Crystal Creations
Create the repeating pattern of a crystal structure!
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Spooky Spiders
Create your own spooky spider and learn about thermochromic materials Thermochromic liquid crystals. Liquid crystals are fluids in which...
Extreme Water
Life Needs Water All life is made up of the same fundamental biomolecular building blocks: lipids, that form cell membranes and isolate...
Creating rainbows
Explore the properties of light using diffraction glasses. Diffraction glasses split white light into its rainbow of colours. Use the...
Self-avoiding walks
Explore self-avoiding random walks using hand embroidery. A self-avoiding walk (SAW) is a sequence of moves on a grid that does not visit...
Monster Slime
Create your own slime and explore the properties of matter.
Wobbly Jelly
Make your own jelly and explore what makes it wobble. Jelly is a NETWORK made up of water and tiny wriggly strings (POLYMERS). In warm...
Paper networks
Explore mechanically & chemically processed cellulose fibres in paper using a craft-based activity and inspired by images from scanning...
Network formation
Explore network formation and fractal dimensions using a crystal Maker Kit. More info to follow soon!
The Art of Networks
Budding artists and scientists alike, join us for this live make-along to discover a world where science and art collide and make a...
#SAWstitch
A self-avoiding walk (SAW) is a sequence of moves on a grid that does not visit the same point more than once. SAWs are used to study how...
Random walks
A random walk involves moving in steps in an entirely random direction to a new location and repeating this process over and over. Random...
Stickers!
We have ordered stickers for the #MyMakerKit project from Leeds-based company Awesome Merchanise. Looking forward to sharing them soon!
Bragg Centre for materials research Maker Kits
Creatively creating the materials of the future. Our new Bragg Centre project is funded by a Royal Academy Engineering Ingenious Award....
Cluster Formation
Inspired by #HamaYourResearch, explore network formation in globular protein hydrogels using Hama beads and grids. We study cluster...
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