Holiday workshops: Engineering and Machines (Year 5 and 6)

Get ready to build, test and investigate your way through the six simple machines that have powered human engineering for thousands of years! In this hands-on workshop, participants will construct and investigate every single machine - from inclined planes and pulleys to levers and wheels and axles - discovering the forces and physics behind each one as we build.

Along the way they'll meet the engineers who used them, from Archimedes to the present day, and see how these deceptively simple ideas have powered some of humanity's greatest inventions. While exploring wheels and axels, you'll also build our own cars to take home.
At the end, you'll combine everything you have learnt to build a working winch - a compound machine that combines several of the principles we've explored - and put it to the test with a real load.
No prior engineering experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to get stuck in.

For children who have just completed Years 5 or 6 this term - please book based on your child’s current/most recent school year, not their new year group from September. This typically corresponds to children aged around 9–11 years old. We reserve the right to refund or deny entry to those who are not in the correct year group.

Refunds can only be issued for tickets cancelled at least two weeks (14 calendar days) in advance of the event date. Please note that this supersedes our normal event terms and conditions.