Workshops & Shows
Here at Dundee Science Centre we offer a number of Workshops & Shows to suit all age groups, from nursery, to primary school and through to secondary. Below are full listings for the school workshops available in Sensation.
Genes in a Bottle (P4-7 and S1-6)
A DNA extraction activity, in which pupils extract DNA from their own cheek cells, and take it home in a pretty necklace pendant!
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Robolab (P4-7 and S1-S4)
Use sophisticated Lego Mindstorms robot buggies and icon-led Robolab software to program the robots to move, and respond to light and touch sensors. An excellent way to discover control technology.
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Circuit building (P5-S2)
Pupils learn about circuits and electricity by soldering their own circuit to make a flashing face to take home with them!
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Solids, Liquids, Gases (P4-S2) (specific dates only)
An exciting show using liquid nitrogen at an amazing minus 196 Celsius to demonstrate states of matter through shattering and exploding experiments!
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Materials Matter (P4-S2) New for 2008!!
A show using spectacular experiment to investigate loads of different materials and on the way finding out how materials scientists use chemistry to help them understand and create new materials. We also look at the periodic table to look at elements and that combining different elements gives us different materials.
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How to make the Perfect Poo! (P4-S2)
A hands-on session following the passage of food through the human digestive system. Sticky, fun, and educational!
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The Solar System (P4-S2)
Take a trip through the Solar System in our new magic planet auditorium. See real photographic images of all of the planets and their features including the volcanic landscape of Venus and the moving gases of Jupiter.
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Sound! (P4-7)
A hands-on session to demonstrate that sound is a vibration and travels in waves
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Terrible Trebuchets (P4-7)
Discover the forces in action in trebuchets – history’s best war machines! In groups, pupils will discuss and use model trebuchets, whilst noting the variables and effects involved.
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Healthy Body Bits (P1-3 and P4-7)
An exploration of what is inside us, and how we are all the same. This workshop uses Stuffee, our giant rag doll, who is more than happy for pupils to operate on him and find out what organs he has! We can tailor this to focus on health or anatomy depending on your topic!
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Fingerprints (P1-4)
Learn how police investigators use their sense of sight to identify fingerprint patterns. We all have them, and they are all different! Pupils will have a go at dusting for fingerprints, and take copies of their own fingerprints to take home.
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How to be a Scientist (P1-3)
A hands-on investigative workshop, with ‘real’ scientific equipment and engaging problems to solve! Pupils wear lab coats and goggles, and use pipettes and test tubes, as they learn how scientists need to be careful and responsible, and use their senses to find answers to problems!
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Bubbles (Nursery)
Discover different kinds of bubbles and the amazing things they can do!
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Journey to the Poles (Nursery)
A show designed to teach young children about the poles and what lives there in celebration of International Polar Year.
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For teachers’ notes and risk assessments for these workshops, please see ourdownloads section.
Great Apes - this summer, Sensation will be a hive of ape-themed activity and Fossils and Funny Bones will give youngsters the chance to dig for bones.
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