The Nottinghamshire Festival of Science and Curiosity takes place each February with a range of school-based activities and public events designed to promote curiosity and engagement with science, technology, engineering, maths and research across the county.
The Festival is produced by local education charity Ignite! Check out this year’s event from Monday 9th to Friday 20th February. Some of the public events local to us are:
Worksop Bridge Skills Hub
Bridge Court, Bridge Place, Worksop S80 1DT
Science Fun Day
Wednesday 18th February, 10.00am to 2.00pm
A hands-on event at The Bridge Skills Hub, where you can explore science fun like activities on fusion energy, retro games, and cyber space.
Inflatable Planetarium
Wednesday 18th February, 10.00am to 2.00pm
Within the Nottingham Trent University inflatable digital planetarium, explore what’s up above at night. Fly with us to Jupiter, make your own constellations, and hear stories about heroes in the sky.
Book your place
Retford Library
17 Churchgate, Retford DN22 6PE
Amara and the Bats Storytelling Workshop
Friday 20th February, 10.30am, 11.45am and 1.30pm
Join local author and illustrator Emma Reynolds for a storytime workshop of her award-winning book ‘Amara and the Bats’. Interactive storytelling, bat facts game, and batty draw-along!
Book your place
Bassetlaw Museum
Amcott House, 40 Grove Street, Retford DN22 6LD
Maker Futures
Monday 16th February, 10.00am to 12.00pm and 1.00pm to 3.00pm
Join the team from Maker{Futures} from University of Sheffield for a day full of hands-on interactive activities that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics with the arts.
Trelleborg Workshop
Tuesday 17th February and Wednesday 18th February, 10.00am to 12.00pm and 1.00pm to 3.00pm
Join the team from Trelleborg for lots of hands-on engineering activities.
Retro Games and Cryptology
Thursday 19th February, 10.00am to 12.00pm and 1.00pm to 3.00pm
Join University of Nottingham researchers for activities all about retro gaming.
Lego Day
Friday 20th February, 10.00am to 12.00pm and 1.00pm to 3.00pm
Lots of LEGO for you to create with at Bassetlaw Museum.
Langold Library
Doncaster Road, Langold, Worksop S81 9QL
Ozobots Workshop
Saturday 14th February, 10.00am and 11.00am
Bring coding to life using Ozobots as line following robots in this workshop led by Charlotte Land from Spark STEM.
Suitable for ages 7+, book your place
Worksop Library
Memorial Avenue, Worksop S80 2BP
Fusion Energy Workshops
Tuesday 17th February, 10.00am, 11.00am, 1.00pm and 2.00pm
Join the UK Atomic Energy Authority team to take part in hands-on activities all about fusion energy.
Suitable for ages 7+, book your place
Visit www.nottsfosac.co.uk for more details.