Dorchester Family Science Day (Outreach and Engagement Grant Funded)
This event offers hands-on science activities to celebrate science with families and the local community

Details

When? Saturday 14 March 2026, 11:00 to 16:00
Where? The Corn Exchange, High East Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1HF

This event offers hands-on science activities to celebrate science with families and the local community

At this event there will be 25 stands offering hands-on science activities.

Stalls already confirmed:

Bournemouth University x4: plankton, whales, environmental impact of fast fashion, forensic sciences
Bugs, Bones and Botany
Dorset Heaths Partnership
Dorset Wildlife Trust
Elephants Alive
Etches Collection
Exeter University - Metamaterials
Institute of Physics
Litter Free Dorset
LOTEK (formally Biotrack) - radio tracking
Market Cross
Mini Professors
Precision Acoustics (Bockhampton)
Royal Signals
Royal Society of Chemistry (Mid-Southern Counties Local Section)
Seiche
Sidmouth Science Festival
The Moon!
Thomas Hardye School
Water Catchment Partnership
Watermark
Wessex Water

Cost and booking

This event is free to attend and accessible to all. Online tickets for this event will be released at the beginning of February via the event website.

Who should attend?

This event is suitable for anyone over the age of four years old. Children need to be accompanied by an adult.

Contact

For enquiries, please email Professor Genoveva Esteban at gesteban@bournemouth.ac.uk

Supporters

This event has been funded by an RSB Outreach and Engagement Grant. If you have any questions regarding the grant please email outreach@rsb.org.uk