially if someone else is in charge of resetting the contraptions 😉)

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

@SaifulChemistry @BritishBakeOff @selasigb @Ri_Science @petergallivan @KJCByrne @IzzieClarke @jimbologist Fantastic, What a lovely moment.

Lighting the sparklers wasn't easy but its always enjoyable to solve a problem with a blow torch! 🎇

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

What was your favourite? Let us know if it's not on the list!

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the FINAL DAY of #Christmas we have a celebratory 12 party poppers!

The audio gets a bit weird, you have been warned...

Hope you've enjoyed the 12 demos of Christmas, anyone have a favourite? We've selected a few of ours below.

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the 11th day of #Christmas #Science gave to me

11 Mentos and lemonade plume 🍾 and nearly a very wet camera...

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🖐️️️🖖🤙👌✋🖖🤟✌👈️🖖🖐
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[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

Because everyone loves @flir thermal imaging 😎

On the 10th day of #Christmas #Science gave to me

10 hot digits👐️ and someone in a bear costume?

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[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

I think Volts count as a "thing you can have nine of"

On the ninth day of #Christmas #Science gave to me

A 9V BATTERY WIRE WOOL FIRE

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(No wire sheep were harmed in the making)

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the eighth day of #Christmas #Science gave to me

8 things fluorescing!

🔆☀️🔆☀️☀️🔆☀️🔆
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UV on tonic water, a highlighter and some toys.

Also, have you ever noticed how odd the word "eighth" looks?

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@petergallivan @Frans_facts @SaifulChemistry @CatieWilliams Fantastic!

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the seventh day of #Christmas #Science gave to me...

7 film canister rockets! (THAT SPELL ROCKETS!)

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#ThatMomentWhen you realise you've spelt "Rockets" backwards and they are about to go off...

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the sixth day of #Christmas #Science gave to me

6 floating waters?!

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Air pressure - holds the card on the glass and stops our insides becoming our outsides!

You can also do this with a twist: https://t.co/A9hAMsUiKL

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the fifth day of #Christmas #Science gave to me....

(because its everyone's favourite day...)

5 Hydrogen explosions!!!!!

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[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the fourth day of #Christmas #Science gave to me...

...four falling eggs! (and if we're being honest a few broken ones too... 🍳)

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A nice demonstration of Newton's first law of motion which can be done with juggling balls if you don't want egg mess!

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the third day of Christmas Science gave to me...

...some nitrocellulose!

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This highly flammable material is used to make celluloid which is still found in ping-pong balls, musical instrument parts and guitar picks.... comforting!

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

On the second day of Christmas science gave to me...

2 Floating balls 🏀⚽
and some fake snow in a nap-py! 🚽

I love the levitating ball demo - for more details check out our demo resources on some of the demos we love https://t.co/A9hAMsUiKL

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

Happy #Advent! We are counting down with the 12 Demos of Christmas

First up Sodium polyacrylate found in fake snow and nappies ❄️👶

This hydrogel can absorb about 300 times its weight in tap water and 30 times its weight in...lets say "baby water"... 🚽

Impressive stuff!

[Dr Matt Pritchard @ScienceMagician]

I can. I can’t.

[Natasha Simons @CrackingScience]

Really proud to be included alongside some impressive individuals in @Kirif1's project https://t.co/7SNZPaiDJq We did a wonderfully comfortable photoshoot in the workshop (my happy place) and I love the pictures!