Mimi’s Tiny Adventure teacher guide
This resource pack contains everything you need to run your own ‘Tiny Adventure’ workshop and to encourage your students to think like a scientist and ask their own big questions about the tiny side of science.
Have your own tiny adventure in your classroom, STEM Club or community group with our free resources!
Storybook
The story features Mimi’s inventor grandmother, Granny, who has accidently shrunk herself to microscopic size when she was building an incredible shrinking machine. It is up to Mimi, Dave the Robot, Colin the Dog and a whole team of scientists working on tiny physics to rescue Granny!
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Resource pack
This resource pack contains everything you need to run your own ‘Tiny Adventure’ workshop and to encourage your students to think like a scientist and ask their own big questions about the tiny side of science.
The activities are recommended for KS2 students and can be adapted as necessary to meet the needs of your class. If you would like printed copies of the Mimi’s Tiny Adventure storybook for your school library, email us at [email protected].
We hope that you and your students are inspired! We would love to see your student’s super work and to hear about how you have used this pack. Please share your feedback by emailing us at [email protected]. Your insights will help us improve our materials and track our impact.
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Index of resources
| Name | Equipment | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thaumatrope |
| A thaumatrope is an optical toy that has an image on each side of a disk. When the disk is spun quickly, the two images appear to blend into one. |
| Zine |
| |
| Workshop |
| The script is in the presentation notes. |
| Science role model profiles |
| Can be printed as posters. |
| ‘Which of our titans of tiny physics are you most like?’ quiz |
| Download the quiz (PPTX, 2.5MB) |
| Mimi’s Tiny Adventure storybook |
| Why not make it the class book for a term or add it to your school library? |
| Mimi's big tiny questions: videos |
| View all Mimi's big tiny questions videos |
About Mimi's Tiny Adventure
To celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and the tenth anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves, the Institute of Physics released their latest storybook, titled Mimi’s Tiny Adventure in summer 2025. A family exhibition of the same name was also held at the IOP’s London HQ on Caledonian Road over the summer holidays with generous funding from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851.