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Aboriginal
Art: (2002) Create
bark paintings, learn about Dreamtime and Australian animals with Hillary
Taylor.
African
Story Telling: (2000) With
drama and percussion.
Archery:
Try
your hand at being William Tell.
Art: Activities
have included clay modelling, knitting, collage, weaving, calligraphy,
greetings cards, crepe flowers, bookmarks, masks, puppets, origami,
printing, brass rubbing, jewellery, creative colouring, finger painting,
shell craft, quilling, still life drawing, candle making.
Art Workshop:
(2000) Create
and enjoy with visiting artists.
Astrodome
(2005 & 2009): A time-traveling journey from the formation of the solar
system to the future of our planet.
Astrotrain: (2003) Over 8s only, Astronaut training exercises. http://www.pilbeamslab.co.uk
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Balloon
Modelling Workshop: (2003) Practice
the art of making animals and models out of balloons.
BA Investigators Science Program (2008)
Bell Ringing:
How
do they stay in time?
Board Games (2007)
- Quest for the oldest board game in the world with James Masters
of Masters Traditional Games.
Brain Gym:
(2002) Special
movements to enhance your physical and mental skills.
Brass Rubbing:
(2002) Mobile
Brass rubbing workshop.
Bridge:
Strategies,
tactics and how to play.
Broken-hearted
Dogs: (2001) What
the vet sees.
Bubbles, the Clown
(2007) - Maths and Bubbles and balloons workshop.
Bulb Planting,
Pot Painting: (1999, 2002)
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Calligraphy:
Styles
and designs.
Calm for Kids: (2002) The secrets of meditation. Games to help concentration,
awareness and memory skills.
Candle Making:
Make
your own decorative candle.
Carnival
Ball Bird Masks: (2003) Design
and make a colourful mask of your own.
Carrom:
(2001) Learn
history and play this ancient game.
Chemistry:
Chemicals
and experiments.
Chess Challenge:
(2002) Pit
your wits and learn new moves against a young chess champion, or
start learning the game.
Christmas
Things: (1999) Christmas/Hannukah
cards, decorations or small gifts.
Circus Skills
and Magic: (1999) With
Mike the clown.
Circust Skills workshop with Julian the Juggler of Circus
Unlimited (Nov 2008)
Clay Sculpture:
(2003) Make
a clay model.
Climate Change Workshop (2009) by Friends of the Earth
Coins have
a Story: (2003) Discover
coins, history and people. Bring your own coins to share.
Cold Cookery:
(2000) Delicious
food without an oven.
Cold Cookery:
(2001) Make
a refreshing fruit salad.
Collage:
(1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) Make
something! (Materials supplied).
Cookery:
(1999, 2000, 2001) Make
a marshmallow cake. Something good to make and eat. Making mince
pies. Fun cookery
Crafty Celebrations:
(2000) Make
something for Christmas.
Creative
and Critical Thinking: (2002) Workshop
to use creative skills.
Creepie Crawlies Workshop
(Dec 2008)
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Design and
Technology: Activities
have included marquetry, Fischer-Technik, paper aeroplanes, construction
challenges.
Decorative
Geometry
Drama Workshop:
(2001) Explore
the world of theatre.
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Electrickery:
(2000) Introduction
to Physics, Phacts and Phun.
Electronics:
(2001) Introduction
to electronics. Make a moisture meter.
English
and other Languages: Activities
have included Poetry workshop, creative writing, storytelling, languages
of the former USSR, stories from around the world, Japanese.
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Fasching!:
(1999) German
Carnival.
Fencing:
(2003) Grahame
Read and Welwyn Hatfield Fencing Club. 8 years and over, parental
supervision required.
Fibonacci
Numbers: What
are they?
Fischer
Technik: (1999) By
popular request.
Flying Forces:
(2000) How
do aeroplanes fly? Make your own gadgets. National Physical Laboratory.
Food Technology:
Activities
have included biscuit icing, sugar modelling, cake decoration, chocolate
crispies, bread dough animals.
