Part of the joy of carrying out experiments at home is that you can use any old junk to do them. One charity who is making it their business to supply us home experimenters with any old junk is the Worcestershire Resource Exchange, based in the old locomotive works on Shrub Hill Industrial Estate in the middle of Worcester. We all went along on a visit organised by the Worcestershire Home Educators Group (all the junior members of my clan were or are being home educated). You have to join but individual membership is only £12 a year and you pay for your scrap either per hand basket or per trolley. And you don't have to haggle with a surly scrap man, either - which, believe me, is a bonus. I came away with the parts for a go-kart (wood, wheels and even a Jaguar marque to stick on the front), lots of wire - I have it in mind to make a foxhole radio and a simple motor at some stage - foam (padding for the go-kart seat at my little-one's insistence) and my wife came away with lots of good quality material. They also have an arts library which you can use to get ideas for your arts projects. Now, not that I'm wanting to sound snobby, but what's wrong with having the designs for some home experiments in there too?
Hopefully we will be back there soon for that ABS piping they had in stock. I reckon we will be up for some good spud gun experiments this summer.
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