All About Our World
Discover the wonders of the world we live in. Be awed by cosmic rays, get in a spin at the Turbulent orb or try to control a loop of string with a mind of its own.
Here are just some of the exhibits you'll discover in All About Our World...
Water freezer
Use polarised lenses to discover the amazing patterns and colours formed by water freezing.
Spinning patterns
Use a spinning wheel to create dazzling patterns and effects in sand with a range of objects and a little imagination.
Black sand
Mould and shape our fantastic black sand using just two magnets and both hands!
Science Fact
If you shrunk the Universe so that the Sun was the size of a football the nearest star would be over 6000 kilometres away. That’s as far as Bristol to Chicago
