The activities below are designed to introduce how mathematics, physics and astronomy form the day-to-day world around us. Tailored specifically for primary school level, they emphasize learning through activity and demonstration.

Please note: Due to demand for our outreach being much greater than we can supply, we now focus our delivery on older students (year 8 & above). However, we are able to arrange activities for primary schools who visit us at the University of Sussex campus in Falmer, and we are also able to visit University of Sussex Widening Participation Partner schools.

Planetary Workshop (1 hour, KS 1/2)

This interactive demonstration gives KS1/2 students the oppourtunity to get "hands on" with the solar system using our inflatabale planets workshop. During the session, students will see the parts of the solar system and learn the basic physics of how it works.

Seeing temperature: "Hot and Cold" activities (1 hour, KS 1/2)

Using an infrared camera and other ways to measure temperature, you students will discover what makes things hot and cold, and what objects in the universe are also hot and cold.

The Infection Game (1 hour, KS 1/2)

A fun game introduces children to the mathematics of infections and how they can spread across cities, countries and even the world. This involves plotting basic graphs and multiplying by zero.

Penrose Tiling (1 hour, KS 1/2)

Students learn about symmetry, tessellation, and two-dimensional geometry. Activity involves making tessellations of two polygons, learning about Penrose tiling, exploring geometric transformations, and investigating different properties of polygons. Students use geometric shapes to sort, classify, and create patterns.