Drop-in Events

Challenge your friends with the new InQuizitor this Festival. Use your stealth, learning techniques and gaming technology to find out how much you really know about science.

Create the ultimate Zook, make a mini machine that moves, and if you still have time left over develop your own picture or shadowgram out of bits of metal in the Wonderama dark room.

Whatever you choose to do, you don’t have to book, you just have to purchase a day pass to Wonderama which gives you unlimited access and let’s you drop-in to all these fun workshops, and more, anytime you want.

THE INQUIZITOR

Can you beat the InQuizitor? Test yourself against your friends to find out who knows the secrets of Wonderama in this quiz game created by some of the world's leading game designers. InQuizitor will test your mind, memory and reflexes. Are you ready to play?

RAMPAGING CHARIOTS

Come and race a powerful SELEX Sprinter robot around an exciting obstacle course and compete in the Robot Football Champions League. Once you’ve seen what they can do, learn how to design and build your own robot with our expert engineers!
Lasts 1 hour. Age 8+

MADLAB

Discover the secrets of soldering then make your very own working electronic toy. New for this year - annoy TV watchers with a remote control jammer, or build a colony of Buglets, tiny roving creatures that call to each other. Circuit boards supplied by Zot Engineering. For the seasoned MadLabber, create a programmable MadBot robot. Allow a number of hours to complete a MadBot.
Lasts up to 75 minutes
MadBot 2-3 hours Ages 7+
Kits cost from £3, MadBot £20

NIGHT TIME JUNGLE SAFARI

Journey through the darkest, densest region of the Amazonian jungle in a night time exploration of nocturnal sounds! In your safari protection gear and lead by your explorer-guide you’ll put together your own hydraphone. Then, by torchlight go in search of the underground, underwater and hidden sounds of the jungle.
Lasts 15-30 minutes Ages 6+

DESIGN-A-ZOOK

Based on the popular CBBC show ‘BAMZOOKi’™, help us create the ultimate Zook. Compete against others to find out is yours the definitive Zook?

Ages 8-12 Lasts 30 – 45 mins. Every hour from 10.00am

HAPTIC DESIGN

What would life be like if everything you used was designed specially for you? Design your own name plate in virtual clay using a ‘haptic device’ and then watch it being manufactured right before your eyes. You even get to take your name plate home with you.
Ages 6-12 years Lasts 20+ mins
Every 30 minutes from 10.00am

ROLAND

Meet Roland, the gentle robotic alien. Roland will greet you with a tender hand shake and introduce you to the world of Cyberneering.
Age range 5+
Drop-in from 10.00am

GSC ON TOUR - HANDS ON SCIENCE

A magical bubble wall, a spark disc, an anti gravity wheel, an air cannon, a singing bowl and lots of amazing puzzles from the Glasgow Science Centre.

WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL?

The answer is – almost everything! Meet MRC scientists who work on viruses, genes, reproduction and public health, then try our brand new activities to find out what makes you special!
Contributors:
MRC Human Genetics Unit
MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
MRC Virology Unit
Ages 7+

SHADOWGRAMS PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Devlope your own picture to take home by arranging cogs, springs, wires and other bits of metal on a glass plate then expose the pattern on to a piece of photographic paper in the dark room. Chemistry has never looked this cool.
Lasts 30 minutes Ages 7+

MINI MACHINES

Make a magic gadget or moving toy using simple materials like paper, card, wood and glue.
Lasts 15 to 25 minutes Ages 3+

SCIENCE PLAYCENTRE
Slime, bubbles, building and lots of fun. A safe place where the young can play in the world of science and you can take a seat, catch your breath and catch up on some ‘easy reading’ among some great science and technology.
Ages 3 - 6 years

ICY ADVENTURE
Dress up like a Polar explorer and see what its like to work at the South or North pole – the coldest places on Earth. Explore some incredible properties of ice and try out a ‘blubber glove’ to see how polar bears and penguins keep warm in the freezing conditions.
Age 6 +