Circuit Detectives Students are challenged to find the faults in a series of electrical circuits, taking a systematic approach to problem solving. Read More
Practical Engineering Students learn how a basic motor works and use their knowledge of electrical circuits to build a working vacuum cleaner from everyday materials. Read More
Active Evolution Pupils learn about variation, natural selection, adaptation and evolution through a series of practical and discussion activities that really help to develop their understanding. Read More
Micro:bit Robots Children code a BBC micro:bit to control a robot buggy and explore the importance of testing and improving their designs. Read More
Exploring Sound What is a sound? Your students explore different ways of making noise in a carousel of activities. Read More
Spy School Join our top secret spy school and battle through a series of maths challenges; including cracking codes, reading hidden messages, solving sequences and discovering hidden co-ordinates.” Read More
Micro:bit Codebreakers Children will learn how to use a BBC micro:bit to send messages to each other, considering the importance of privacy while trying to work out who their secret agent partner is. Read More
Crime Scene Science A mystery white powder has been discovered at a crime scene and students must become forensic scientists to discover what it is by carrying out a series of chemical tests. Read More
Changing State “It will explode!”; “Nothing will happen.”; “It will melt AND evaporate.” Your children test their predictions by heating up different materials. Read More
K’Nex Workshops Pupils become engineers and design, build and test working models using K’Nex. Workshop challenges include fairground rides, opening bridges, Mars Rovers and rubber band cars. Read More
Water Rockets Children design and decorate plastic bottle rockets which are safely launched outside using water and compressed air. The rockets are spectacular and can reach heights of 30m, or can be launched horizontally as rocket cars. Read More
Creature Creations Children investigate species adaptation and learn about habitats by making their own ‘Super Animal’ out of soft dough and other materials. Read More
Water Wheels How will we keep the lights on when the fossil fuels run out? This workshop introduces some of the renewable and non-renewable ways that we generate electricity. Read More
Floaty Boats Children design and build rafts using a variety of materials, testing and refining their designs throughout the session. Read More
Discovering Materials Children discuss what different objects are made from and use their observations and knowledge to predict what will happen in a ‘drop tube’ test, before creating their own new material. Read More
Air-Powered Mice Students discuss how air can be used to make things move before launching paper mice with empty plastic bottles and comparing the outcomes. Read More