Here we will interrogate some of those ideas by taking fingerprints and identifying mystery powders.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Electricity
This workshop is an introduction to how electricity is actually produced and how electrons behave.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Slime
We’ve made over 20,000 pots of slime over the past 10 years…that’s how much children enjoy learning about this introduction to chemistry and the atoms that make the world around them.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Geology Rocks
Here we dig down into the crust,
mantle and core of the earth that
we live on.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Working Scientifically
What is science for? Why do we
need it and why should we trust
scientists?
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Bubbles
Learn about the science behind bubbles with loads of experiments, including creating a cubed bubble!
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Forces
Learn about the rules of physics that dictate how we live our lives! Explore gravity using paper helicopters and the hoverboard.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Weather
Learn about the types of weather and how they are important to us. Use the diffraction glasses and Van de Graaff generator from the light and electricity workshops.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Sound
Learn about how magnets work. How are they used in everyday life? How do magnetic fields work. Interact with the 3D magnetic field demonstrator!
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Magnets
Learn about how magnets work. How are they used in everyday life? How do magnetic fields work. Interact with the 3D magnetic field demonstrator!
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Light
Learn about the light we see every day. How is it created? How do we see it? How does it travel?
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Stars
Learn about the stars we see in the night sky. What are they made of? How do they form? How do other stars compare with the Sun?
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Planets
Learn about the eight planets in the Solar System, including handy mnemonics to help remember the order.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Earth, Moon and Space
How the Earth, Moon and Sun move in relation to each other causes all sorts of effects here on Earth. Seasons, eclipses, lunar phases and tides are all covered in this workshop.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Stand on a Black Hole
Learn about some of the most mysterious objects in nature. How are black holes formed? Why can nothing escape their gravity? What are they?
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: The Solar System
Learn about the objects in our Solar System, a fact about all the planets and understand distances and scales.
Length: 45-60 minutes
STEM Workshop: Comet Lab
Learn about the objects in our Solar System, help to create a comet in front of your eyes and hold real-life meteorites in your hands!
Length: 45-60 minutes