Discover how the development of microscopes has shaped our understanding of the senses, as Anwen Bullen explores the working of the ear. The inner ear has long fascinated biologists. It contains our ...

This classroom version of a popular Roadshow traverses several of the main branches of Mathematics with practical demonstrations, volunteer participation and group problem solving. Learn mesmerising ...

A workshop that is out of this world! Using lots of hands-on activities we will: represent cosmic distances in a variety of ways; re-tell the true story of how astrophysicists used maths to classify a ...

This year we’re celebrating the 200th anniversary of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES. And 200 years means there have been a lot of science demonstrations performed in our iconic theatre, bringing the most ...

Students will have a hands-on introduction to electrical circuits, by controlling a driverless model automatic train. Using pressure switches, slide switches and programmable controllers, students ...

Can mathematics help you to win a TV game show? In this workshop with Mike Fletcher, students will explore this idea, and see if mathematics and probability theory can be used to significantly ...

Participants will be working as Civil Engineers with some Mechanical Engineering aspects. They will participate in all the stages of a real-life construction project being design, construction, ...

Put your building, computational thinking and problem solving skills to use by making a variety of programmable models using LEGO. In this session with Brian Egles, you will work in pairs to build a ...

Started by Michael Faraday in 1825, and broadcast on national television every year, the CHRISTMAS LECTURES are the UK's flagship science series. The three-part series is filmed in front of a live ...