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9 Feb 2024: Kapla workshops are a wonderful way for children to discover their creativity and building skills. Join us in one of our workshops, facilitated by Jennier Norie of KAPLA UK, to have a go for yourselves.

9 Feb 2024: During the Cambridge Festival, students and staff from the Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts will be attending a variety of talks, events, workshops and activities.

9 Feb 2024: Come and learn about cells: the building blocks of our bodies! Our bodies contain around 100 trillion cells, which carry out a huge range of important jobs such as making energy from food, communicating messages from one part of the body to another,

9 Feb 2024: An opportunity to see some treasures from the Whipple Library rare book collection, featuring some of the earliest Western scientific books, works by Darwin, Galileo, Newton and more, and (possibly) the smallest scientific book ever printed… This

9 Feb 2024: Play our game of statistics, skill and luck, and find out if you are truly better at throwing than your friend, or are you just lucky? Or try our bespoke board game to find out how Dr Marble will find out the best treatment to give to patients.

9 Feb 2024: Explore the history of science through the Whipple Museum’s collection of instruments, models and pictures. Use the handling boxes in the learning gallery to explore the human body, light and shadows, and a range of other scientific concepts.

9 Feb 2024: The workshop is designed for beginners and is aimed at everyone above the age of 8. Here's a chance to explore a new dance form, Kuchipudi, and learn how to use the body to tell a story. Participants will be made familiar with a brief history of the

9 Feb 2024: Researchers from our Rising Stars training course will be popping up throughout the Festival. With subjects from economics, law and children's health, to plants and astrophysics, join us for activities and a chance to chat to our stars of the future!

8 May 2024: Faculty of Classics. 2:00pm-4:00pm on Sunday 24 March. East Barnwell Community Centre.

9 Feb 2024: "Seeing is Believing? The Secrets of Visual Illusions Unveiled" is a journey into the mesmerizing world of optical illusions, specially designed for young, inquisitive minds.

9 Feb 2024: You are sure to have a blast creating and launching your own mini rocket! You will also be able to learn about aerodynamics and find out about some of the advances in technology that have improved lives in Cambridge and around the world.

9 Feb 2024: The SunSpaceArt team will be running ‘drop-in’ workshops for children during the family weekend (23–24 March 2024) at the Cambridge Festival.

9 Feb 2024: The award-winning Meta Lab uses emerging digital technology in innovative ways to create transformational educational experiences. Come and meet Lab Director, Dr Chris Macdonald, and experience a pioneering VR Public Speaking project.

9 Feb 2024: Throughout the history of science, people have been fascinated by the way vision works and how it can be tricked. Come along and discover how moving images can be created in different ways, how colours combine in unexpected ways and how you can tell

9 Feb 2024: In this event, participants and families who are interested will be invited to test their knowledge about sustainable solutions to climate change by entering into our Sustainability Quest (which can be done autonomously).

9 Feb 2024: Tuberculosis is a deadly enemy. This centuries old disease has killed more people than any other disease in history. But is it still a problem today? The human immune system is a skilled opponent. So how does tuberculosis attack and how does the

9 Feb 2024: The Quiet Time at our Family weekend is perfect for people who want to experience the festival, in a quieter environment. Join Cambridge Festival for a free weekend of talks, workshops and hands-on activities for the whole family!

9 Feb 2024: The periodic table brings order to the 118 known elements.

9 Feb 2024: Come and see us during the family weekend and take part in our exciting hands-on activities, to spark your imagination.

9 Feb 2024: Join us for an interactive and educational experience that explores the science of how we form habits and its implications for both humans and animals.