In this activity children focus on the application of science to solve problems and invent a new product that can then be tested as fit for purpose.
From cable to wireless the telephone has evolved to respond to our modern mobile lifestyle. The original concept of voice transmission was simply by mechanical vibrations e.g. a string can 'phone', whereas later scientific advances in electromagnetic sound transmitters and receivers enabled the application of this emerging science to a practical telephone patented by Bell in 1876.
- the application of science to solving problems and inventing a new product that can then be tested as fit for purpose.
These resources were developed by the Royal Institution for their 2014 Christmas Lectures.