Science Club at the Visitor Centre is back for summer 2024!
Science Club is an activity club for children over the school summer holidays at the King Richard III Visitor Centre in Leicester city centre. Sessions run from 10am – 12noon and are most suited to children aged between 7-11 years old.
£15 per child per session, book a second place for a sibling for only £10.
There are 10 spaces available at each session and there is no need for parents/guardians to stay. All sessions include a break for refreshments – which are included.
Sessions are run by experienced Learning staff with DBS checks.
To book your place, contact us on scienceclub@kriii.com or call 0116 299 4444 2024
Science Club dates:
Tuesday 30th July – The Science of Archaeology, 10am-12noon
We’ll be reconstructing a skeleton (not a real one!), making layer cups and doing some facial reconstruction.
Tuesday 6th August – The Science of Energy, 10am-12noon
We’ll be making a lemon battery and finding out how big a soda and Mentos explosion we can make.
Tuesday 13th August – The Science of Food, 10am-12noon
We’ll be making and baking our own bread, plus experimenting with yeast.
Tuesday 20th August – The Science of Forces, 10am-12noon
We’ll be making and flying paper planes, and testing parachutes to safely land an egg.
Tuesday 27th August – The Science of DNA, 10am-12noon
We’ll be extracting the DNA from a banana, making a DNA double helix from jelly tots and making DNA bracelets.
Science Club activities will take place mainly in the King’s Suite at the Visitor Centre but may also include other spaces within the Centre.
For more information and to book places for Science Club 2024 contact our Science Club team via email or call 0116 299 4444 (office hours).