Schools

A potions class worthy of Hogwarts! With colour changing chemistry, ‘magically’ inflating balloons, pourable clouds and exploding lemonade.

Most schools go for a theme of ‘the science of magic’, presented by scientists. Some avoid any mention of magic at all and some go for a full wizarding experience with the potions being presented by witches or wizards. In all cases, the science is still fully explained but the added magic can be a great hook and makes writing up so much more fun!

This session is adaptable to suit any age from EYFS to Y6 so is great for a whole school event. 

Potty Potions is available as a hands on workshop or as an interactive show. 

Lots of cool tricks with air pressure, gravity and inertia. See an egg disappear into a bottle and a can be crushed by the air around it. Learn about the Bernoulli effect and make things fly!

This session is adaptable to suit any age from EYFS to Y6 so is great for a whole school event. 

Fantastic Forces is available as a hands on workshop or as an interactive show. 

Note: we also offer curriculum workshops on forces for both Year 3 and Year 5. 

Explore the properties of the materials around us and be amazed by the weird and wonderful properties of smart materials. Investigate how much wee a nappy can absorb, make predictions and carry out simple recording. 

Finally have some fun with dry ice, bubbles and fizzy explosions!

Both of our forces sessions have some fun with air pressure and flying things, along with specific activities to fit the NC programme. 

Year 3

Investigate how magnets interact, make magnets levitate and explore magnetic fields. Experiment with friction on different surfaces and magnetism of different materials. 

Year 5

Use pulleys to lift heavy loads, explore how more pulleys change the force needed. Investigate levers and friction. 

Workshops available for both Y3 and Y6 curriculum topics. 

Use ray boxes, mirrors, blocks and prisms to understand how light travels. Investigate colours, learn about lenses, find out how glasses work and be amazed by chemiluminescence!

Explore the rock cycle using chocolate, be a geologist and test some rock samples. Children will learn about fossils and make their own to take away. 

We finish the session with a little look at volcanoes and a couple of explosive demonstrations!

Start by experimenting with components and exploring circuits. Children join hands to become a human circuit, generate their own electricity, complete challenges and test materials for conductivity. Finish off by making sparks fly with the Van de Graaff generator!

Options available for both Y4 and Y6 curriculum requirements. 

What makes a solid solid, why do liquids flow and how do we know gases are all around us? Explore changing states with super cool dry ice, children can hold clouds in their hands and be blasted with air doughnuts. 

Use knowledge of changing states to make ice cream…and all children will get to taste it! This can be dairy free if needed (please tell us when booking). 

A (very gooey) interactive demonstration of the journey of your lunch through the digestive system. Children get a chance to investigate enzymes and learn about how food is broken down. We look at food to start a discussion on balanced diet which can be extended in class.

Can cover all NC requirements for Y4 Animals, including humans.

This is where chemistry starts to get real! Use pipettes and test tubes to learn about chemical changes with a variety of weird and wonderful concoctions. We also look at smart materials and the amazing world of polymers.

This is best as a half day workshop. For shorter sessions, choose to focus on either properties or changes. 

Can cover all NC requirements of Y5 Properties and Changes of Materials.

We have different options to suit the time and budget that you have available.

Half day – Evolution and Inheritance

90 mins – Evolution or Inheritance

Inheritance

Children will explore what makes us unique in both our genes and our environment. They can extract DNA from strawberries, take their own fingerprints, explore their tastebuds and practice their observation skills. 

Evolution

Explore camouflage and adaptions, look through evidence in real owl pellets and (not real!) poo. Children will learn about fossils and make their own to take away. 

Start off by exploring our amazing brains and our senses before moving on the circulatory system and investigating lung capacity.

All children will have the opportunity to dissect real (sheep) hearts, with guidance from a Fab Scientist. They work in groups of 2-3 so that any children who prefer to watch, rather than touch, can do so. Almost all children that we have visited have joined in the workshop but we bring an origami hearts activity as a back-up for anyone that doesn’t feel happy being involved.

Can cover all requirements of Y6 Animals, including humans.

Be a forensics scientist and solve the case of the missing diamond!

This workshop can be a half day session for one class or a whole day event for four classes. For the full day session, everyone is off timetable all day. We start and end with assemblies in the hall and during the day, classes rotate between a Fab Science workshop and classroom-based activities. We provide all resources, instructions and explainer videos for the teacher-led sessions. 

Children will investigate fingerprints, footprints, DNA, chromatography, microscopes and handwriting analysis…a very busy day! 

Find out more about our forensics day here. 

Best suited for Y5 and Y6 but we can include Y3/4 for a smaller school. 

Use teamwork and engineering skills to build a giant tetrahedron. The modular system allows every child to have their own part in making this 4 metre high structure. It’s so big, we can fit the whole class inside it for a photo (carefully!).

Most suitable for Y5/6 but could include Y3/4 in a shared session. This workshop can accommodate a larger group than our other workshops: up to 45 children. 

Please note that this can only be done in the hall as we need a large space and the ceiling height must be at least 4.5m.