This coming Spring half-term we will be talking about…. ‘Up in the Air!’
As we look up in the sky, you can book our Home Education Sessions now and explore our atmosphere, flight, rockets and space.
Our home educators sessions are aimed at ages 7-11 years and will take place weekly on a Tuesday from 1-3pm. These will be located at our centre on Cambridge Science Park and will involve an hour of discovery guided by our team of Science Communicators, followed by up to an hour of exploration of our exhibits.
This session is called ‘Plain Sailing’
Can it fly? Why does it fly? How far can it fly? And how much weight can it carry? Engineers often create small-size models to test a product’s design. Model testing tells engineers how a design might perform in a real-world situation. The engineer can experiment with different shapes and materials to produce the perfect design for the task. In this creative engineering session you will design and make your own paper planes (or gliders!) and then see how they perform in a series of challenges.