Join an expedition into space and discover what it means to be alive. Lots of hands on fun as we learn about the planets...more
Investigate the ways that that marine animals keep warm in icy water, how elephants keep cool when it is hot and how ani...more
Are you made of the Right Stuff? Find out in this workshop which explores the problems faced by astronauts as they live ...more
Students explore circuit problems and fuses. This workshop provides revision and challenging extension on the topic of e...more
Starting from a clear colourless liquid, students carry out a sequence of reactions which result in a wide variety of co...more
Students find out which materials conduct electricity and which don’t. They use this knowledge to build a quiz game to t...more
How does exercise affect your heart? How well do your lungs work? How do your muscles work? How is your skeleton made up...more
Pupils use their expanding knowledge of colour and light to help a scientist-wizard bring colour to a land left grey by ...more
Open ended investigation at its best. Children are shown a mass of wriggling worms and invited to suggest the kind of qu...more
Open ended investigation at its best. Students are shown a mass of wriggling worms and invited to suggest the kind of qu...more
What does DNA look like? Where can you find it? How can you get it out? An amazing practical experience which reveals th...more
Everyone wants to be an astronaut but how do we get into space? Perform hands–on experiments using sensors and data capt...more
Check out the realistic crime scene and become a forensic scientist. Investigate shoeprints, use magnifiers to study fin...more
Explore what we mean by a fossil by comparing things which are alive, have never been alive and are dead. Become a pala...more
Find out how palaeontologists work out what dinosaurs ate by examining their teeth and use this information to build up ...more
Make a dino adapted to a specific habitat & food source, identify real fossils with the fossil key, dig for fossils to r...more
Use fun, hands-on experiments to explore the forces around us. Students discover differences between magnetic materials,...more
Darwin was nick-named ‘Gas’ in his early teens because of his interest in making gases. This workshop gives students a c...more
Find out what plants need to grow by looking at plants that have been kept in different environments. Investigate variat...more
A hands-on workshop to explore adaptation to habitats. Participants will carry out experiments to investigate why creepy...more
Many Science Centres have a Foucault’s pendulum but without some investigative work with a small turntable, a pendulum o...more
Become a treasure hunter and discover how you can avoid laser traps and shine light into the heart of the darkest maze. ...more
Explore the ways that insects escape from predators then make jumping bugs to investigate what makes them jump highest. ...more
What’s good about scabs? What happens when you break a bone? What’s a balanced diet and what can animals’ teeth tell us ...more
Where does light come from? Why can’t we see in the dark? What makes things shiny? Children sort and investigate objects...more
What is a shadow? Why do shadows move? Students investigate different materials to classify them as transparent, translu...more
Students sort materials according to whether they are natural or man-made. They consider various everyday objects and di...more
Students explore the properties of different metals and use their knowledge to identify why different metals are chosen ...more
What makes us ill? How can the body defend itself against microbes? How can microbes help us? A yucky investigation of ...more
Compare exciting creepy-crawlies with ourselves to gain an understanding of what living things have in common. Lots of f...more
Use our planetarium to explore the night sky and its constellations, travel through our solar system, take a closer look...more
Children investigate why the shape of rainforest leaves enables them to shed water. They look at insectivorous plants, c...more
Students discover that plastic covers a whole range of polymers with a wide range of useful properties. They learn how t...more
Sing along with the Forces Song, play table curling to see the effect of friction, help the Stunt Toys display team try ...more
Students are invited into our purpose-built lab to learn how to use Bunsen burners safely, to heat samples of exciting c...more
Children are fascinated by rocks and this workshop gives them the tools to be able to investigate rocks, find out how th...more
Students make a rocket from scrap paper, fire it and see how it flies. They then compare their rocket with their friends...more
What are solids, liquids and gases and how do they change? Explore the properties of a variety of solids, liquids and ga...more
Check out the difference between noise and music in this workshop where students explore the relationship between volume...more
Be an electrician and mend circuits, look at gadgets powered in different ways and learn about the dangers of mains elec...more
There is more than a hint of pirate fun in this workshop which looks at floating, sinking and the power of moving water....more
Students are invited to carry out some of the same experiments on colour change that Darwin and his brother Erasmus perf...more
How much are you like your friends? How much are you like other animals? Children build skeletons, make casts of teeth a...more
How do we find out about the world about us? Tantalize your taste buds, harness your hearing, stimulate your sense of sm...more
What made the Sumerians and Babylonians the first civilized people? Experience early metalwork techniques by smelting yo...more
How do you make a mummy? Become a trainee Egyptian priest and learn the importance of dehydration in mummification by ca...more
Why is Archimedes so important after all these years? Find out all about the inventions and discoveries of the world’s f...more
How did the Romans build their roads, forts and bridges? Use Roman surveying techniques to map out a marching fort and m...more
How did the Anglo Saxons produce beautiful manuscripts like the Lindisfarne Gospels? Use Anglo Saxon methods to prepare ...more
How did the Vikings reach St Petersburg, Baghdad and Newfoundland? Investigate Viking navigational techniques and use yo...more
How did the Normans get the coloured thread for the Bayeux Tapestry? Become a forensic botanist and discover what plant ...more
What’s the best material for armour? Explore the range of weapons available to mediaeval soldiers and carry out an SC1 i...more
What did Tudor plague doctors really know about infectious diseases? Learn about the bubonic plague and other diseases o...more
How did the Enigma machine work and what was the importance of Bletchley Park? Learn how to create and crack codes and a...more
How are gases different to solids and liquids and what different properties do they have? Discover some of the world’s s...more
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