British Science Week for Kids

British Science Week is from the 10th March to the 19th March and is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This year’s theme is connections. In this article we will be looking at how you might want to get involved in British science week this year.

Here at Club Hub, our directory is filled with thousands of science classes for kids.

So you can definitely ensure you have lots of fun and get involved!

What is British Science Week?

British science week is coordinated by the British Science Association and is funded by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI).

British Science Week events can be organised by anyone. Organisers include teachers, community group leaders, kids activity providers, researchers, parents, students, professionals and more. The success of the week hugely depends on the people participating and effort and enthusiasm they put in.

The events for British Science Week will be running throughout the whole of the UK. Take a look at our directory to find any events that may be running by you. The events may take place in a range of locations, including museums, schools and universities to shopping centres, business premises, libraries and theatres.

Special Events – British Science Week

Here are a few workshops coming up you might want to get involved with for your little budding scientists:

Amazelab

Amazelab are running a specific STEAM Club workshop for British Science Week investigating the 2023 theme of connections.

• Days: Sunday 5th March 2023
• Times: 10-11am
• Age Range: 5 – 11
• Price: £10.00 per session
• Location: Sheffield

Book now or find more info https://clubhubuk.co.uk/?s=Amazelab

Mother Nature Science

Mother Nature Science: another great science workshop we have on our directory is from Mother Nature science. Although it is after the actual week we wanted to include it as it looks so much fun. Over the week your child will do 30+ science activities, exciting demonstrations, hands-on experiments, team games and fun quizzes- across Chemistry, Physics and Biology!

Days: Monday to Thursday (Easter Hols)

Times: 09:00-15:30

Age Range: 5 – 11

Price: £295 per week

Location: Dulwich

Book now, find out more info https://clubhubuk.co.uk/?s=mother+nature+science

Mini Science Club

Mini Science Club another great club to visit with your child If you live locally for British Science Week and beyond is the Mini Science Club in Sunderland. During each session your child will not only play and explore, but they will also be actively learning, creating and thinking critically every week.

During the sessions the children will take part in age appropriate hands on experiments, learning and messy play which will be in keeping with the weekly theme.

• Days: term time
• Times: 10:30am
• Age Range: 1 – 4
• Price: £6.00 per session
• Location: Sunderland

Book now / more info – https://clubhubuk.co.uk/clubs/mini-science-club-3/

Get involved at home

Is your child interested in science? Would they like to try their own science experiments for kids at home? If your child would like to get involved at home in British science week then maybe they might want to do their own science experiments or events. Take a look at our article The Best Science Experiments For Kids.

In this article we spoke to a few amazing providers to tell us a bit more about their businesses and their recommended science experiments for kids to try themselves. When carrying out experiments at home always remember to ask for adult permission/supervision.

Is my child too young to participate? – British Science Week

If your child is below school age, you may be wondering if you child is too young to join in with British Science Week. We say definitely not!

Developing your child’s scientific skills will increase their confidence, allowing them to ask questions about the world, find out how things work, and give them an understanding of their environment.

Benefits of early years science activities include:

• Strengthening communication skills – encourage them to describe what’s happening in front of them
• Developing scientific thinking that provide a basis for further learning at school
• Creating hands-on experiences that will help their minds develop through physical exploration and foster critical thinking
• Supporting the development of team skills through group science experiments and fun
• Perseverance, as well as analytical, reasoning and problem-solving skills
• Helping them expand their vocabulary by using scientific terms
• Develop fine motor skills
• Extend their learning through related literacy, numeracy and creative activities

Easy preschool science experiments/activities:

• Sink or Float – Sink or Float is a fun early years science activity that allows little ones to explore the concept of whether something will sink or float. The amazing thing about this water play activity is that you can use almost anything to help your child explore and what preschooler doesn’t love water play. You could even do this experiment whilst your child is having a bath!
• Nature hunt – Little ones love to wonder at the world at the world around them. Why not take a magnifying glass and let them look at nature close up! This is an early years science activity that your child can go ahead and explore independently. Alternatively you could set up a tray of objects with interesting textures from your walk, and a magnifying glass to investigate with. Ask your little one to look at the different objects through the magnifying glass then, firstly, ask them to describe what they see, this helps build language development, encouraging the use of adjectives in sentences.
• Will it dissolve? This experiment teaches little ones how different substances react to water, another great cause-and-effect activity. To teach children about solubility, we like to use sugar, oil, salt, rice, flour, food colouring. Show your children the concept of dissolving substances in water, and then ask them to guess which of your chosen substances will dissolve.

This really gets little ones thinking about how different objects behave in different environments.

Smashing Stereotypes – British Science Week

What do you imagine when you’re asked what a scientist looks like? A big part of British science week is to get rid of stereotypes and make you think that maybe scientists aren’t always people in  lab coats, goggles or a White man with grey hair, like Albert Einstein!

‘Smashing Stereotypes‘ is a collection of over 30 stories from individuals and teams that challenge such long-standing stereotypes encouraging more young people, from all backgrounds, to see themselves as scientists.

If you feel inspired then you can share your own story with British Science Week on their Social media use the official hashtag #SmashingStereotypes to interact.

You can find more information about The British Science Week on the online platform, ScienceLive which connects event organisers with speakers and volunteers. There is also a great platform you can access called STEM Ambassadors.

As well as the Club hub directory you can find out what is going on local to you for British Science Week through Science Live.

We hope you have enjoyed this article and have a great time on British Science Week! Please do share with us what you have been up to by emailing our director, Tessa [email protected] or send a message on our social media.