Inspire is part of the Science Projects Federation, an educational charity dedicated to the exploration of science through hands-on techniques. The hands-on science centre was set up in the late 1980s and as Norfolk has many links with science (as you can see from this A-Z), it is the perfect place for it. 
Children looking at one of the exhibits at Inspire |
Inspire is housed in St Michael’s Coslany - one of Norwich’s finest medieval churches. Science shows As well as providing over 40 hands-on exhibits, Inspire has links with schools and local research institutes and runs travelling science shows too. Over the last 10 years the Science Projects name has become well known throughout the world for its travelling science centre - The Discovery Dome. The many experiments you can catch at Inspire include the Bermuda Triangle - when you fill water with bubbles, surprising things happen - and Inside Story where you identify the different organs and place them into the correct places on the model. The science shop has lots of pocket-money priced toys, games and experiment packs which encourage children to continue learning about science long after they have visited the centre. Recommended reading
By Sheila McKeown, a librarian at the Millennium Library in Norwich. Electricity and Batteries: Science Factory, by Michael Flaherty. Watts 2002. ISBN 0749647221. Science Experiments with Light, by Sally Nankivell-Aston. Watts 2003. ISBN 0749636033. You can get hold of these books through your local library. |
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