Big Science Day

You can construct your own Big Science Day by selecting different science topics/themes for each workshop - and we have workshops covering all strands of the curriculum for all year groups. Or, to create a real “science buzz”, you might go for a structure in which different year groups investigate, in age-appropriate ways, different facets of the same overall theme. Days like this include …

What a Wonderful World: looking at some of the animal and plant life forms adapted to particular habitats – and the dangers posed to them by human activity. 

Journeys into Space: exploring the features of some of our neighbours in the solar system – and the story of human space exploration … 

Innovation and Beyond: bringing to life “seven innovations that have changed the world” – and the legacies of some scientists/engineers/inventors from diverse backgrounds. 

The Regeneration Generation: investigating what climate change “is”, why it is important, what is causing it – and what steps we can all take to combat it. 

The Connection: looking at a number of scientists/technologists/inventors/engineers (none of them dead, white men) who have absolutely changed the world – and who should be much better known than they are!   

Time for Science: bringing to life the centrality of time in a whole range of science strands – from ageing processes to seasonality, from the fossil record to electricity and from lifespans to the story of humans in space. And featuring a diverse range of scientists from the past!

And, from February 2025, Change and Adapt - Adapt to Change: investigating ways in which the ability to adapt to changing conditions is the key to long term survival – from plants to mammals to civilisations themselves!

“The children had a wonderful day, the content layered upon their current learning and it was very interactive. Staff have had really positive things to say about it; how lovely it was lovely to see children excited about science and how organised everything was!” Columbia Primary