Coding competition celebrates Lovelace Day for aspiring Adas Aspiring Adas aged 9-15 can win a pair of free tickets to our popular Creative Computing Club ‘Rapid Robots’ (3 Nov) to celebrate the 10th annual Ada Lovelace Day in… Read More
What If? Our Top Picks for IF Oxford Science and Ideas festival With over 100 events for all the family, next month’s Oxford Science & Ideas Festival – IF for short – is one to get in the diary ASAP. Running from… Read More
Super-weekend kicks off June events programme They say that good things come in threes and we certainly support that theory, as we have a bumper weekend of activities coming up at the start of June that… Read More
SCIENCE OXFORD celebrates unsung Super HERoines of science Have you been inspired by an unsung Super HERoine who has invented, innovated, created or achieved something special in science, technology, engineering and technology (STEM)? Can you tell us ‘HERstory’… Read More
New Maker Club for 12-17 year olds launches this Easter Calling Young Makers, Crafters, Inventors and Designers! If you’re aged 12-17 and interested in opportunities to experiment with science and art, get creative and learn new skills, then why not… Read More
IF you can dream – Science & Ideas Festival launches schools poetry competition Science Oxford is proud to be supporting this year’s IF Oxford festival – formerly known as the Oxfordshire Science Festival – and the IF Oxfordshire schools poetry competition especially. The… Read More
Oxford primary school design to fly in to space New Marston Primary School is celebrating after winning a competition to have a special mini-sculpture taken in to space. With support from Science Oxford, several schools from across Oxfordshire entered… Read More
Star Moments with Oxford’s Star Light, Star Bright Imagine if the stars shone just for you! Over the past six weeks, you may have noticed some strange, Black Mirror-esque installations pop-up around the streets of Oxford – maybe… Read More
Inspiring women in science 2018 looks to be an inspiring year for women and this Sunday, 11th February is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The number of women working in science and tech is… Read More
The Name Game: Kids competition to win a year’s free Saturday Club Membership We’re looking for a new name for our Saturday club for 9-13 year olds. And who better to ask than young people themselves? Our interactive and creative Saturday club is… Read More
Animal Agent Library Tour competition winners announced Over the summer, we toured libraries across the county with our Animal Agents show, which explored nature’s cleverest creatures and tested out their skills of camouflage, super-sense, defence and fighting…. Read More
It’s Treats all the way with our half-term Halloween programme We’re here, there and everywhere this Halloween as we thrill and wow children across the county with some spooky science. Our popular Halloween Show, which sells out every year, is… Read More
A new season begins for families at Oxford’s Botanic Garden Things are looking blooming splendid at Science Oxford this weekend as we celebrate everything that is fabulous about seeds. In partnership with University of Oxford’s Botanic Garden, we’re hosting a… Read More
Astronaut and space travel record breaker coming to Oxford Coming to Oxford this November, Science Oxford will be beaming in Scott Kelly, retired astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station (ISS), who is the US record holder… Read More
Space To Dance – wannabe astronaut Merritt Moore talks TV, ballet and physics Merritt Moore, quantum physicist and professional ballerina, talks to Science Oxford’s Autumn Neagle ahead of appearing in ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’ a new TV series launched on… Read More
High flyers bring fantastical new science show to Oxfordshire Lauren Hussein, Dawns Powys Dance project manager for spectacular science show Flying Atoms, talks to Science Oxford about engaging young people through dance and science, the inspiration behind the new show coming… Read More
Young Poets emerge from Oxfordshire Science competition In March 2017 we asked young people from schools in Oxfordshire to write a short poem inspired by science, in any style, as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival (OSF), a… Read More
Carnival Time! We’re going to be busy this weekend as both Cowley and Eynsham go fiesta crazy! On Saturday 1st July we’ll be at Eynsham Carnival where entertainment includes a shirt race,… Read More
Future Automatic by Luiza Patorski Stop and think for a minute, what would happen to Western civilisation if we switched off our online life-support system – the Internet? Can you imagine how you would cope?… Read More
Dance the Universe at the Oxfordshire Science Festival The Oxfordshire Science Festival, supported by Science Oxford, has launched its fantastic programme of events and activities for 2017. The festival takes place from 16-21 June this year and promises… Read More
Getting tech savvy at family Science Clubs is not just for the kids! Blog by Jude Eades I don’t want this blog to read like an advertorial for Science Oxford but just so you know, the following paragraphs are basically me eulogising about our family programme. I’m… Read More
Pupils focus on the future with Living Well Oxford Earlier this month Living Well Oxford paid a visit to The Oxford Academy for the first of a series of consultations with the community local to Templars Square Shopping Centre. The sessions will… Read More
Makers and shakers – New creative science clubs for young people We’re excited to be launching a new range of weekend science workshops for older children in 2017 that aims to tap into their creativity and provide an opportunity for those… Read More
Newton’s Apple Seeds: Celebrating International Science Centre Day On the 10th November 2016 we’re celebrating the world’s first UNESCO-backed International Science Day and Science Oxford is the very proud recipient of an extra special celebratory gift. Sir Isaac Newton… Read More
Meet our new Technology Projects Officer We are delighted to welcome Sarah Townson to the Science Oxford team as our new Technology Projects Officer. She will be developing exciting computing and engineering activities and workshops for… Read More
Make a splash at the Earth Trust Autumn Water Festival Autumn has arrived, and we can look forward to some wonderful autumnal-themed festivals and events for all the family to enjoy! Join us on Sunday 2nd October between 11AM and 4PM… Read More
The tale of the Big Friendly Library Listen up as our Events Officer Rowena Fletcher – Wood tells her own story of the Science Oxford Big Friendly Library Tour – we’re all ears! Are your ears burning? Maybe you heard some swashboggling chirruping… Read More
Science Oxford’s Big, Friendly Library Tour! Celebrate 100 years of the world’s greatest storyteller Roald Dahl and join our family team in libraries across Oxfordshire this summer from 25th July to 11th August for a spectacular science… Read More
Free summer science clubs for children (2016) If you live in the Leys, Rose Hill, Barton, Wood Farm, Littlemore, Northway, Cutteslowe, East Oxford and Cowley your children could enjoy this week of cool scientific activities for local families!… Read More
Lexi aged 9 takes a walk on the wild side with Science Oxford and tells the ‘tail’! Lexi Eades went along to animal show ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ at Abingdon School this February half-term, and met a colourful array of weird and wonderful creatures! Hear about the day in… Read More
Science Oxford’s new Creative Computing Club There is nothing more rewarding for the Science Oxford outreach team than to watch the excitement and wonder in the eyes of the children we engage with about science. And as technological… Read More
In Good Taste We spend around five percent of our waking hours thinking about our next meal – cereal or toast, sandwich or sushi – but rarely think of the science behind what… Read More
Can carrots help you see in the dark? Do carrots help you see in the dark? Chemist, teacher and author Andy Brunning explains the mysteries of how our bodies respond to the chemicals in carrots – click the player below… Read More
CBeebies Big Day Out The phone rang. “Hello, my name is Anthony, I’m from BBC Learning. Are you familiar with CBeebies?” I squeaked that I was. In fact, having three children under 10,… Read More