Home Education Day – Centre for Life

Enjoy a fantastic day of learning with other home educators.

Home Education Days have been designed for home educated children to benefit from our curriculum-linked workshops, which reflect current and relevant STEM themes and topics.

Children experience working like scientists in a lab setting which they would not have access to at home. At this Home Education Day, no school groups will be in the science centre, so you are guaranteed a more relaxed environment for your children. Families can also explore the science centre at leisure rather than having a ‘school style’ schedule to follow.

Families can book one of the workshop sessions and combine this with a science centre visit or can opt for science centre only.

JULY WORKSHOPS

Max’s Mealtime

Recommended ages: 5-7 (minimum age 4)
Curriculum link: Animals including Humans, Habitats, Plants

Home-educated children will help find the ingredients for Max the dog’s birthday tea! This is an interactive storytelling session to learn about how we get food from its source to our plates.

Animal Adaptations

Recommended ages: 7-11 (minimum age 7)
Curriculum link: Working Scientifically, Animals including Humans, Habitats

Home-educated children will discover how animals are able to survive in different habitats and investigate the effectiveness of different adaptations.

Forensic DNA

Recommended ages: 11-14 (minimum age 11)
Curriculum link: Working Scientifically, DNA Structure and Function

Home-educated children will use DNA fingerprinting to decide which of three suspects can be placed at the scene of a crime. Please note that the wearing of gloves is essential in this workshop .