Event
The Big Bang Fair 2026
Spark curiosity and challenge your students’ perceptions at the UK’s biggest celebration of STEM for young people!
- Ages 11 to 14
- Offsite
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- NEC, Birmingham
- NEC, Birmingham
- Half a day
- Free
Inspire your students with our brilliant in-school, online and offsite experiences.
Spark curiosity and challenge your students’ perceptions at the UK’s biggest celebration of STEM for young people!
Spark curiosity and challenge your students’ perceptions at the UK’s biggest celebration of STEM for young people, welcoming students in the last year of primary school!
Students work in small teams using their STEM skills to build and modify a small hovercraft. The session ends with an exciting race-off!
Students work in small teams using their STEM skills to build and modify a small hovercraft. The session ends with an exciting race-off!
Unlocking curiosity: how the 5park Box sparks STEAM learning through play and discovery.
Unlocking curiosity: how the 5park Box sparks STEAM learning through play and discovery.
Empower students to design, build and code robots using Scratch and Python with this free, curriculum-aligned STEM robotics workshop at Baylab!
Empower students to design, build and code robots using Scratch with this free, curriculum-aligned STEM robotics workshop at Baylab!
Students 'act like an engineer’ in Energy Quest, working together to generate energy, make clean water, or design a shelter
Wind turbines are a familiar sight in the East of England. Take your students on a journey to find out more about the renewable energy sector in this fun hands-on workshop!
Wind turbines are a familiar sight in the East of England. Take your students on a journey to find out more about them in this fun hands-on workshop!
Free, teacher-led and space-themed coding adventure for 5-8 year-olds.
Discover the exciting world of geoscience with drone technology in this hands-on workshop!
Discover the exciting world of geoscience with drone technology in this hands-on workshop!
Pupils work in teams to build their own prosthetic arm using a LEGO Spike kit, then use basic code to control their arm.
Code a micro:bit to control a small buggy, develop that code to respond to a remote control and then drive them into the battle arena!
Code a micro:bit to control a small buggy, develop that code to respond to a remote control and then drive them into the battle arena!
Visit Drax Power Station and immerse your students in the fascinating world of energy generation.
Visit Drax Power Station and immerse your students in the fascinating world of energy generation.
Interact with Network Rail employees and engage in a range of STEM-related activities linked to the rail industry.
Design and build a chariot to attach to the Sphero to carry a Lego figure around our race track!
Design and build a chariot to attach to the Sphero and carry a Lego figure around our race track!
Interact with Network Rail employees and engage in a range of STEM-related activities linked to the rail industry.