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Take the Bang challenges

Updated Tuesday, 11th May 2010
Can you use your scientific knowledge and know-how to get the Bang! team out a series of sticky situations?

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New series, new challenges: Try your luck with a new series of science challenges.

The challenges

You find yourself in an underground cavern, facing a locked door with a strange word above it. And so starts a series of challenges...

  • Bang challenge: The locked door

    Imprisoned in an underground cavern, facing a locked exit with a strange word above it. Can you decipher the clues and escape?

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    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Bang challenge: Snakes by a flame

    It's dark – you need light to avoid standing on the slumbering snake. Can your science know how help you make enough light to escape without waking the python?

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    Activity

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Bang challenge: Escape the airtight room

    Trapped, and your oxygen is running out. Can your science skills get the door to this airtight room to open in time?

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    Activity

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Bang challenge: Kill or cure

    You've been infected, now you need a cure, and fast. Can your knowledge of biology identify the bacteria and get you the correct antidote?

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    Activity

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Bang challenge: Island hopping

    Your mate is stuck on a tiny island surrounded by shark infested waters. Can your knowledge of science save the day?

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    Activity

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Bang challenge: Take the robot challenge

    A gang of robots want to challenge your knowledge of robotics. You wouldn't want to upset them, would you?

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    Activity

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Bang challenge: Help Liz break through the rocks

    Trapped behind layers of rock, can you use your knowledge of fossils to set Liz free?

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    Activity

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Bang challenge: Save Dallas from blast-off

    Dallas has got himself in a bit of bother – tied to a rocket, about to be blasted into space. Can you use your knowledge of the planets to save him?

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    Activity

    Level: 1 Introductory

 

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