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On Shaky Ground
Using demos and hands-on activities, students learn how science and engineering help protect us from earthquakes.
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Theme day
Education activities
A visit to our two exhibition floors can be combined with practical STEM workshops or longer theme days in our classrooms and laboratories. Students can also enjoy entertaining science shows in our Studio and in the 3D Planetarium.
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Home educator days
Build It!
Build a tornado-proof wall, test a roof with rain, and rip through a paper wall. Finish with some team building, literally!
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Workshop
Electricity Unearthed
Investigate electricity, conductors & insulators, simple circuits, and can you try and make a human circuit?
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Workshop
Scribblebots
Students investigate simple circuits and then put them to work to make a scribbling bot and create a work of art!
Light and Sound
Workshop
Destination Space KS2
What does it take to become an astronaut on the International Space Station? Investigate the challenges of living and working in space.
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Workshop
Forces and Magnets
The forces gravity, friction, air resistance and magnetism are explained, and ramps, cars and dataloggers add to the learning.
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Workshop
Solve It
Can you use the forensic toolkit of fingerprinting, chromatography, and microscopic hair analysis to solve our whodunnit?
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Workshop
Walking with Minibeasts
Use our floor classification key to identify real creatures before creating a crazy creature.
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Workshop
Code Explorers
Robots need to survey penguins and avoid falling off the ice, can you write the programs to help them complete their mission?
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Workshop
Rainforest Families
Find lost animals in a rainforest adventure. Investigate the skin and eggs of the animals. Explore teeth to determine diets.
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Workshop
Inspire confidence in science
A visit to our two exhibition floors can be combined with practical STEM workshops or longer theme days in our classrooms and fully equipped laboratories, as well as entertaining science shows in our Studio and 3D Planetarium.