EXTRA, the marketplace for scientific touring exhibitions.
Look closely, ask the right questions, take risks, be inspired. This show is about innovation and how to make it happen.
Explore why you think, feel, and react the way you do with our latest exhibition and uncover the remarkable power of your mind.
Objects have inertia.
They tend to keep doing what they're doing. When we see a change in speed, direction or BOTH, we know there are forces at work. So lift up a ball, place it on a track and learn about motion and how it is affected by a number of variables...
Do you know how electricity works? With your knowledge can you create a
circuit?
CIRCUIT BUILDER will teach visitors about electricty and its flow by creating
a circuit.
Start with a source of energy and then attach a light, a motor, a...
MOTION MANIA is all about energy, teaching children about Force and Motion!
They'll improve their observation, investigation and experimentation skills.
And find out whether slopes, loops, hills, curves, gravity or speed make a
difference to how...
SPORTS Arena is the ultimate in high-action science combined with knowledge
of fitness and nutrition. With hands-on and body-on experiences, this
exhibition allows visitors to explore the fascinating science behind many
sports.
Sports Arena...
What does it mean to be innovative?
Imaginate explores 5 exciting themes which represent a possible pathway to
innovation, allowing the participant to 'Dream Big', 'Expected the
Unexpected', 'Collaborate or Compete', 'Try Try and Try Again' and '...
This interactive, hands-on experience involves the creation of your own
Roller Coaster - from design to testing and then re-testing. What makes the
best design? Where does the ball get its energy from? How many different
coasters can you build?
Good at balancing? Find out on a high wire. Explore the Science of the Human
Cannonball, spring into the air as an acrobat and perform amazing feats of
strength. Dress up as a circus performer, find out the secret of
contortionists. All of this and...