All day events

Meet climate scientists and artists, and create designs for murals drawing attention to climate change as part of this year's Grantham Climate Art Prize for 11 to 25-year-olds.

Come and play with quantum light with expert physicists! Together, we’ll wonder at the nature of information in the quantum world and discover how this translates into cutting edge technologies.

How do bacteria build resistance against antibiotics? Experience an interactive installation that explores the dangers of antimicrobial resistance.

Try out our inflatable bungee run and explore how the length of your gut changes throughout your life and how this affects what you eat!

Enjoy sustainable food samples, recipe cards and an interactive quiz on climate-friendly grocery shopping - with prizes!

Through a photographic exhibition, explore the emotions that the climate and ecological crises evoke, and the emotional connections that science researchers and communicators have with the state of the planet.

Visit the Royal Geographical Society this summer to see a stunning selection of shortlisted still and moving images across all genres

Looking for your own place at the Festival? If you're between 13 and 24, come and experience the NextGen Zone - a space that's designed exclusively for you.

Get hands-on with awesome materials. See a butterfly's wing under the microscope, and find out how scientists and engineers have been inspired by nature.

Work alongside MRC London Insitute of Medical Sciences and Imperial College London researchers to extract a strawberry's DNA, and take it home as a souvenir.

Through live demos and artistic depictions of future medicines, find out how mathematical models, new tech and public involvement in science is helping fight illness and disease

From robotic friends and revolutionary tech to green transport and smarter AI, explore how humans and machines will interface, interact and influence the future.

Meet scientists, engineers, artists and inventors and try out awesome activities, games, makes and experiments especially created for families with children under 12 in the Family Fun zone.

Get into the festival spirit and dress to impress with a science-inspired crown making workshop

Design and build your own model mechanoid, recycled robot or cardboard drone that could make the world a better place.

Make paper brain hats to celebrate the wonderous grey matter between our ears with brain scientists and art educator Bethan Durie.

From our powerful brains to the story told by our DNA, take a tour of the wonders inside us all

From green concrete to permeable pavements that soak up excess rain water, make sure to visit our Building the Future zone to learn about new materials and technologies that will build and power our future cities.

The Dyson School of Design Engineering opens its doors to showcase interactive activities and innovations which address the challenges faced by our planet.

Discover what a Tiger Toilet is, and the role of its wriggling worm inhabitants – pick and race your own worm champion!

Create your own mini earthquake, build your own earthquake-resistant structure, and take part in the earthquake shaking challenge!

Celebrate the wonder of soil by making your own miniature paper box garden with artist and plant explorer Jacques Nimki, and Workshops For The Imagination.

Explore a model of the water cycle to discover how water gets from the clouds in the sky to the tap in your home.

Come play and learn how to build flexible structures with Wiggel!

Celebrate the wildlife all around us in the city with Imperial scientists, and make a beautiful leaf rubbing to take home.

Worms are secret superheroes! Join in our games, stories and demonstrations to find out how to keep their powers strong.

Discover the future of food, what it means to us and how what we eat may change.

From formal uchikake to casual yukata, come and find out about Japanese kimonos. Design your own kimono inspired by nature and try on a summer yukata.

From quantum teleportation to the most recent developments in quantum computing and quantum non-locality, you’ll be surprised how much spiders can teach you.

Step inside a local school showcase of inventions from the next generation of budding engineers. Get inspired and vote for your favourite!

A curated group of artists create live artworks inspired by different areas of wondrous science. Watch their large-scale creations come to life in real time.

Meet scientists attempting to sequence the DNA from every species of plant, animal, fungi and protist in Britain and Ireland.

Design your own healthy habit superhero to add to our festival collage.

Find out about the amazing structures inside our bodies that help us stay healthy, and use them as inspiration for your artwork.

Art installation: socially engaged artist Norma D Hunter challenges the status quo for women's basic rights.

Enjoy mood-enhancing cocktails without alcohol from SENTIA Spirits.

Draw, paint and collage the leaves you love through this summer garland activity, using eco-friendly materials and ancient Roman hedgerow structures for inspiration.

Roll up, roll up to the Nuclear Energy Future Fair! Discover the power of the future.

Roll up, roll up to the Nuclear Energy Future Fair! Discover the power of the future.

Visit the 1851-der tent and discover the legacy of innovation from the original Great Exhibition, from 1851 to today. Meet experts and experience the world of WONDER for yourself.

Explore the wonderous four letter language of our DNA, and contribute to a hand-art mural celebrating its story of individuality and shared history.

Design sugar molecules that can deliver drugs round the body.

Enter the factory to discover how Imperial scientists build tiny artificial cells, and make your own giant artificial cell to take home.

Discover the incredible nature and heritage of the Royal Parks, from their smallest invertebrate to their grandest historic landscapes

Let your imagination run wild as you create a whole new planet. You’ll meet experts, dream up science fiction stories and craft your very own world.

Learn how we digitise museum specimens and how they can be used by scientists all over the world.