Education Programme 2016/17
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WELCOME
PROGRAMME
OVERVIEW PRIMARY
KINDER
K1
K2
P1
P2
P3
SECONDARY
P4
P5
P6
S1
S2
S3
Beautiful Bubbles
S5
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Sounds Amazing
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Science of You
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SNUG
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Colour with Chemistry
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15 Fun with Forces
S4
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Bee Frenzy Parade
Car-azy Construction
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Up, up and Away
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Maker Space: Tinkering
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DIY Coder Code-club
Accidental Astronauts
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Electronics: Wire Buzz
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Hands-on DNA
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16 Perfect Little Planet
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Back to the Moon for Good
16 Habitat Earth
LEGEND Activity Name
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Early Years
Workshops
Science Shows
Planetarium Shows
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CONTENTS
CALENDAR For the latest information visit: www.esplora.org.mt
November
SCIENCE SHOWS Sounds Amazing
Beautiful Bubbles
WORKSHOPS Up, Up and Away
EARLY YEARS
PLANETARIUM
Colouring with Chemistry
DIY Coder Codeclub
Bee Frenzy Parade
SNUG
SNUG
Car-azy Construction
Fun with Forces
December
SNUG Bee Frenzy Parade Colouring with Chemistry SNUG Sounds Amazing
Bee Frenzy Parade
January
Maker Space: Tinkering
Colouring with Chemistry SNUG
Colouring with Chemistry
Accidental Astronauts Perfect Little Planet Back to the Moon for Good Habitat Earth
SNUG
February
Beautiful Bubbles
Car-azy Construction
Bee Frenzy Parade Fun with Forces
DIY Coder Codeclub
SNUG
SNUG
March
Sounds Amazing
Maker Space: Tinkering SNUG Electronics: Wire Buzz
Bee Frenzy Parade Colouring with Chemistry SNUG
Note: Other workshops might be available. Kindly ask when booking.
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SCIENCE SHOWS Beautiful Bubbles
WORKSHOPS DIY Coder Codeclub
EARLY YEARS
PLANETARIUM
Fun with Forces SNUG
April
Bee Frenzy Parade Colouring with Chemistry SNUG
May
Science of You
Hands-on DNA
Bee Frenzy Parade
Car-azy Construction
SNUG
SNUG Accidental Astronauts
June
Beautiful Bubbles
Up, Up and Away
Bee Frenzy Parade
DIY Coder Codeclub
Colouring with Chemistry
SNUG
SNUG
Perfect Little Planet Back to the Moon for Good Habitat Earth
Sounds Amazing
Maker Space: Tinkering
Bee Frenzy Parade Fun with Forces
July
DIY Coder Codeclub
SNUG
Electronics: Wire Buzz SNUG
August
Science of You
Up, Up and Away
Bee Frenzy Parade
Hands-on DNA
Fun with Forces
SNUG
SNUG
Planetarium shows run throughout the year and are available on demand.
Note: Other workshops might be available. Kindly ask when booking.
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KEY EVENTS For the latest information kindly visit: www.esplora.org.mt
2016 Opening Event
TEDx CERN
Christmas at Esplora
2017 Valentine’s Lates Event Carnival Bonanza FameLab Malta Finals Tangram UK - Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking (Junior Edition) Tangram UK - The Ensonglopedia of Science Easter Egg Hunt Malta Robotics Olympiad Lates Event
SPARKS Temporary Exhibition - Beyond the Lab: the DIY Science Revolution La Notte di San Lorenzo
Mini Maker Faire Halloween Night
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present for the second time in Malta
ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Credit: Hannah Houston Photography
RELATIVITIVELY SPEAKING 75 mins (JUNIOR EDITION) Musical comedy meets theoretical physics in this award winning show from the acclaimed team behind The Origin of Species...
Show dates:
21, 22, 23, 24 March Starts at:
10.30am
Book early to avoid disappointment!
TEACHERS’ OPEN DAYS IN OCTOBER
YOU ARE INVITED!
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All this plus tea and cake!
To reserve your place send an email to
programmes@esplora.org.mt or call 2540 1925 8
SCIENCE
SHOWS
Email us on: programmes@esplora.org.mt to arrange your visit
www.esplora.org.mt
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45 minutes Join us to discover the workings of our essential organs in our live science show. Through a series of exciting demonstrations, learn which your dominant eye is, how digestion takes place and whether you would like to be frozen and preserved!
Curricular areas covered
45 minutes Are musical instruments too expensive? Join us to discover the workings of musical instruments, how sound is produced and can be altered, how it travels to our ears and learn how to make your very own musical instruments. You’re in for some bangs!
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45 minutes This interactive show features bubbles of all sizes going up, this way, that way, and all over the place… with a little help from the audience! Find out what bubbles are made of, how bubbles are formed, and you might even get the chance to step inside our famous human bubble.
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WORKSHOPS
Email us on: programmes@esplora.org.mt to arrange your visit
www.esplora.org.mt
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45 minutes Prepare to be amazed by the amazing world of chemistry! Draw a picture on what seems to be a normal sheet of paper, using no paint but common household chemicals. What’s happening here exactly? And what does a red cabbage have to do with all of this?
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60 minutes Extract and observe your own DNA using specialised laboratory equipment. Then take away your own DNA strand in a vial. It is what makes you unique and it should be treasured!
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Esplora is part of an international coding community - all materials have been tried and tested!
