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Talks and shows

Ri Demo Team unleashed

Sat 24 May 2025

The Ri Demo Team and friends present their newest demonstrations, plus some old favourites in this explosive show!

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Talks and shows

Engineering the skies: The rise of electric flight

Mon 19 May 2025

Join an expert panel to discover the future of battery-powered flight, in collaboration with the Faraday Institution.

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Talks and shows

The chemistry of Star Wars

Sun 04 May 2025

By popular demand, Alex Baker returns to show off some amazing chemistry from a galaxy far, far away.

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Where maths meets maps (ages 9-11)

Thu 17 Apr 2025

Uncover a super tricky old problem that puzzled people for years

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Maths maps and adventures AM (ages 7–8)

Thu 17 Apr 2025

In this workshop for 7–8 year olds, Ioanna Georgiou takes you on an unexpected maths adventure!

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Talks and shows

The mathematical life of Shakespeare (Family)

Sat 03 May 2025

Discover how maths influenced the life of Shakespeare.

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: An expanding universe of knowledge (ages 15–18)

Thu 17 Apr 2025

Find out how much we've now been able to discover about the universe in which we live, and how much there is still to find out!

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: LEGO robotic explorers (ages 12–14)

Wed 09 Apr 2025

Put your building, coding and problem solving skills to use by programming a mars explorer based on a LEGO robot.

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Electronic and Electrical Control AM (ages 9-11)

Wed 09 Apr 2025

In this workshop for 9–11 year-olds students will build circuits to control a driverless train.

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Coding with LEGO WeDo AM (ages 7–8)

Tue 08 Apr 2025

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

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