• Wonderstruck – Making it Wonderful

    Wonderstruck is all about taking the process of learning and making it wonderful. For all concerned.

    Creating thought provoking, fun activities and resources for learners of any age and at any kind of venue is at the heart of what we do.

    But we appreciate there’s more to education than that. Which is why we engage with businesses, why we do websites and branding for educational institutions, why we do teacher CPD and ITT, why we develop and deliver outreach activities, why we create learning resources that enthuse and inspire.

    It’s why we do the things we do.

     

    STEM Directories Grants

    All of our workshops and shows are listed on the STEM Directories website – just visit the website and type ‘wonderstruck’ into the quick search box at the top right of the page and, hey presto, they should all appear.

    Things have just got even better because you can now apply for a grant from STEM Directories for up to £500 towards any of our workshops and shows as listed.  Just go to the STEM Directories homepage and fill in the short grant form.  The current round of funding ends on 31st May so get form filling!

     

    Latest News

    New for the Summer Term

    Here at Wonderstruck we love making stuff move, preferably as fast as possible.  Our newest workshop combines our love of propellers, wheels, electric motors and rockets to create one of our fastest workshops yet!

    A prop-driven cable racer being attached to its line

    Cable Racers are little vehicles that use a variety of different methods of propulsion to travel along a tensioned steel cable.  In the workshop, students work in teams to experiment with the different propulsion methods to find the fastest option.  Then we need to find the overall best vehicle and there’s only one way to do that…..RACE!

    Cable Racers will be available from Monday 2nd July for KS3 and above.


     

    Take science shows to the next level with our new Outdoor Spectaculars!

    A hydrogen/oxygen balloon awaits detonation while 7 kilos of thermite goes off in the background

    We’ve often thought it would be pretty cool to do some of our science show demos on a slightly larger scale, well now we can.  How do you fancy setting off 10 kilos of thermite and watching it burn through steel plates?  Or what about detonating a 1 metre diameter balloon full of hydrogen and oxygen?  Or maybe a thermobaric bomb is more to your taste?

    Get in touch to discuss the possibilities for your venue.

    Check out all of our current schools workshops here

     

     

    Museums & Other Venues

    Most of the time we do our Shows & Workshops in schools, which is brilliant.  However, it does mean that a lot of the time during school holidays our equipment (and presenters) sit around gathering dust.

    To stop everything going rusty we’re looking for venues that might be interested in hosting family friendly science workshops or shows during school holidays.

    So, if you happen to know of, or even run, such a venue and might be interested do get in touch for a chat (details below).  We’d love to hear from you.

    The Immortal Burger Experiment – 100 Days and Counting

    The Immortal Burger at 100 days old

    Our little cheeseburger meal is now 100 days old and doesn’t look a day over, well……er one.  There appears to be absolutely no decay.  The fries seem to have emitted quite a bit of oil which has trapped small flies and the whole thing is gathering a collection of dust bunnies but there is no mold or other signs of decay other than some shrinkage.

    Our suspicion is that the lack of decay is down to desiccation rather than preservative chemicals.  If you want to keep up to speed with our findings we are posting regular update images of our test meal on the Wonderstruck Facebook page.

     

    Check out all of our current schools workshops here

    Get In Touch

    Tel: 0845 5193 325

    EMail: enquiries@wonderstruck.co.uk