Explosive Food with the Royal Institution

Schedule

Fri Mar 13 2026 at 05:45 pm to 06:45 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Thomas Hardye School | Dorchester, EN

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Learn about food and its often-explosive nature in a show packed with exciting chemistry and physics demonstrations!
About this Event

Learn about food and its often-explosive nature. Find out about the incredible amount of energy contained in the food that goes in your mouth in this show packed with exciting chemistry and physics demonstrations. Brought to you by the Royal Institution of Great Britain - home to some of our greatest revolutionary scientific discoveries.

Organised by Thomas Hardye School and Bournemouth University with support from the Wessex MAT.

Age suitability: 4+

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The Thomas Hardye School, Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, United Kingdom

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