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On Shaky Ground
Using demos and hands-on activities, students learn how science and engineering help protect us from earthquakes.
Access considerations
Theme day
Education activities
A visit to our two exhibition floors can be combined with practical STEM workshops or longer theme days in our classrooms and laboratories. Students can also enjoy entertaining science shows in our Studio and in the 3D Planetarium.
Are you a home educator?
View our programmes specifically designed for home educators.
Home educator days
Innoventions
Lots of hands-on fun with levers, pulleys, cams, and gears. Culminates with teams building and firing model catapults!
Access considerations
Workshop
Launch It!
This loud and exciting show investigates the propulsive forces and explosions that take rockets into space.
Light and Sound
Studio show
Earth, Sun, and Moon
Using our amazing Magic Globe we demonstrate day and night, explore our part of the universe ending with a rocket launch finale!
Light and Sound
Workshop
Destination Space KS2
What does it take to become an astronaut on the International Space Station? Investigate the challenges of living and working in space.
Partially accessible
Workshop
Destination Space KS1
Train to live and work in space. Launch a rocket, choose a space suit, and catch a floating poo!
Light and Sound
Workshop
Fantastic Forces
Think you know about forces? Counterintuitive ideas are smashed with hammers, feathers, juggling balls, and lunchboxes.
Access considerations
Workshop
Forces and Magnets
The forces gravity, friction, air resistance and magnetism are explained, and ramps, cars and dataloggers add to the learning.
Partially accessible
Workshop
Inspire confidence in science
A visit to our two exhibition floors can be combined with practical STEM workshops or longer theme days in our classrooms and fully equipped laboratories, as well as entertaining science shows in our Studio and 3D Planetarium.