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Summer

The Faraday Centre’s Sopwith Camel biplane has landed for the school holidays. Climb aboard this half-scale model and operate the controls.

Explore the new printing, World War II and olden days household technology exhibitions.

You can see our spectacular Tesla Coil in action. A demonstration of the Tesla coil is available at approximately 11.00 a.m. on Saturday mornings and every day that the centre is open during the school holidays.

School Holiday Workshops

Every so often we run school holiday workshops for children on subjects such as how to make an electric motor.

Watch this space for news about our next workshop, to be held during the first week of the July school holidays.

Education Workshops for 2011
This year we are  offering the following workshops:
 WHEELS
 TRANSPORT
 MACHINES & INVENTIONS
 EXPLORE THE FARADAY CENTRE
  OLDEN DAYS: TECHNOLOGY
 OF THE 1930’S AND 1940’S
 FARADAY FAVOURITES (TERMS 1 & 4)
 ELECTRICITY (TERMS 1 & 2)
 GIVE ME STRENGTH (TERMS 2 & 3)
 SUN-SENSATIONAL! (TERM 4) 
Read more about these on our
Education workshops page