STEM Family Activities! Fun for the whole family.
You will also have the opportunity to explore the whole museum as a family and be inspired by the hands-on demonstrations from our expert guides and volunteers.
We offer a variety of activities from Sphero Bolts and OSMO Augmented Reality to programming BBC Micros and making 3D art in Virtual Reality! Between the sessions, you can explore the rest of our museum or have a go with our Digital Trails (available at the main entrance).
Our educational STEM activities have become the go-to Milton Keynes event for children wanting creative fun during the school holidays and every weekend throughout the year. From Minecraft to OSMO, BBC micro:bits to Robotics, there is plenty to do to unlock imaginations, inspire and entertain. Educational fun for all the family, providing byte sized tasters of coding, robotics, augmented reality, virtual reality and much much more!
Please note that these hands-on activities are not drop-off events. Parental supervision is required at all times.
Activities will be running between 11:00 and 16:00 with a short break around lunchtime, so you can drop in and out as you wish, allowing tiem to explore the whole museum too!
Activities are suitable for all ages unless otherwise stated.
Activities Include:
BBC Micro:Bit
Understand how software and hardware work together using a pocket-sized Micro:bit computer. Featuring a variety of components that allow you to physically interact with your program through buttons, accelerometers and robotics kits. Forty years on, the BBC Micro:bit continues the educational legacy of the revolutionary BBC Microcomputer.
Minecraft Education Edition
Fun and interactive, this game-based digital learning platform allows you to develop your creativity, innovation, collaboration and problem solving skills within a fascinating immersive digital environment. Minecraft’s Education Edition is ideal for exploring a plethora of subjects including: Languages, Art and Design, History and Culture, Computer Science and Maths.
OSMO Augmented Reality
Exciting technology that uses physical blocks to interact with a virtual game. Created by our partners at OSMO, these augmented reality games introduce concepts of STEM in an accessible and fun way, from Programming to Engineering to Maths, for kids up to the age of 10.
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