At this fun family day held at Shell Centre in Waterloo, parents and children had the opportunity to try out practical science experiments, including investigations featuring electricity, energy transfer, forces and motion and materials.
Shell Education Service, which creates and runs science workshops, aims to encourage and inspire young children to explore and question science through hands-on experiments.
Nolan, one of the young attendees, said: “It was the best day of my life. It was so much fun.”
Omowunmi Ogunbiyi, one of the parents attending the day with her children, said: “This is incredible and very interesting. I had so much fun exploring science with my family, specifically learning more about gravity and friction.”
Shell will also be running 65 further workshops across 21 schools in Lambeth and Southwark this week.
Christelle Langenhoven, Shell Education Service Programme Manager, said: “Science experiments are one of the best ways to bring complex ideas to life for children. We’ve had a great response from children and parents alike about the activities we’ve run this weekend, and are looking forward to this week’s workshops, which are taking place in schools across Lambeth and Southwark!
“I'd like to thank all of our employees and the volunteers from local schools and universities for their support and work to make the Science Family Day in London such a huge success.”
Graham van’t Hoff, Chairman of Shell UK, commented: “Some of the UK’s biggest global challenges are reliant on people with science skills to find solutions, so getting children interested and enjoying science at an early age is very important.
“Shell Education Service brings science activities to approximately 60,000 children across the UK each year.”