Don't miss our incredible live stage shows at The Big Bang Fair! We have 2 interactive shows, taking you on an exciting journey through STEM.
Suitable for students in year 6 to year 8, the live stage shows will cover the history of science, explore different materials and get up close with creepy crawlies.
Live stage shows are free to attend at The Big Bang Fair.
All shows will have live BSL interpretation.
Biomimicry show
Brought to you by ZooLab UK.
Welcome to the stage our amazing animals inspiring our engineers and scientists.
This Biomimicry stage show will have you meet a gecko with very special feet, a cockroach with some very strong bones and a snake whose venom could become a cure!
This fun stage show explores materials and how they stand up to a falling weight, we bring a few budding engineers up to try their hand at engineering a paper shield and we see all the animals and hear all about the amazing ways we humans are learning from them.
A volatile history of science
Brought to you by the University of Wolverhampton.
A Volatile History of Science is an exciting, interactive and sometimes explosive, time traveling journey through the history of scientific discovery.
Using comedy, audience volunteers and amazing experiments the STEM Response Team explore some of the key theories in science that have made our lives what it is today!
Guess Who?
Get to know the person behind the job! Meet inspirational people working in STEM and guess who matches with each statement. Example statements are:
- Who wanted to be a pilot when growing up? Who didn’t do well in maths or science at school?
- Who represented their country in sports? Who is great at recognising patterns?
Challenge stereotypes about what skills are important in jobs in STEM, who does particular jobs, routes into careers and what jobs in STEM involve. In STEM, jobs are accessible to all! There is a job for whoever you are and they are for everyone.
Students can find Guess who? on the main stage twice a session each day.
