Volunteers are set to teach spectacular science lessons to children in the slums of Mumbai.

Beverley and Nicholas Crowne, and Anne Marie Cooklin, all from Mill Hill, will head to the Kalwa slum before moving on to the Palghar distric of Mumbai to teach practical science lessons to children from around 20 villages for six weeks.

The Empiribox science package, to be taught by the group, included equipment, training, lesson plans, work schemes and assessment told so people with no specialist scientific knowledge can still teach.

Dan Sullivan, who came up with the scheme, coached the group and gave them free places on development sessions for primary school teachers before their trip.

Mrs Crowne said: "We were daunted at first, especially when we realised that we had so little science knowledge and would be working in classrooms with no electricity or water, teaching children who had never had a science lesson in their lives."

Ms Cooklin added: "I remember finding science dull at school, but all the interaction and practical sessions spark an enthusiasm for science and scientific thinking.

"It's like a magic show that enthrals the pupils."

In December the group practised their teaching skills at Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School, utilising items such as springy toys, ball bearings and weights to to teach children from Years Four, Five and Six, about potential and kinetic energy.