Family events

Family Science Workshops 

Join us for free science workshops and activities at The Invention Rooms! Come and enjoy fun hands-on workshops exploring a wide range of science topics every half term and during the school summer holidays for families with children aged 7-11. Or take part in a Discovery Day where you can ask questions to real researchers as we delve into the latest science discoveries through creative workshops, interactive demonstrations and engaging activities.  

Recent workshops have covered everything from playing quantum pong, making your own solar array, and seeing if you can build a t-rex taller than you! 

All sessions are completely free for families with children aged 7-11, local to the White City area.  

We also run Saturday Science Club, a free series of workshops around the science of the future which will start again in January 2025. 

October Half Term Family Science Workshops

Join us this October half term for a series of free STEM workshops and activities at The Invention Rooms! Build a shadow puppet theatre about space, learn how our bodies keep us safe from microbes, and explore the power of rubber bands. There's also another chance to catch our Super Space Science Show! 

All sessions are completely free for families with children aged 7 – 11, local to the White City area.  

If any session is showing as sold out please contact: whitecity.familyprogramme@imperial.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list. Spaces often become available for our sessions and we will contact you as soon as they do.

Science Workshop: Rubber Bandits
Who: Ages 7 - 11 with a supervising adult
When: Monday 28 October 10 AM and 2 PM 
Where: The Invention Rooms 
Book: via Eventbrite

Science Workshop: Space Shadow Puppet Theatre
Who: Ages 7 - 11 with a supervising adult
When: Tuesday 29 October 10 AM
Where: The Invention Rooms 
Book: via Eventbrite

Science Workshop: Microbe Mania
Who: Ages 7 - 11 with a supervising adult
When: Wednesday 30 October, 10 AM and 2 PM 
Where: The Invention Rooms 
Book: via Eventbrite

Science Workshop: Guardians of the Body
Who: Ages 7 - 11 with a supervising adult
When: Thursday 31 October, 10 AM and 2 PM 
Where: The Invention Rooms 
Book: via Eventbrite

Super Space Science Show
Who: Ages 7 - 11 with a supervising adult
When: Thursday 31 October, 6 PM 
Where: The Invention Rooms 
Book: via Eventbrite

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