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01 Jun-01 Jun 2023

Ideas Studio

  • 8 and over
  • Design
  • Engineering

Rube Goldberg

MathWorks: Ross explores where creativity meets invention by taking a look at the Rube Goldberg machine. Get inspired to create your own mechanical masterpiece as Ross sets off his own incredible invention.
  • all ages
  • Design
  • Materials

Marvellous Materials

MathWorks: Join Ross as he learns what materials are and how they can be useful. Then help Ross and Claire reduce waste materials by creating useful objects from old plastic bottles.
  • 8 and over
  • Design
  • Engineering

Automaton

MathWorks: What is an automaton? How does it work? Join Claire as she explores the original robots and shows us how to make our very own moving mechanical object!
  • 11 and over
  • Design
  • Engineering

What Floats Your Boat?

MathWorks: What makes a good boat float? Find out from Ross and Claire, as they try to create a boat and test out how much weight it can hold.
  • 11 and over
  • Design
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Our Planet

Solar Powered Roads

The amount of sunlight that hits the Earth’s surface is huge! But are the possibilities of what we could use that amount of sunlight for even bigger?
  • 8 and over
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Materials

If you were an engineer, what would you do?

Design a solution to a real-life problem and learn about Engineering careers, from an actual Engineer, by taking part in this exciting annual competition.
  • 8 and over
  • Design
  • Energy
  • Engineering

Science Museum – Launchball

Launchball challenges you to slide, bounce and spring a ball through 30 obstacle-filled levels. You can even create your own levels to play and share with friends.
  • 8 and over
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Materials

Glasgow Tower Uncovered

Join us for a tour of the Glasgow Tower, part of Glasgow’s unique skyline since 2001. It is the tallest tower in Scotland, and it holds the Guinness World Record for the only tower in the world that can fully rotate.
  • 8 and over
  • Design

Animation Station

Cartoons and animations are amazing - but how do they work? They use an optical illusion called persistence of vision!
  • all ages
  • Design
  • Engineering

Land Yachts

What is a land yacht? Is it a car with a sail or a boat with wheels? A land yacht is a vehicle powered by the wind - it travels on land but it has both wheels and a sail. Andy shows us how to create a land yacht from everyday recycling.
  • 8 and over
  • Design
  • Transport

Future Transport

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to design your own transport of the future. What will it look like? How will it be powered?