Engaging students in hands-on inquiry helps them develop skills associated with the scientific process. Development of simple experiments using model caterpillars can provide an experiential ...

It is 120 years since Plasticine was invented by a Victorian art teacher from Bath. William Harbutt began small scale production of the clay in his basement, using a garden roller to flatten it out.

James has dreamt up a sculpted art installation, inspired by nature's variety and fecundity, and framed in the guise of a mystical secret garden from the dreamscape of childhood. Art imitates life in ...

Colonel Gaddifi has been captured - in Plasticine - by Leicester-born sculptor Karen Caldicott, who now lives in New York. Her Gaddifi bust cheekily features cuts and ...

The world's biggest and most complex Plasticine garden designed by Top Gear presenter James May is one of the few entrants at the Royal Horticultural Society show not to win an official award. However ...