Homework Help

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Join library volunteers in a very special homework help session with lots of fun science based activities to take part in!

Science in the Shopping Centre

intu Broadmarsh Listergrate, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Venture into outer space and delve inside the human body with hands-on activities. Activities include: An inflatable planetarium from ExplorerDome Hands-on activities from the Nottingham Molecular Pathology Node The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of BioFilms in our everyday lives from the University of Nottingham Using magnets to understand the brain with the University […]

Free

Explorers Fair: The Ball Run Factory

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Work with artists and technologists to build inventive marble machines with science, technology and everyday materials.

£12 – £15

Science at 38 Carrington Street

38 Carrington Street 38 Carrington Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Pop in for exhibitions and hands-on activities about how computers use sensors, how to grow a garden up a wall and the future of cities. 

Free

Science Busking in the City

Smithy Row Long Row, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Pop down for some easy to learn science busking and information about the festival. JOIN THE FACEBOOK EVENT

Free

Curiosity at Sneinton Market

Sneinton Market Gedling Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

The Festival of Science and Curiosity comes to the Avenues!

Free

LEGO® Robotics Lab

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Explore creative coding and build robotic inventions in this workshop led by Bright Box Makerspace.

£12 – £15

The Big Problem

Wollaton Hall Wollaton Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Family activities in the Hall and Park about 'The Big Problem' - the impact of humans on their environment. Get the chance to handle real museum objects and specimens!

Free

Engineering at Nottingham Industrial Museum

Nottingham Industrial Museum The Courtyard, Wollaton Hall, Wollaton Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Step into Nottingham's Industrial Heritage, from Tudor mines to the world's first video recorder. Get stuck in with a special festival engineering activity about cogs and gears.

£3

Science at 38 Carrington Street

38 Carrington Street 38 Carrington Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Pop in for exhibitions and hands-on activities about how computers use sensors, how to grow a garden up a wall and the future of cities.   These activities will be particularly suited to people with additional needs and disabilities. 

Free

Explorers Fair: Superhero Gadgets Lab

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Get creative with technology by designing superhero-inspired gadgets and gizmos.

£12 – £15

The Big Problem

Wollaton Hall Wollaton Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Family activities in the Hall and Park about ‘The Big Problem’ – the impact of humans on their environment. Get the chance to handle real museum objects and specimens!   These activities will be particularly suited to people with additional needs and disabilities. 

Free

Radford-Lenton Rocket Challenge

Radford - Lenton Library Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Put your engineering skills to the test with this city-wide competition.

Free

Meadows Family Science Fun Day

Meadows Library Wilford Grove, Meadows, Nottingham, United Kingdom

How do brains work? How old are fossils? What does a heart sound like? Storytelling, games and hands-on activities in your local library.

Free

Experience Virtual Reality

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Play, learn and be creative in virtual reality at these interactive demonstrations.

£20 – £25

Bulwell Tots Time Science

Bulwell Library Bulwell Riverside Centre, Main Street, Bulwell, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Simple sensory science for under 3s and their adults.

Free

Bilborough Rocket Challenge

Bilborough Library Bracebridge Drive, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Put your engineering skills to the test with this city-wide competition.

Free

Clifton Family Science Fun Day

Clifton Library Southchurch Drive, Clifton, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Why is spider silk stronger than steel? How small can you make a computer? How does sound travel? Storytelling, games and hands-on activities in your local library.

Free

Super Food Super Heroes

Lakeside Arts University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Carve and sculpt fruits and vegetables to create your own edible superfood heroes, then see if they can power an LED light.

£5

Experience Virtual Reality

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Play, learn and be creative in virtual reality at these interactive demonstrations.

£20 – £25

St Ann’s Tots Time Science

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Simple sensory science for under 3s and their adults.

Free

Drawing Energy

Lakeside Arts University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

In this workshop you'll be able to draw to noisy rhythmic music, alongside some very peaceful and sotto voce mark-making.

Free

Moon Gazing at the Mill

Green's Windmill & Science Centre Windmill Lane, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Join Outsider Artist Collective and Cool Science Pete at Green’s Windmill for a night of moon gazing and astronomical wonder! See the full moon, learn more about the solar system and enjoy homemade pizza off the community garden pizza oven.

