Family Events in Cambridgeshire
CHaOS runs fun hands-on science events for schools and families, with student demonstrators from the University of Cambridge. Throughout the year, we run a number of free public events around Cambridge that are suitable for families.
(Saturday March 22nd 2025)
‘Crash, Bang, Squelch!’ is a large family event we run in mid March, which is part of the Cambridge Science Festival. We take over the teaching labs in the Zoology department in Cambridge and fill them with over 50 fun hands-on experiments explained by friendly student demonstrators. Around 2,000 members of the public visit us at this event each year, which runs on a Saturday to coincide with British Science Week. We also run some interactive (and often explosive!) family science talks in the lecture theatre next to our hands-on event.
On the following weekend we also sometimes run a smaller event at the Cavendish Physics Zone, held at the Physics department, also as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
CHaOS Winter Roadshow
(Early December)
Each December at the end of the autumn term (Michaelmas term in Cambridge-speak!) we visit a number of Cambridgeshire schools and also run a couple of public events around Cambridge. In the past, we have visited Mill Road Winter Fair and events organised by the Institute of Physics. Keep an eye on our website from November for more information about these family events.
our 2024 public events will be:
Saturday 7th December; the Salisbury club (CB1 3NF) at the Mill Road Winter Fair. 10:30am to 4:30pm. All are welcome!
Sunday 8th December; Cambridge Central Library main foyer. Find the library up the escalators in the Lion Yard shopping centre (CB2 3QD). 12:00pm to 3:00pm. All are welcome!
All school visits for 2024 have been booked, but if you are interested in us visiting your school in 2025, please visit our schools page.
Our next event in Cambridgeshire:
Winter Roadshow 2024
Join us at the Mill Road Winter Fair on Saturday 7th December (10:30 to 16:30 at the Salisbury Club), and at Cambridge Central Library on Sunday 8th December (12:00 to 15:00).
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Family Events Around The UK
Information about our events outside of the Cambridge area.
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