Limit Less is a campaign by the Institute of Physics to support young people to change the world and fulfil their potential by doing physics
From the start of the Limit Less campaign, the IoP have recognised that they need to reach more younger people and their families to show them that physics is for everyone.
During the pandemic lockdown, their teams across the UK and Ireland came together to create the Do Try This at Home series of short films and resources to help parents and carers with home-schooling. YouTube found these exciting videos so useful that they have also included them in their learning hub.
The films have been viewed 33,000 times, and IoP created home learning packs based on these films which were sent by primary schools around the country, as well as to 1,500 children at risk of digital exclusion. The films featured as part of the Bradford Science Festival, Lambeth Country Show, Big Bounce Festival and Caledonian Road Festival – where packs were also sent to 500 families on the Bemerton Estate.
Of the parents and carers surveyed, 97% said they would recommend the films to a friend and 54% said that without our films they would not, or probably not, have tried similar experiments.
The IoP wants to share these great videos with you. They are aimed at parents, carers and children and give lots of ideas on how to see physics in action. There are more than a dozen to see, so clear the table and have a go!
Here is one of the “Do Try This at Home” episode you can watch now: