School Visits - December 2024
A school visit to Glasgow Science Centre includes one activity for £6, or for an extra £3 per pupil, you can book two. All activities are subject to availability. The activities running in December 2024 are outlined by level below.
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Early Level - Nursery - Primary 1
Planetarium - Space and Back Again
Live astronomer-led planetarium show: Young pupils are invited to ‘stay up past your bedtime’ and explore a beautiful star-filled night. They’ll learn about the daily patterns of the sky before visiting the spectacular Sun and Moon up close.
CfE: Space
Planetarium - Santa's Starry Adventure
Live astronomer-led planetarium show: Using the stars as our guide we will follow Santa around the world and into space as he delivers Christmas gifts. Help him find his way back to the North Pole using the North Star.
CfE: Space
First Level - Primary 2 - Primary 4
IMAX - Animal Kingdom 3D
NEW! Journey across planet Earth as we meet the mightiest families in the Animal Kingdom and find out how they keep the planet working as it should. Take flight with the birds, get busy with the insects, dive into oceans and coral reefs, meet reptiles and amphibians and get moving with mammals in this exciting 3D adventure.
CfE: Planet Earth | Biodiversity and Interdependence
IMAX - Ocean Odyssey 3D
NEW! Follow a three-month-old baby whale on a magical journey down one of the Earth’s great ocean highways to discover the incredible world of ocean currents - hidden marine rivers that flow around the Earth.
CfE: Planet Earth | Climate Change | Biodiversity and Interdependence
Planetarium - Into Space
Live astronomer-led planetarium show: Your students will leave Earth and take a trip Into Space to answer some big questions: Why does the Moon change shape? Why do we have day and night? And what causes the seasons?
CfE: Space
Planetarium - Santa's Starry Adventure
Live astronomer-led planetarium show: Using the stars as our guide we will follow Santa around the world and into space as he delivers Christmas gifts. Help him find his way back to the North Pole using the North Star. For P2 & P3.
CfE: Space
Science Show - The Christmas Show
'Tis the season to be jolly! Join us for our Christmas science show! With exhilarating demonstrations and plenty of festive cheer, this is one show you won’t want to miss. For P4 classes.
CfE: Forces Electricity & Waves | Topical Science | Materials
Second Level - Primary 5 - Primary 7
IMAX - Animal Kingdom 3D
NEW! Journey across planet Earth as we meet the mightiest families in the Animal Kingdom and find out how they keep the planet working as it should. Take flight with the birds, get busy with the insects, dive into oceans and coral reefs, meet reptiles and amphibians and get moving with mammals in this exciting 3D adventure.
CfE: Planet Earth | Biodiversity and Interdependence
NEW! IMAX - Space: The New Frontier
In the quest to make human spaceflight accessible within in a decade, not a century, and ultimately affordable to ordinary citizens, leading innovators, entrepreneurs, engineers, and daredevils are locked in a race into the unknown. From self-assembling habitats, commercial space stations, launching rockets without fuel to building the Lunar Gateway to deep space, history is in the making as we speak.
CfE: Space
IMAX - A Beautiful Planet 3D
A breathtaking portrait of Earth from space, providing a unique perspective and increased understanding of our planet as never seen before. A Beautiful Planet presents an awe-inspiring glimpse of Earth and a hopeful look into the future of humanity.
CfE: Planet Earth | Space
IMAX - Ocean Odyssey 3D
NEW! Follow a three-month-old baby whale on a magical journey down one of the Earth’s great ocean highways to discover the incredible world of ocean currents - hidden marine rivers that flow around the Earth.
CfE: Planet Earth | Climate Change | Biodiversity and Interdependence
Planetarium - Passport to the Planets
Live astronomer-led planetarium show: Leave the school bus and get aboard for our incredible tour of the solar system. Students get a spacecraft’s eye view of other planets and explore the possibility of life beyond Earth.
CfE: Space | Topical Science
Science Show - The Christmas Show
'Tis the season to be jolly! Join us for our Christmas science show! With exhilarating demonstrations and plenty of festive cheer, this is one show you won’t want to miss.
CfE: Forces Electricity & Waves | Topical Science | Materials
Third Level - Secondary 1 - Secondary 3
Planetarium - The Solar System and Beyond
Live astronomer-led planetarium show: View the universe in a new light as you voyage beyond the solar system, into the galaxy we call home. Discover what makes a planet a planet and join the search for Earth-like exoplanets orbiting distant stars.
CfE: Space | Topical Science | Forces | Electricity and Waves
IMAX - Fungi: Web of Life 3D
NEW! Much of life on Earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand. Out of sight, between the world of plants and animals, another world exists - the kingdom of fungi. Join biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake in search of solutions to some of our planet’s biggest challenges. Can the answers be found in the wonderful world of fungi?
CfE: Planet Earth | Climate Change | Biodiversity and Interdependence
NEW! IMAX - Space: The New Frontier
In the quest to make human spaceflight accessible within in a decade, not a century, and ultimately affordable to ordinary citizens, leading innovators, entrepreneurs, engineers, and daredevils are locked in a race into the unknown. From self-assembling habitats, commercial space stations, launching rockets without fuel to building the Lunar Gateway to deep space, history is in the making as we speak.
CfE: Space
IMAX - The Last Glaciers 2D
Embark on a global adventure and push the limits of extreme sports with two adventurers as they explore the causes and effects of climate change. Travel to Antarctica, the Himalayas, the Alps and the Andes and discover how the planet’s glaciers are rapidly disappearing. The Last Glaciers captures the fragility of the natural world, the impact humans have on our planet and the friendship and challenges experienced by the explorers during their journey.
CfE: Planet Earth | Climate Change | Biodiversity and Interdependence
IMAX - A Beautiful Planet 3D
A breathtaking portrait of Earth from space, providing a unique perspective and increased understanding of our planet as never seen before. A Beautiful Planet presents an awe-inspiring glimpse of Earth and a hopeful look into the future of humanity. Most suitable for S1 & S2.
CfE: Planet Earth | Space
IMAX - Ocean Odyssey 3D
NEW! Follow a three-month-old baby whale on a magical journey down one of the Earth’s great ocean highways to discover the incredible world of ocean currents - hidden marine rivers that flow around the Earth. Most suitable for S1 & S2.
CfE: Planet Earth | Climate Change | Biodiversity and Interdependence
Science Show - BodyWorks: The Vitals
Join us to discover the workings of essential organs in our live science show. Explore the roles of digestion, circulation, respiration and the nervous system in helping you, be you! For S1 & S2.
CfE: Biological Systems
Science Show - The Christmas Show
'Tis the season to be jolly! Join us for our Christmas science show! With exhilarating demonstrations and plenty of festive cheer, this is one show you won’t want to miss. For S1 & S2.
CfE: Forces Electricity & Waves | Topical Science | Materials
You may also be interested in:
Newton Flight Academy (For S2 & S3 pupils)
More Schools Information
In addition to day visits for school groups of all education levels, we also offer term-length education programmes (Learning Labs). We run our STEM Futures workshops for Senior Phase students. Thanks to funding from our partners many of these opportunities are free for schools. You can find out more on the links below.
View other months | Learning Lab | Information for Senior Phase
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Price
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