Left: the exhibition is a perfect mix of hands-on education and fun! Image courtesy of the University of Plymouth.
Weird Worlds is an interactive science exhibition on at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery running until April 26.
It's a hands-on mix of science and technology. Phillipa Forrester, the presenter of Robot Wars and Tomorrows World, who launched Weird Worlds said: “this exhibition promises to be educational, full of surprises and lots of fun."
"It is just what's needed to excite people's interest in the many fascinating aspects of science.”
Right: Phillipa Forrester launching the exhibition during the Robots on the Move week. Image courtesy of the University of Plymouth.
Exhibits change each week and themes include investigating the oceans, exploring the atom, designing robots and examining ants.
City Museum and the University of Plymouth Faculty of Science, the organisers of the exhibition, describe it as surprising, shocking and inspiring.
And if the numbers are anything to go by so far Wierd Worlds has been a huge success. It has attracted over four and a half thousand visitors in its first two weeks.
One child said: “It was absolutely brilliant. I learnt things about fossils, and most of all I learnt a lot about pollen and how it works. Brilliant.”
Left: a introduction to life beneath the waves during Marine Worlds week. Image courtesy of the University of Plymouth.
This week (March 25 – 29)the show is all about our Awesome Earth. There will be erupting volcanoes, dinosaur fossils and giant waves. And even some moon rock from NASA.
Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science, who has visited the exhibition, thinks that it could inspire children to become scientists. He said,“it is the kind of thing that the youth find exciting. There are not enough hands-on exhibitions”.
The final week, during the Easter holidays, will combine highlights from all the previous weeks.
The exhibition is open between 10am and 5.30pm Tuesday to Friday (closed Good Friday), and between 10am and 5pm on Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday.
Keep an eye on the changing programme by clicking on this link to visit the fantastic Weird Worlds website.
