• Arches for HM Tower of London

    Posted on February 3, 2012 by Wonderstruck

    Its not all workshops and shows here at Wonderstruck.  We also develop resources for museums, universities, schools etc.

    Our latest project was to develop arch building kits for the Tower of London education team to use in some of their sessions.  The base doubles as storage for the blocks and supporting scaffold.  All the wood work is made from hand-sawn oak and the stone work is made in our own secret faux stone concoction.

     

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    New Year, New Workshops & Shows

    Posted on January 8, 2012 by Wonderstruck

    A dramatic demo from our Fantabulous Exploding Science Show

    It’s been a grey and wet start to the New Year over here in the UK but we’re putting the finishing touches to some great new Workshops & Shows to brighten up the dull winter months.

    We had a great time piloting our ‘Fantabulous Exploding Science Show’ at Petroc’s Bloodhound SSC STEM Conference back in December. About 800 primary, secondary and post-16 students saw the shows along with an evening show for local employers which included a keynote speech by Richard Noble OBE, Director of the Bloodhound SSC Project.

    The Fantabulous Exploding Science Show is now a part of the Wonderstruck repertoire, along with our ‘Throwing Your Weight Around’ show which follows a forces and motion theme to tie in with this year’s National Science and Engineering Week.

    We’re also putting together our ‘Robot Explorer’ workshop which gives Key Stage 2 & 3 pupils a chance to build simple robot planetary explorers fitted with small wireless cameras. The robots use simple switch activated sensors to navigate and explore their environment but the really exciting thing is that we actually launch the robots using our Heavy Lift Water Rocket. The plan is that the robots deploy by parachute and are then activated on touch down, sending wireless pictures back to Mission Control.

    We hope to have this all up and running for March or April and as with all space ‘firsts’ we’ll be streaming live pictures of the first launch on the website. So watch this space.

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    Abu Dhabi Science Festival Update

    Posted on December 11, 2011 by Wonderstruck

     

    We had an absolutely brilliant time at the first Abu Dhabi Science Festival running our Compressed Air Rocket Workshop and Fan-Powered Cars Workshop on the Corniche. 

    Over the three days we were there between 1500 and 2000 children went through both workshops and we certainly couldn’t have done it without the help of our Science Communicators – thanks guys! 

    We also mustn’t forget to thank Louise, Peter, Brian and Rachel and all the other guys from Edinburgh Science Festival who worked so hard to make it all run smoothly. 

    Hope to see you all again next year.

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    Abu Dhabi Science Festival

    Posted on November 5, 2011 by Wonderstruck

    It’s a hive of activity back at Wonderstruck HQ as we prepare for the Abu Dhabi Science Festival.  The event runs from the 18th to the 27th November and we’ll be there running our Fan-Powered Car Workshop and our Compressed Air Rocket Workshop on the Corniche for three days over the final weekend.

    Check out the details at http://www.abudhabisciencefestival.ae/

    So, if you happen to be in Abu Dhabi for that weekend pop over and so hello to Peter & Ricky from Wonderstruck!

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