60 minutes 60 minutes Join the coding club where young people can learn how to create animations, games, websites and much more. Learning to code is a fun and social experience! This workshop is never the same as participants build their expertise through a series of tasks. Start from Scratch, then move on to Python, HTML & CSS. It is as easy as ABC.
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60 minutes Try your hand as an electronic engineer with our super user-friendly kits. Learn the basics of electronic circuits and the secrets of soldering, then make your very own working electronic gadget.
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Go on an exciting adventure with a small lonely bee. Are you up to the task? Get hands-on in simple programming to give clear instructions to the bee. But hurry. Time will soon run out! And there is a reward waiting for the bravest and boldest!
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75 minutes
60 minutes As a member of the Esplora Automative Engineering Team, you are assigned a task. Design and build a car in this exciting team building activity. Then, will you manage to improve the overall safety of your car? The time will come to test it out. No electronic dummies available! Only raw eggs allowed!
Explore simple machine elements such as cams, levers, and linkages, while creating a mechanical sculpture. Get creative and work with simple materials. It is easy to get started. Your art piece may become as complex as you would like it to be.
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60 minutes
30-45 mins A dynamic and creative playscape for children to explore, create, discover and learn. Our facilitator will engage with children and use SNUG to facilitate the children’s own creativity; helping children to do a variety of tasks - exercising their curiosity, exploring possibilities, making connections, trying things out, taking risks, testing and reviewing, using and showing their creations.
Get hands on as we investigate rockets and learn how they shoot up in the sky. Use water and compressed air to launch a rocket. Experiment recovery system. Have a safe journey!
Curricular areas covered
Skills covered
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EARLY YEARS
45 minutes Prepare to be amazed by the incredible world of chemistry! Colour in what seems to be a picture on a normal sheet of paper, using no paint but common household chemicals. What’s happening here exactly? And what does a red cabbage have to do with all of this?
45 minutes Get the children’s imagination going while they explore the concepts of gravity, positions and energy. Children will be allowed to explore their ideas constructing and testing. Which ball will move the furthest after passing through their creation? It’s all in the hands of our little explorers!
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Email us on: programmes@esplora.org.mt to arrange your visit
www.esplora.org.mt
30-45 mins A dynamic and creative playscape for children to explore, create, discover and learn. Our facilitator will engage with children and use SNUG to facilitate the children’s own creativity; helping children to do a variety of tasks - exercising their curiosity, exploring possibilities, making connections, trying things out, taking risks, testing and reviewing, using and showing their creations.
Skills covered
60 minutes Go on an exciting adventure with a small lonely bee. Are you up to the task? Get hands-on in simple programming to give clear instructions to the bee. But hurry. Time will soon run out! And there is a reward waiting for the bravest and boldest!
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PLANETARIUM SHOWS
45 minutes Follow the adventures of Cy, Annie and their dog Armstrong as they embark on an unexpected journey into space! Explore the Earth, Sun and Moon system with a witty spaceship computer. See an asteroid crash into the Moon. Bounce along with them on the lunar surface. Get up close and personal with a solar storm. And gain a new appreciation of our home planet.
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30 minutes Narrated by Tim Allen, this is a complete behindthe-scenes feature on the $30 million Google Lunar create new opportunities for eventual human and robotic presence on the Moon. Experience a successful launch, landing and lunar surface travel, and take a glimpse of a plausible scenario for our future on the Moon.
Curricular areas covered
Email us on: programmes@esplora.org.mt to arrange your visit
www.esplora.org.mt
45 minutes Imagine the ultimate space vacation. Discover our
30 minutes
family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot. Fly over the surface of Pluto, our
Discover what it means to live in today’s connected world. Through stunning visualizations of the natural world, dive below the ocean’s surface to explore the dynamic relationships found in kelp
Miranda. Sail through the rings of Saturn. Feel the lightning storms at Jupiter. And walk on the surface of Mars. Which destination would you choose? This is the solar system journey for space travellers of all ages.
to see how Earth’s tallest trees rely on tiny fungi to survive, and journey to new heights to witness the intricate intersection between human and ecological networks.
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PLAN
YOUR VISIT WHEN YOU VISIT ESPLORA, YOU ARE ASSURED OF GUARANTEED STANDARDS • • • •
A personalised visit based on the needs of your group. All educational activities are carefully designed to link with and support the National Curriculum, and are carried out by trained science communicators. We aim to inspire students and ignite their passion for science. We take safety seriously – all activities are risk-assessed.
SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS •
For ideas on how to incorporate your visit into your regular science lessons’ schedule contact us on programmes@esplora.org.mt
CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • You can also request for our CPD programme to be delivered in your school. Please send an email on programmes@esplora.org.mt and we will get in touch.
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WANT TO LOOK AROUND?
Free teacher visits must be pre-booked and ID is required on the day of the visit.
WHAT WILL IT COST? €2 per Student (WORKSHOP / SCIENCE SHOW)
€3 per Student €4 per Student
OPENING HOURS 9.30am - 4pm 10.30am - 5pm
GET IN TOUCH 2540 1999 for booking for enquiries
11.30am - 6pm
Hello!
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COLLABORATIONS “Rethinking innovation together”
Visit the interactive exhibition at Esplora in
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www.esplora.org.mt
Esplora | Interactive Science Centre Villa Bighi, Kalkara KKR 1320, Malta programmes@esplora.org.mt
+356 2540 1999
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