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Discover the history of shipbuilding on the River Tyne. Design your own ship to take home or add to our fleet using the University’s Marine Technology Special Collection.

Unleash your imagination with this hands-on activity. Will you design a gas giant, or a rocky moon? Will you craft tundras, forests, or oceans? You decide!

Learn about the power of play and creativity in children's health and wellbeing. Listen to a story, create your own tale, or discuss the future of the NHS. Storytelling sessions feature Julia Donaldson’s 'The Hospital Dog' and other captivating stories.

Explore how our local towns were designed and add your own ideas to our New Town using crates, bricks, and building materials. Come back later to see how it’s evolving!

Make beautiful music within 10 minutes, using an orchestra of metal instruments. Try huge gongs, drums, and a range of traditional Indonesian instruments. Which is your favourite?

How has fashion shaped women's lives? Try on historic costumes, and craft authentic Victorian decorations to add to our Festival ball gown.

Become a researcher for the day and take home an official certificate! With games, a treasure hunt, dressing-up props, and challenges for the whole family.

Journey through the human body. Examine cells and uncover the mysteries of everyday objects under our research microscopes.

Welcome to the world of the Street Scientists. Ready to amaze, inspire, and bring science to life for the whole family.

Take the pilot’s seat in our flight simulator. Our Cessna aircraft is just waiting for you to take control.

Try stamp and block printing, watercolour, and ink art. While here, explore our exhibitions for more creative inspiration.

Ready to join the hunt? Scavenge our campus for the missing letters to solve the puzzle. Spell the secret word and claim your prize…

See swimming microalgae up-close. A chance for children to build their own 3D printed ‘pocket microscope’ to take home.

Experience STEM in action. Design, build, and race your own LEGO vehicles in our Studio Space.

Inspect Roman coins, Viking Age silver, and a buried stash of Tudor coins in a glittering new exhibition. All found locally in the North of England!

Watch a youth football tournament between local teams and Dubai's The Future Player Academy and learn all about sport psychology research.

Test your skills and try something new. Just pick up a ball or racquet, and have a go! The perfect family chill-out spot in between sessions.

Did you know that there are over 700 types of tiny bugs living in your mouth? Learn to tell the good bugs from the bad with our Dental School team.

In this drop-in interactive activity, everyone can be a scientist. Answer some BIG questions to uncover the secrets of how humans and animals think.

Hands-on workshop for the whole family. Develop a taste for the rich history of nibbles with our curious food carousel.

Enjoy an exhibition of artwork and personal stories exploring different paths into research. Then join family-friendly activities and meet the researchers behind the work.

Step into the world of Arti, a storybook created with families to support children’s wellbeing. Don't forget to create your own star for the community mural! With free resources to take home and carry on the creativity.

Explore languages through culture. Crafts inspired by stories and traditions from around the world, short video clips, and the chance to learn a few new words from a new language.

Can you build the tallest spaghetti tower and crown it with a marshmallow? Design your own structure and compete!

Bring the whole family for crafty junk modelling. Turn everyday waste into fun, one-of-a-kind creations. Learn why recycling matters and how small changes can make a big difference.

Find out what it feels like to float in zero gravity using a VR headset. Examine real living cells through GravityScope, a microscope made to work in space.

Can you spot a poorly tooth on an x-ray or guess the sugar content in your favourite food? A series of tooth-tastic games exploring how to keep our teeth healthy.

Learn how to spot the tiny wonders of nature. Catch and study local insects, plants, and small wildlife in our lush green gardens.

From dark matter to tiny sub-atomic particles, find out how to explore the invisible by using sound.

Work together to build and illustrate your own story. Test what you know about books. Sign up for our book sharing challenge.

See how tiny movements can be tracked by digital health tech. Wear sensors, experience real-time tracking, and create your own health app to learn how patient data could be used in the future.

Meet Nao, a chatty little robot who loves to talk about AI, science, or whatever takes your fancy.

Learn all about your DNA with this hands on DNA extraction activity – using fruit!

Let’s get inky. Try out printing, copperplate writing, and discover how books were made 300 years ago.

Pack your backpack and join Victorian explorer Gertrude Bell on her journey from Durham to Arabia. Take part in this fun, interactive storytelling workshop.

Join our scientists to explore the tiny world of microbes and discover how your body fights off germs. A messy science adventure, with hands-on activities and plenty of gooey fun.

How did the Romans do maths? Find out how the Romans bought, sold, counted, and calculated using real ancient technologies. Take home your own papyrus, too!

Ever wonder how your brain turns thoughts into words? Or why you speak differently to different people? Join our language scientists to explore how we study language, with fun hands-on activities.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a ‘medicine maker’? Come and discover the tips and tricks we’ve learnt that help us get medicines right to where they need to be in the body.

From crafts and colouring to mind-bending illusions and fun sense tests, find out how your senses work together. See what happens when they get mixed up!

Put on your lab coat and discover the science behind our world-class research at Children's Cancer North. Race your friends in our pipette challenge, hook a duck, and build your own cell model to take home.

How does AI turn data into decisions? Understand how AI ‘thinks’ and makes predictions through simple visualisations and hands-on colour cubes. Making abstract ideas easy to understand for all ages.

Explore microscope images from real gut tissue. Discover how scientists use colour to learn about health and disease. Have a go at creating your own colourful secret messages and patterns, too.

See how used coffee grounds can become devices that store and release energy. Join this hands-on session and make real electrodes. Fun and engaging for all ages.

Did you know that some insects eat a lot of sugar? Join us to explore the world of greenfly. Get hands on with microscopes and take the sugar measurement challenge.

Roll up, roll up! Visit our science sideshow and try a number of experiments and games from the world of chemistry. Some small prizes may be on offer too!

Can you generate electricity from fruit? How do you design a wind turbine that’s fast and affordable? Get creative, make simple circuits, and test surprising materials. The smartest design wins!

Do you wonder what the world will look like in the future? Using LEGO and your creativity, design a university fit to welcome a world of diversity.

Join this interactive workshop for kids and grown-ups. Make music with staff and students from the Music School through songs, games, fun, and community.

Is AI all that we think it is? Get ready to explore issues from how AI responds to human questions to whether it might change our future world for the better. Get your drawing skills ready!

The perfect weather-proof pitstop. Virtually explore every corner of the university campus through science mini-challenges and creative builds.

How can we use sound to explore black holes? Join us in our inflatable planetarium for a story-telling show with a difference.

Use professional sampling software to record your stomps, claps, and vocal beatbox sounds. Then listen as they transform into a digital drum kit.

How is chemistry in action when we go shopping? Interactive show explaining how chemistry is present in our lives, every day. Expect audience participation and fun for all the family.

AI and new technologies are changing the future of work. The chance for the whole family to think about the future of society. Where might you fit in?

An interactive musical all about the monsters that live in your mouth. Get ready to work a little harder with your toothbrush and sing while doing it.

Be enthralled by the story of Earth, from its beginning 4.6 billion years ago right to the present day. Demonstrations include dry ice, elephant’s toothpaste, fire hands, and more.

Try hands-on experiments with real scientists. Break down STEM job stereotypes and discover the many different careers in science.

Why do fizzy drinks fizz? What happens when falling into a black hole? No audience question will be left unanswered in this live podcast recording.

Go on a musical journey with our Multilingual Choir. Clap, dance, and celebrate culture with songs in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, and Yoruba Lucumi.

Ready, steady, sing! Join Newcastle Youth Choirs for a joyful, family-friendly celebration. Come along, find your voice, and experience how singing can brighten your day. No experience needed, just enthusiasm.