Example Activities

Mask Making

Get the creative juices flowing in this session, where you will be making elaborate masks and learning about what people use masks for and where they originated from.

Chocolate Making

This science based activity will involve you learning about the scientific make up of chocolate. You will work with plastic molecules and build your own model chocolate... you may even get some real chocolate to munch on when you complete the task.

Engineering

How many Kilograms do you think five sheets of card can hold? This team work based practical will task you in engineering a prototype bridge that can hold the most weight. After one trial, you will review and rebuild to beat your first attempt. It's amazing how strong a few sheets of card can be!!

The Future of Farming

In this session you will get to learn about how farming is becoming futuristic! Can you imagine a tractor that doesn't need a person to drive it? Can you imagine a cow that is milked by robots?! We will show you these things and wow you about the future of farming.

Mooting

Aimed at older primary and early secondary, these sessions are held in the School of Law and encourage pupils to debate both sides of an argument. The topic may be a new playground rule or food options for lunch time, and this session will encourage children to think more about how decisions are made.

Make it Molecular

Learners delve into the atomic world to build molecules that they are familiar with from the real world. Introduces terminology such as atoms and bonds. This activity can be tailored to suit specific topics being worked on. For example, we have previously explored the chemistry of chocolate, the chemistry of food and the chemistry of soap.

Animals

Learn about the weights of animals to judge whether they are over or underweight. Using real life dogs, you will examine them, learn about how to feed them properly and experiment in fun games to keep them healthy and active.

Forensics

For every crime committed, there is often a lot of hidden evidence at the crime scene left behind which specialists investigate and solve the crime from. During this session you will learn some practical forensic science techniques used in the laboratory and at the crime scene!

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