Free

Southglade Park Rocket Challenge

Southglade Park Library Southglade Road, Bestwood, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Put your engineering skills to the test with this city-wide competition.

Free

Strelley Family Science Fun Day

Strelley Library Strelley Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

How do you code a computer game? What does Carbon Dioxide do to our oceans? What does a plant scientist do? Storytelling, games and hands-on activities in your local library.

Free

Out of this World

Lakeside Arts University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

See the night sky and navigate through the constellations inside the wonderful world of Inflativerse, the University of Nottingham’s inflatable planetarium.

£5

Science at the Mill

Green's Windmill & Science Centre Windmill Lane, Nottingham, United Kingdom

The Festival of Science and Curiosity comes to the Mill, with extra special activities including maths puzzles and physics games! FIND OUT MORE

Free

Experience Virtual Reality

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Play, learn and be creative in virtual reality at these interactive demonstrations.

£20 – £25

Hyson Green Tots Time Science

Hyson Green Library Mary Potter Centre, 76 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Simple sensory science for under 3s and their adults.

Free

Aspley Tots Time Science

Aspley Library Nuthall Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Simple sensory science for under 3s and their adults.

Free

Light Night at Cobden Place

Cobden Place Cobden Place, Pelham Street, Nottingham

Travel 33.9 million miles down Cobden courtyard into the orbit of Mars, where we'll be looking back at our home planet from afar. We'll be inviting families to create shadows and drawings that can be projected onto a screen while warm up over a hot drink and listen to the music of everyone's favourite starman […]

Free

The Coral Garden

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

An interactive art installation that connects with visitors and responds to their touch and movement creating tactile playful experiences through digital sensing technologies.

Free

The Coral Garden

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

An interactive art installation that connects with visitors and responds to their touch and movement creating tactile playful experiences through digital sensing technologies.

Free

The Coral Garden

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

An interactive art installation that connects with visitors and responds to their touch and movement creating tactile playful experiences through digital sensing technologies.

Free

Explorers Fair: The Ball Run Factory

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Build inventive marble machines with science, technology and everyday materials. In this hands-on workshop with Bright Box Makerspace you and your child will work with artists and technologists to turn cardboard tubes, pipes and recycled materials into creative contraptions that light up and make music — or just noise!

£12

Meteor Strike Cookie Baking

Green's Windmill & Science Centre Windmill Lane, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Combine your love of baking (and eating!) with a passion for space with this creative family activity! Booking essential. To book a place for this activity please call 0115 915 6878. There will be six 45 minute sessions at 10.15am, 11am, 11.45am, 1pm, 1.45pm & 2.30pm.     Accessibility Information: All of the centre and […]

£4

Curiosity Market

Victoria Centre Market intu Victoria Centre, 222 Victoria Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Dive into a gene pool, challenge your family to a reaction-time competition and explore the journey of medicines from powder to pill. Hands-on activities in your local market.

Free

Family Fun Weekend at Wollaton Hall

Wollaton Hall Wollaton Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Explore Wollaton Hall’s secret specimen collection and be wowed by full-sized human body collages from Keith Bloody Mary and Dr Lisa Chakrabarti, exploring ageing and exercise.

Free

Science Fun Day (Mansfield Central)

Mansfield Central Library Four Seasons Centre, W Gate, Mansfield

How do virtual reality games work? What would it be like to live on Mars? How does sound travel to our ears? Hands-on activities in your local library.

Free

Plant Blindness Workshop: Meet with Matt Miller

Wollaton Hall Wollaton Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Come take some time out to listen to the plants, hear what they are saying and think about what you might like to say back. Join poet Matt Miller in the Camelia House for this playful and imaginative writing session.

Free

Comic Book Conversations

Lakeside Arts University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Create your own comic book with illustration artist Francis Lowe. Use your own narratives and lived experiences to question the world we live in by creating your own cartoon characters and stories.

£8

UV BODY PAINTING: HOW YOUR BODY WORKS

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Paint the bones in your hands with fluorescent paint and see what happens when we turn off the lights! Build a spine using everyday materials you can find in your kitchen. Be wowed by full body anatomical painting. Join us for a fun, creative anatomy workshop suitable for all the family.

Free

Explorers Fair: The Ball Run Factory

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Build inventive marble machines with science, technology and everyday materials. In collaboration with Bright Box Makerspace. Use recycled and everyday materials to design and construct amazing ball runs. In this hands-on workshop led by Kisha Bradley from Bright Box Makerspace you and your child will turn cardboard tubes, pipes and wooden tracks into creative contraptions.Make your marble […]

£12

Salt Dough Modelling

Green's Windmill & Science Centre Windmill Lane, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Use salt dough and your imagination to make a creation of your own invention - the more curious the better!

£3

Family Fun Weekend at Wollaton Hall

Wollaton Hall Wollaton Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Make music from plants, using circuits and sensors. Explore Wollaton Hall’s secret specimen collection. Be wowed by full-sized human body collages from Keith Bloody Mary and Dr Lisa Chakrabarti, exploring ageing and exercise.

Free

Incredible You

Radford - Lenton Library Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Take part in producing work for an exhibition of Incredible You - a colouring book developed by scientist-artist Dr Lizzie Burns to celebrate the beauty of the body under a microscope.

Free

Incredible You

Bilborough Library Bracebridge Drive, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Take part in producing work for an exhibition of Incredible You - a colouring book developed by scientist-artist Dr Lizzie Burns to celebrate the beauty of the body under a microscope.

Free

The Coral Garden

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

An interactive art installation that connects with visitors and responds to their touch and movement creating tactile playful experiences through digital sensing technologies.

Free

Science Fun Day (St Ann’s)

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

How do plants grow? What does an animal skeleton look like? What does a slinky sound like? Find out the answers to these questions and many, many more with lots of hands-on activities in your local library!

Free

How the Borks Became – An Adventure in Evolution

Bulwell Library Bulwell Riverside Centre, Main Street, Bulwell, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Join author Jonathan Emmett for an entertaining blend of science and storytelling and discover how the Borks evolved from blue, smooth-furred and short to yellow, shaggy-furred and tall. For children aged 5 -9 and accompanying adults. Tickets are free but booking is essential. Accessibility Bulwell Riverside Library has an accessible level entrance with automatic doors and […]

Free

Science Fun Day (Kirkby-in-Ashfield)

Kirkby in Ashfield Library Ashfield Precinct, Kirkby in Ashfield

How do virtual reality games work? What would it be like to live on Mars? How does sound travel to our ears? Find out the answers to these questions and many more with hands-on activities in your local library!

Free

Space Rover Lego Workshop (Strelley)

Strelley Library Strelley Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Build and programme your own prototype space rover ideal for exploring distant planets in this hands-on workshop! The workshop will use Lego WeDo 2.0 software. No charge for workshop but please book to avoid disappointment!   Accessibility The library has an accessible ramped entrance with automatic doors and is all ground level.       […]

Free

Incredible You

Bilborough Library Bracebridge Drive, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Take part in producing work for an exhibition of Invisible You - a colouring book developed by scientist-artist Dr Lizzie Burns to celebrate the beauty of the body under a microscope.

Free

The Coral Garden

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

An interactive art installation that connects with visitors and responds to their touch and movement creating tactile playful experiences through digital sensing technologies.

Free

Makey Makey Music (Hyson Green)

Hyson Green Library Mary Potter Centre, 76 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Explore how to make music and instruments out of fruit, veg and recycled stuff in this fun family digital session at Hyson Green Library.

Free

Science Fun Day (Aspley)

Aspley Library Nuthall Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

How can we make plastic from sugar? What does the DNA of a strawberry look like? What can we build from lego? Find out the answers to these questions and many more through lots of hands-on activities in your local library! Accessibility Aspley Library has an accessible ramped entrance with manual doors and is all […]

Free

Science Fun Day at Rushcliffe Arena

Rushcliffe Arena Rugby Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, United Kingdom

What does our galaxy look like? What sound does a spring make? What are the different constellations in our night sky? Find out the answers to these questions and many more with hands-on activities in your local leisure centre!

