Build yourself a bug-shaped mini robot! This one's always looking for light and can't help crawling towards it!
No electronics experience is required although you will need a steady hand to assemble the components and use the tools, including a soldering iron.
This workshop is aimed at children aged 11 years and older.
The session will contain four activities each and introduce key coding concepts such as logic, inputs, and wireless communications. Along the way we will work through the code to understand exactly how it works. No previous experience is required, just an interest in making tech do cool things!
The session is aimed at children aged between 9 and 12 and is ideal for Key Stage 2 and early Key Stage 3 students. Please note that this is a beginner's workshop and provides a great introduction to the micro:bit.
All under 14s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
In this hands-on workshop, you will understand what an algorithm is and how important it is to write a correct algorithm in order to make a computer do a particular task. You will start by exploring algorithms that occur in our daily lives (like waking up in the morning, brushing our teeth...) and then use this knowledge to teach a 30-year old BBC Micro computer to count!
The session is aimed at children aged 8 years and older and is ideal for children at the upper KS2 level.
Summer's here and Bee-Bot is planning a trip to the beach. But, there are so many things to take - bucket and spade, parasol, beach hat, beach umbrella, and don't forget the swimsuit and suncream! Bee-Bot would love some help planning this trip. Would you like to be Bee-Bot's helper?
The only catch is that Bee-Bot is a robot and needs instructions to find all the things that need to be packed. A set of instructions is called an algorithm. Find out about algorithms and how you can use these to code in this fun activity!
Become a spy and help the team 'crack' codes! A secret way of writing messages is called a cipher and in this workshop the team will introduce you to a simple cipher called a Caesar cipher (named after the Roman general, Julius Caesar, who used it to send secret military messages!).
You will construct a cipher wheel out of card and use this to 'break' secret messages to reveal the location of the hidden treasure.
Become a spy and help the team 'crack' codes! A secret way of writing messages is called a cipher and in this workshop the team will introduce you to a simple cipher called a Caesar cipher (named after the Roman general, Julius Caesar, who used it to send secret military messages!).
You will construct a cipher wheel out of card and use this to 'break' secret messages to reveal the location of the hidden treasure.
Most people are familiar with the classic paper plane but did you know that there are many other alternatives? Try your hand at making some and compare their effectiveness. Which one will go the furthest?
Normal museum admission prices apply.
Taking inspiration from the summer holidays, you’ll create a foam printing plate, which you can use to create your very own postcard. Send it to a friend, or keep it as a souvenir – the choice is yours!
Normal museum admission prices apply.
Have you ever wondered how animations work? Try your hand at making a phenakistiscope, one of the earliest ways of creating moving images. Learn more about how our brains process what we see, to create the illusion of motion from still images!
Normal museum admission prices apply.
This summer is the Season of Wellbeing at the Museum of Cambridge, and they’re making some noise to finish off a jam-packed summer of fun. Learn how to turn household rubbish into your very own musical instrument and join in a session of noise making mayhem. Take a tin can, decorate it however you want, then turn it into a drum which you will then use in a drumming circle like no other.
