NEXT EVENTS

Drop-In STEM Club

During term-time, our drop-in STEM club is on alternate weeks: Fridays (10am-5pm) and Saturdays (10am-4pm).
At each session you can work with your child to complete a challenge towards a CREST Star (age 5-7) or CREST SuperStar (7-11) award. Once your child completes 8 challenges, they will get a certificate and a badge.

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Friday 31st January and Saturday 1st February 2020: World Wetlands Day - we will be exploring the lifecycles of butterflies and birds. 

Friday 14th and Saturday 15th February 2020: bath bombs - explore acids and bases as you create a bath bomb to take home with you - or to give as a Valentine's Day treat!

Friday 6th and Saturday 7th March 2020: Healthcare Science Week - explore how your lungs work and make a model to take home. 

Friday 20th and Saturday 21st March 2020: recycled paper - create your own recycled paper.

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LEGO robot club

We have our programmable Lego out when there is not a drop-in STEM club. Pop in at any time to play with the LEGO. You can also investigate our collection of permanent interactive exhibits. From January 2020, this will include Fridays (10am-5pm) and Saturdays (10am-4pm).

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• Friday 7th and Saturday 8th February 2020

• Friday 28th and Saturday 29th February 2020

• Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March 2020

• Friday 27th and Saturday 28th March 2020

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February half term

The science centre will be open from 10am until 4pm from Monday 17th until Friday 21st February 2020.

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Monday 17th February 2020: Ozobots Thanks to funding from the Oldham Foundation, we have purchased some ozobots. Come and try these new robots for the first time. Draw a track for the robot to follow and use colour codes to programme how it moves.

Tuesday 18th February 2020: Early Years workshops As well as exploring our permanent collection of hands-on exhibits, there will be low tables with activities about air and flight that are suitable for younger children (3-7 years). Older children are still welcome. Tinkerbell, from Everlasting Entertainment, will join us for parts of each session. You will be able to buy a glitter tattoo for £1. To avoid overcrowding, we are kindly asking you to reserve a place for every member of your party for FREE on Eventbrite and then pay for the standard admission in cash on arrival (£2 per person aged over 4, £7.50 for a family of up to 5 people or free with an annual family pass).

Wednesday 19th February 2020: dinosaurs Try some activities with your budding paleontologist. 

Thursday 20th February 2020: catapults Build and test a catapult. If your adult is brave enough, you can even take it home with you.

Friday 21st February 2020: maths challenges Investigate and solve a number of mathematical problems.

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Novel Nature

We are partnering with the WEA to provide some free science workshops for grown ups. At each session, you can try 2 or 3 simple experiments that you can then try at home with your children. The sessions will take place on Thursday evenings (7pm-9pm) at GlosCol on Princess Elizabeth Way. Visit their website to enrol.

28th November 2019 - biology,

12th December 2019 - chemistry,

30th January 2020 - physics,

27th February 2019 - engineering,

26th March 2019 - computing

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More ideas?

Please contact us if you would like us to come to your event.

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