Little Astronaut 2D
Planetarium shows
Join our planetarium presenters for space adventures for EYFS & Y1
Home Educators / Preschool / EYFS / KS1
Showing all activities and all topics for all audiences
Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter 2D
Planetarium shows
This big-budget CERN production charts the quest for dark matter in an attempt to explain how the universe came into being.
KS4 / Post 16 / Adult Learners
Seasonal Stargazing 2D or 3D
Planetarium shows
Presenter-led journey around the seasonal night sky to visit an amazing host of amazing destinations.
KS2 / KS3 / KS4 / Post 16 / Adult Learners
Experience Psychology
Workshops
Using intriguing activities, this workshop examines memory and cognition.
KS3 / KS4 / Post 16
A Question of Taste
Theme days
Over 2500 students each year take part in this popular, lab-based PCR workshop.
Post 16
Rainforest Families
Workshops
Find lost animals in a rainforest adventure. Investigate the skin and eggs of the animals. Explore teeth to determine diets.
EYFS / KS1
Fossil Finders
Workshops
Discover prehistoric worlds through playful and imaginative games and activities.
EYFS / KS1 / KS2
Splash and Bubble
Science shows
This bubbling and explosive show engages students with liquids, gases and ideas about volume and making measurements.
EYFS / KS1 / KS2
A Trick of the Light
Workshops
Fascinating exhibits are used to explore reflection, wavelength, phosphorescence and UV.
KS2 / KS3 / KS4
On Shaky Ground?
Theme days
Using demos, games and hands-on activities, students learn how science and engineering protect us from earthquakes.
KS2 / KS3 / KS4
Climate Changers: The Game - Success through sustainability
Workshops
Play a game as governments to make decisions about your economy and environmental impacts.
KS3 / KS4
DNA Detectives: The Hunt For Bigfoot
Workshops
Forensic science techniques are applied to compare animal DNA samples.
KS3 / KS4
Light Fantastic
Science shows
This highly visual and phenomenon-based show considers what light is, where it comes from and how it travels.
KS1 / KS2 / KS3
Bodyworks
Workshops
Students learn about their bodies, using digital microscopes, real x-rays, and turn their classmates inside out!
KS1 / KS2
Build It!
Workshops
Build a tornado-proof wall, test a roof with rain and rip through a paper wall. Finish with some team building, literally!
Walking with Minibeasts
Workshops
Use our floor classification key to identify real creatures before creating a crazy creature.
KS1 / KS2
Destination Space - All Aboard!
Workshops
Train like Tim Peake to live and work in space: you will launch a rocket, chose a space suit and catch a floating poo!
Expedition: Solar System 2D or 3D
Planetarium shows
Join our planetarium presenter to discover why moons aren’t planets as we explore the Solar System together.
KS1 / KS2
The Pirate Code
Workshops
Set sail on this voyage into coding as part of the pirate crew - but without a screen or keyboard on the horizon!
How My Body Works
Science shows
This active show explores the lungs, pump blood with a model heart, and how our bodies know when it's time to use the toilet!
Light and Shadow
Workshops
Students explore prisms, mirrors, ray boxes, and coloured filters to investigate the properties of light and shadow.
Innoventions
Workshops
Lots of hands-on fun with levers, pulleys, cams, and gears. Culminates with teams building and firing medieval catapults!
KS2 / KS3
The Water Cycle
Workshops
Students use heat and ice to create their own model water cycle in our laboratory and test the purity of their rain.
KS2 / KS3
Forensics Academy
Theme days
This exciting day is designed to engage students in the fascinating world of forensic science.
Scribble Bots
Workshops
Students investigate simple circuits and then put them to work to make a scribbling bot and a work of art!
Solve It!
Workshops
Can you use the forensic toolkit of fingerprinting, chromatography, and microscopic hair analysis to solve our whodunnit?
Digest this!
Workshops
Follow the journey of food through our digestive system and understand the involvement of the different parts of the digestive system
Destination Space - Join the Crew!
Workshops
What does it take to become an astronaut on the International Space Station? Investigate the challenges of living and working in s...
Earth, Sun, and Moon
Workshops
Using our amazing Magic Globe we demonstrate day and night, explore our part of the universe ending with an explosive finale!
Fantastic Forces
Workshops
Think you know about forces? Counterintuitive ideas are smashed with hammers, feathers, helicopters, and a lunchbox.
Forces and Magnets
Workshops
The forces gravity, friction, air resistance, and magnetism are explained, and ramps, cars, and dataloggers add to the learning.
Colourful Chemistry
Workshops
An illuminating, lab-based insight into the wonderful world of chemistry and some of its real-life applications.
KS2 / KS3
Electricity Unearthed
Workshops
Investigate electricity, conductors & insulators, and simple circuits, can you try and make a human circuit?
Fossils and Evolution
Workshops
Travel back in time to discover what rocks and fossils can tell us about the history of life on Earth.
KS2 / KS3
Code Explorers
Workshops
Robots need to survey penguins and escape the storm, can you write the programs to help them complete their mission?
Climate Changers: The Island
Workshops
Through carnival games, find out about climate change and it's impact on an island
Launch It!
Science shows
This loud and exciting show investigates the propulsive forces and explosions that take rockets into space.
KS2 / KS3
Moonbase: The Next Step 2D
Planetarium shows
The story of how humankind might return to the Moon and what we'll do once we get there.
KS2 / KS3
