Science Workshops for Schools & Groups
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Hands-on, educational science workshops for schools & groups
Experienced, expert & educational
Scientist led
Wow-ing your curriculum
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CURRICULUM LINKED SCIENCE WORKSHOPSÂ
States of Matter & Chemical Reactions
Our most popular workshop with hands on chemistry differentiated for all ages. We include colour changing, fizzing, and erupting reactions. We bring chemistry equipment for them. Pupils inflate balloons with CO2, feel non-newtonian fluids and have slime-tastic fun or fizzy bath bomb making, but not everything is as it appears, with surprises along the way! Loads of hands-on educational fun and a chance to get a bit messy. This workshop is perfect match to our Chemistry Lab Adventures Assembly, so everyone can enjoy an all-school science day.
Phizz Whizzing Chemistry - Science in stories
Lets blend up parts of the curriculum! Here we have a literacy & science combo! This diddly Roald Dahl inspired chemistry workshop is truly giganticus! After an intro to the book George's Marvellous Medicine where we pull out Dahl's science words, youngsters recreate George’s medicine. They can also make snozzcumber juice (aka slime - to keep). A lovely cross-curricular session, showing that science is everywhere!
Materials & Smart Materials
An interactive introduction to materials & smart materials with fun demo's with hydrogel, polymorph, thermochromic paint, UV dyes, conductive textiles etc and with real examples showing how useful they are to us. . Pupils sort various materials by appearance, magnetism, malleability, transparency, composition, etc. They then carry out an experiment to find the true colour of copper & make a colour changing smart material bracelet to keep.
Rocks & Minerals ** NEW **
Pupils examine and group our selection of igneous, sedimentary & metamorphic rocks. Learn how they are similar and what they are made of. They'll see typical tests carried out on sample rocks and soils, such as the MOH's Hardness test and pH tests. Then children investigate to find out which of 3 soil samples they think is from Mars, by observing texture, colour, presence of crystals then testing the pH and whether they contain organic material.Â
Forces with Air Powered Cars & Rockets
Using materials we provide, pupils engineer an air powered vehicle to travel the furthest. Children consider the forces involved and watch Newton’s Laws of Motion in action. We have class sets of these, so everyone can have a go! If you'd like your pupils to keep their cars this will incur an additional cost £2 per car. For younger children we replace the cars with stomp rocket making. This workshop fits perfectly with the Force Frontiers Science Assembly which explains all the forces involved in these cars & rockets. This means that this topic can become an all-school science day.Â
Animals including Humans
Active learning on anatomy and physiology of any body part! What do they look like, how do they work and what they do? Various hands-on experiments and activities to align with your learning outcomes, e.g. CO2 & O2 gas experiments, measuring heart rate & Blood pressure, blood typing, edible poop making, owl pellet dissecting. Various options depending on your LOs. Very educational, delivered by our knowledgeable scientific staff.
Animals and their Environment (or Electricity/Circuits)
This session is can either be a fun hands-on introduction to circuits or to complement the topic of adaptation. Youngsters build large motorised, vibrating robots using a range of craft materials. We'll bring our resin-preserved non-UK insects and bugs to show examples of interesting adaptations, or our Van de Graaff generator if you've book this as part of a electronic topic. Additional charge of £4 per robot if you want children to keep their robots. See these robots in action here.
Microbe Mania
An introduction to microbiology from a microbiologist! See live microbes and bacteria using our digital microscope. Older children can prep their own pond water and other samples to view under our student microscopes. Learn how we culture and study microbes in the lab with agar plates. Make snot-slime and / or make your own super bug model. Find out how easily bacteria can spread and how to keep the bad ones away to stay healthy. This workshop will go well with our new assembly show for schools, called Gut Feeling.
Forensic Science
Oh no - a crime has been committed! Help us spot the clues in our crime scene (preferably set up in a hall). We have a police report and 4 suspects - listen to the clues who do you think could have dunnit?! Pupils will work towards identifying the prime suspect using fingerprinting; blood grouping; chemical tests and hair/fibre microscopy analysis. This workshop is excellent for practicing "working scientifically" as they have to work through a logical process and record data. Also links perfectly to a Crime & Punishment topic.
Bespoke / Cross curricular
If a topic isn't covered here or you want to run something a little bit different, please contact us. We are very creative and love to come up with new ideas.
Perhaps we can link the science to a topic your class is currently studying. For example, at Stoke Hill Infant's School in Exeter we designed a cross-curricular science workshop for their literacy topic "Would You Rather?"
We created a Maths-Science day for all the pupils at South Molton Community Primary. Our Forensics workshop is used for the Crime and Punishment topic for another local school.
Get in touch here and let us do the hard work.
Science workshop prices
£300
for a half day of workshops (morning or afternoon) with 1 facilitator
£400
for a full day with 3-4 small workshops with up to 35 pupils (1 class) per workshop. Where only 1 Devon Science team member is required
£600Â
for a full day with 2 of our facilitators running up to 4 workshops with large groups (e.g. 60-70 children or 2 classes combined) or 1 show followed by 3 large workshops
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* 1 or 2 facilitators are needed depending on the numbers of pupils. Usually 1 small school or a year group will need just 1 person, but a large, all school event will need 2 of us.
** Price includes resources, equipment & teachers.
Additional charges which may be incurred:
1) A typical day is from 7.30-4pm and the day rate above includes our travel time to and from your school. If you are not local to us we will arrange a hotel stay the night before, and this is £100/per person per night. However, we can get a lot packed into a day! When you make an enquiry, we will put an rough itinerary together for you to see, and we go from there.
2) There is a mileage charge of 50p per mile for school outside North Devon.
3) We include some take aways at our workshops (e.g. slime, bath bombs or rockets) but if you want to keep the robots or air powered cars that the kids make, then these incur an extra cost per item as noted above in the workshop description.
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Science Workshop for schools
– Key Features –
- Sessions led by real scientists so your pupils receive high quality sessions, get to use relevant kit, learn correct terminology and find out what its like to be a real scientist!Â
- We bring all the equipment and resources needed so youngsters gain confidence with using scientific tools.Â
- You’ll receive engaging, hands-on science activities to enrich your lessons, and enthuse your pupils.
- Combine our science workshops with one of our science shows to kick your science day off with a bang!
- With us, pupils often make things to take home, e.g. a pot of slime or a bath bomb.
- Easy to book, easy and clear pricing.
- No more stereotypes – (not-mad scientists) Ruth, Rob & Luise inspire youngsters that science is for everyone.
- Watch us at work at a school here Â
After School Science Clubs
Our After School Science Clubs (available in North Devon) give children the perfect opportunity to witness the marvels of science in the safety of their school.
~ Prices range from £7-£10 per child per session depending on where you are located
~ After School Science Club sessions are 1 hour per week and run through a term (5 or 6 weeks).
~ Parents book a space directly with us, via our secure booking software, another thing you don’t have to think about.
~ Pupils enjoy fun, hands-on experiments and projects that bring science to life.
~ Youngsters use our scientific kit and resources, so you don’t need to gather resources.
~ Children take science home with them, by making things to keep at each session.
