Schoolboys and girls compete in a series of contests to show their enterprise as the scientists and technologists of the future.

Paddy Feeny introduces the teams.
Princess Gardens School - The flame resistance of materials
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution - The rotation of water
Newtownhamilton School - A scientific approach to piglet rearing
The judges: Professor D.R. Newth, zoologist, University of Glasgow, Dr. E. Mayne Reid, industrial chemist, Professor John Fremlin, physicist, University of Birmingham
Chairman: Dr. Tom Margerison, Science Editor, Sunday Times
Projects selected from a Science Fair organised by the British Association for the Advancement of Science