Free

Space Rover Lego Workshop (Wollaton)

Wollaton Library Bramcote Lane, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Build and programme your own prototype space rover ideal for exploring distant planets in this hands-on workshop! The workshop will use Lego WeDo 2.0 software. No charge for workshop but please book to avoid disappointment!   Accessibility The library has an accessible ramped entrance with manual doors and is all ground level.       […]

Free

Incredible You

Radford - Lenton Library Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Take part in producing work for an exhibition of Incredible You - a colouring book developed by scientist-artist Dr Lizzie Burns to celebrate the beauty of the body under a microscope.

Free

The Coral Garden

St Ann's Valley Library St Ann's Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

An interactive art installation that connects with visitors and responds to their touch and movement creating tactile playful experiences through digital sensing technologies.

Free

Learn to Sew with Conductive Thread and Circuits

Lakeside Arts University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Learn to combine the world of textiles with electronic components to create soft and flexible circuits. Stitch with conductive thread and integrate a felt landscape with LED lights. Basic hand sewing experience is recommended but not required. The event will take place in the Performing Arts Studio. Accessibility There is designated disabled car parking across […]

£8

Science Fun Day (Hyson Green)

Hyson Green Library Mary Potter Centre, 76 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham, United Kingdom

How can we use computer games to train horses? How does electricity conduct around our bodies? What do germs look like on our hands? Find out the answers to these questions and many more with hands-on activities at your local library! Accessibility Hyson Green Library has an accessible ramped entrance with automatic doors and is […]

Free

Young Physicist for a Day

Lakeside Arts University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Become a young physicist for the day. Cover topics from the world of physics, including: energy, forces, gravity, teleportation, wormholes, quantum physics to name a few – this session will be full of discussions, maths, demonstrations and experiments.

£5

Space Rover Lego Workshop (Meadows)

Meadows Library Wilford Grove, Meadows, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Build and programme your own prototype space rover ideal for exploring distant planets in this hands-on workshop! The workshop will use Lego WeDo 2.0 software. No charge for workshop but please book to avoid disappointment! Accessibility The library has an accessible ramped entrance with automatic doors and is all ground level.         […]

Free

Curiosity Garden

Fircroft Community Garden Fircroft Avenue, Bilborough, Nottingham

Fircroft Community Garden will be open for you to enjoy some food, get creative and explore the wonder of nature!

Free

ANOTHER PLANET: an audio adventure

Broadway 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Broadway’s Near Now presents ANOTHER PLANET by The Gramophones Theatre Company, an audio adventure for an adult and child (7+) to experience together.
Ever wondered what it would be like to travel through space? We need the bravest galactic explorers for a mission to investigate ANOTHER PLANET and find out if humans could survive there.

Free

ALLSORTS of SCIENCE at Oasis Community Centre

Oasis Community Centre 2a Longfellow Drive, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

The Science of Liquorice and Sweet things - OASIS Children's Science Celebration night for 5 to 11 year olds.

Free

Secret Science Show at Wollaton Hall

Wollaton Hall Wollaton Road, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Free entry to the Natural History Museum plus science-themed demonstrations in the Great Hall and talks in the Education spaces.

Free

Science Fun Day at Southwell Minster

Southwell Minster Church Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Come along and join in some fun, hands-on experiments and activities in the Minster!

Free

Words without Sounds: Creative Solutions from Creative Minds at Footprints

Footprints Conducive Education Centre Iona School, Sneinton Dale, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Using their creativity and innovation learners will consider the real-world problem of non-verbal communication as they design a product or solution of the future.

Free

Experiment with colour at Bassetlaw Museum

Bassetlaw Museum Amcott House 40 Grove Street, Retford, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Find out how colours mix and spread using chromatology and have a go at Tie Dye!

Free

Science Fun Day at Nottingham Cathedral

Nottingham Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Barnabas, North Circus Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Come along and join in some fun, hands-on experiments and activities at Nottingham Cathedral. 

Free

Lego Day at Bassetlaw Museum

Bassetlaw Museum Amcott House 40 Grove Street, Retford, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Come and let your creative construction skills bloom with a full day of making whatever you want out of Lego.

Free

Egg Drop Challenge at Bennerley Viaduct

Bennerley Viaduct Awsworth Rd, Ilkeston, United Kingdom

Bennerley Viaduct stands 20 metres above the beautiful Erewash Valley. But would an egg survive the drop? Only one way to find out!

Free
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