Who Wants to be a Scientist?

Students will discover how scientists use their senses to study chemicals.

Who is it for: Key stage 1 and reception

Duration: 50 minutes

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Young school student working in a lab during a education workshop.

Students will become a scientist for the day

Students will take on the role of a scientist and use real laboratory equipment to create new substances and reveal their hidden properties.

They will discover how scientists use their senses to study chemicals by making scents and jelly worms, before ending the workshop with a dramatic whoosh!

Curriculum links

Key stage 1 and reception

Working scientifically

Use of everyday materials
Working scientifically

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By the end of the workshops students will have discovered:

How to use a range of laboratory equipment to safely handle and study chemicals.

How scientists use their senses of sight, touch, and smell to study the properties of chemicals.

That you can create new substances and reveal hidden properties of substances, by mixing chemicals together.

How scientists use lab equipment to extract chemicals that can be useful in our everyday lives.

School trip prices

We allow a ratio of 1 adult to every 5 children for most groups. Additional adults over this ratio will be charged. In the case of SEN groups, we may offer further free adult support on request – please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Visiting from 25 June to end of the Summer term? The government is cutting VAT for organisations like ours over the summer and we’re passing the saving onto schools. This applies to all trips that include a science centre visit (and excludes workshops only). If you visit during this period, science centre visits are £6.08, and centre/workshop visits are £11.05. If you have already booked during this period, we will be in touch about refunds.

Bookings are now open for the new academic year, and our prices have been reviewed. If you’d like to book for September onwards, please get in touch for a quote.

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