Fox Project:
(1999) All
you ever wanted to know about foxes.
Fun Science
Experiments: (2000) A
practical session for parents and children.
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Game Extravaganza:
(2000) Introduction
to some new games and some old favourites.
Games Making:
(2001) Invent
your own games.
Garston
Bird Shelter: (2003) Birds
from the shelter, and the important rescue work carried out there.
Geography:
Activities
have included cartography, physical geography, volcanoes, earthquakes.
Geology:
(2001).
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Happy Puzzle
Company: (2002) Test
your skills, fun puzzles and mind challenges.
Hawks and
Owls: (2000) Hands-on
session with the Hawk and Owl Trust. What does an owl eat?
Heritage
Ceramics: (2002) Practice
clay modelling and tie-dying with leading African Arts organisation
in the UK.
History:
(2000) Victorian
Artefacts
History:
Activities
have included Guy Fawkes, tracing family tree, Spanish Armada, Roman
Legions, Tudors.
How does
a Fire Engine Work?: (2000) Did
you remember your waterproofs?
How We Reached The Moon: (2006) with Jerry
Stone, Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
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Information
Technology: Activities
have included surfing the net.
Infrared
Space Laboratory: (2000)
Islamic
Art: Styles,
colours and significance.
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Japanese
for All: (2001) Language,
writing, origami and sushi.
Jewellery:
Create
and make your own styles.
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Kitchen
Chemistry: (2000) Experiments
using everyday items from the kitchen.
Kite Flying:
(2001) Make
and fly your own kite.
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Lasers: (2002) what makes them so special and what are they
used?
Latin Explorers (2006): wear a toga and become a Roman for the day!
Lebanese
Cookery: (2002) Make
some Manakeesh - a traditional thyme and sesame seed treat.
LeCardo:
(2001) Learn
how to play this exciting new game.
Life and
Times of a Badger: (2000) Herts
and Middlesex Badger Group talk about Britain's largest surviving
native carnivore.
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3D Making Project: (2000) Mixed media art.
Mad Science
(2006)
Magical
Maths: (2000) Topological,
floor and other puzzles.
Magical
Maths: (2001) Two's
company: Binary and other number bases.
Make a bookmark:
(2001) Using
cross-stitch.
Make your
own Fireworks Music: (2000) Be
a modern Handel! Composition workshop.
Making Felt:
(1999)
Mapping:
(2000) Make
your own maps, using signs and squiggles.
Mathmagics! (July 2009)
Maths: (2002)
Fun
maths session for all ages.
Mega challenge day (2005): working in teams to design and build a challenge model
Music and
the Performing Arts: Activities
have included calypso workshop, singing & vocals, bell ringing,
percussion, drama.
Music Making:
(1999) See
how music creates a mood. Bring instruments.
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Natural
History: Activities
have included geology, meteorites, fossils, birds of prey, animal
identification, fox project, badger project, herpetology.
Newts: (1999)
Have
you seen one?
Numismatics:
(2003) Peter
Clayton numismatist, archaeologist and author. Hear about coins,
historical people and things coins.
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Optical
Illusions: (1999) How
do they work?
Oware: (2001)
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Christmas
Party
Pandora's Box (2007)
- Explore the ancient Greek story. Fun and creative drama with Sarah
Williams from StageFurther
Paper Planes:
(2003) Colour,
fold and fly a range of paper aeroplanes.
Pasta Picture:
(2000) Design
and create your own picture frames or create some pasta art.
Philosophy
for Children: (2001) Introduction.
Pirate Adventures:
(2000) Find
out about the horrible pirates of yesteryear. Come away in your
own personal pirating gear.
Poetry and
Music: (1999) Explore
words and sounds.
Portrait
Drawing: (2001) Charcoal
and pastel drawing.
Project
Rambler: (2001) Design
and build a Robot Rover and search and retrieve on a simulated Martian
surface.
Project
Splat: (1999) Send
and egg to Mars?
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Quizzes:
Do
you know the answer?
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Raqs Sharqi:
(2003) Egyptian
Dance and Drumming with Claire Morgan. Claire's website: www.raqssharqi.co.uk
Roamer:
(2003) Valiant
technology, makers of the best-selling educational robot Roamer.
www.valiant-technology.com
Robots on Toast - entering Mr
Pilbeams Lab...
Real Space Mission to Mars (2008). With Chris
Riley formerly of the BBC.
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Samba Drumming
Workshop (July 2009)
Science:
Activities
have included chemistry, physics, acids, optical illusions, magnetism,
parachutes, investigations, solar system, astronomy.
Science Workshop - Forces - with Paul Newham (May 2009)
Snakes Alive!:
(1999)
Sock Puppets:
(2002) Bring
a sock, take home a puppet.
Something
Crafty: (2000) Communal
collage. Work together to create a masterpiece.
Solar Energy
Workshop (2005)
Spacescapes:
(2001) Create
your own drawn spacescapes.
Special
Event: (2001) Visit
to RAF Museum, Hendon.
Special
Event: (2002) Visit
to Gunpowder Mills.
Special
Event: (1999, 2001, 2003) Visit
to Cuffley Camp Activity Centre run by Herts Educational Authority.
Speed stacking with Jake, the current UK champion (July 2008).
Stage Fighting - with True Edge (Nov 2009)
Stamp Activity
Afternoon: (2002) Explore
the world of stamps, countries and event.
Starlab:
(2000) See
the stars and how they move.
Stencilling:
(2000) Make
your own personalised stencils.
Sugar Paste
Modelling: (2002) Make
your own sponge cake.
Summer Fruit
Tarts: (2002) make
individual tarts to take home and enjoy.
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Talk on
the Wildside: (2000) Hydestyle
Wildlife Hospital.
Tesla Demonstration:
(2003) Get
close to some real lightning.
Theatrical
Make-up Master Class: (2000) Watch
make-up artist at work - you could be transformed!
Theme and
Variations: (2003) Find
out how music is used to enhance films, create an original piece.
Totem Poles:
(2001) What,
where, why and more.
Tribal Masks:
(1999) Find
out, make your own.
Tudor Story
Telling/Object Handling: (2003) Replica
objects in use in Tudor times. What were they for in Tudor London.
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Upside-down?:
(2002) Find
out about Bats. What are they? Where do they live? What do they
get up to?
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Visas and
Passports: (2000) What
information goes into a passport? Travel home with your own home
made passports.
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Water Cycle
(2006): create
your own water cycle model WTA
Weaving:
(2001) Wicked
woolly plates.
Wildlife exploration.
Wooden Cars:
(2001, 2002) Make
and race your own wooden cars.
Word Searches:
(2002, 2003) Test
your perceptiveness with a selection of wordsearch puzzles created
by one of our own Explorers.
Working
with Willow: (2003) Construct
fish, birds, insects, sun wheels.
World of
Weather: (2000) Make
simple instruments and try them in the weather outside.
Wonder of
Weaving: (2000) Get
creating.
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X-Stitch:
(2002) Design
your own cross-stitch sampler.
Xtra-terrestrials?:
Meet
some Klingons!
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Yes!: (1999,
2000, 2001, 2002) Challenge!
Can your team?
Yoga: Relax
and shape up.
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Zoology:
Animals,
animals, animals.
ZZZZZzzzzz: No 'Zeds' here,
far too excited to sleep in the car to or from club meetings!
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For Parents
These occasional sessions
have run alongside Explorer activities or during break sessions,
depending on the meeting.
BookBiz
Books: See
and buy the latest range.
Brainworks:
CDs
Bullying:
How
to recognise and deal with it.
Confident
Children: What
make them?
DK Books:
See
and buy the latest range
Money Advice
Unit: (2003) Benefits
for children with special needs.
NAGC: (1999)
NAGC
Counsellor, Head Office representative, Youth Agency, Educational
Consultant - visitors for a friendly chat.
Parents
Network:
Raising
Boys: What
does and doesn't work
Self Esteem:
And
how to build it
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