Take part in a range of hands-on experiments to evaluate less-lethal weapons. Examine why these weapons are needed, what we look for in such devices, and discuss the moral implications of the technologies and testing processes.

Participate in a variety of experiments, demonstrations and mathematical modelling using the exploration of Mars as a context for exciting curriculum focused science learning. There will also be an opportunity to take part in a competition to win a place at Space School UK.

How to measure how people actually work and their design.

• Use of imaging to record microscopic features
• Use of thermal images to see self-illumination
• Use of projected grid patterns to see body shape and strain on skin.

- with pupil participation.

It's a race against time to decode a series of messages and save the day!

Professor David Pyle with Dr Tamsin Mather will be giving a public lecture and activities all about volcanoes - why they erupt and how these eruptions can help cool the Earth's surface.

For all that science has done to transform our world, the popular image of Scientists remains largely unchanged - male, white, usually bald, often with glasses and lab-coats. Quentin Cooper, the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Material World explores why this view of Scientists persists around the world and down the years, and with the help of the audience looks at what if anything can be done to change it.