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The Ri will be closed to the public from Wednesday 16 to Wednesday 23 July. We will then be closed for building works from Monday 28 July to Friday 12 September (inclusive).

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Building and coding with LEGO (ages 7–10)

Mon 13 Feb 2023

Put your building, computational thinking and problem solving skills to use by making a variety of programmable models using

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Children code on a laptop

Workshops

Holiday workshops: Building and coding with LEGO (ages 7–10)

Mon 13 Feb 2023

Put your building, computational thinking and problem solving skills to use by making a variety of programmable models using

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 7–10)

Thu 16 Feb 2023

Extract your own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for you to wear.

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A person holds a tube filled with DNA

Workshops

Holiday workshops: Extract your own DNA (ages 7–10)

Thu 16 Feb 2023

Extract your own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for you to wear.

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Students pipette samples

Workshops

Holiday workshops: Bacterial evolution (ages 15–18)

Tue 14 Feb 2023

Using restriction enzyme digests and gel electrophoresis, explore and analyse real bacterial DNA.

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Students pipette samples

Workshops

Holiday workshops: Forensics (ages 11–14)

Mon 13 Feb 2023

Experience what it would be like to work in a forensics lab by investigating a fictional crime scene.

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Talks and shows

Fartology (Evening)

Fri 14 Apr 2023

The extraordinary science behind the humble fart.

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Stefan Gates surrounded by equipment

Talks and shows

Fartology (Matinee)

Fri 14 Apr 2023

The extraordinary science behind the humble fart.

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Talks and shows

The power of patterns 

Tue 04 Apr 2023

Explore the curious mathematical patterns all around us.

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In-person
A photo of a rat, a snake and a wasp

Talks and shows

Wasps vs snakes vs rats

Sat 18 Mar 2023

Which of these unloved creatures is actually the best? You decide!

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