Families come together for Bring your Child to Work Day

Staff from across the Faculty gathered with their young families last week for a day of fun-filled scientific discovery.

As part of the Faculty of Engineering’s Bring Your Child to Work Day, over 80 children joined their parents and guardians on campus for a fun packed morning of educational activity delivered by the Science Museum and engineering departments.

The day started with the Science Museum’s glorious blood show, as children discovered the journey of blood through the human body, followed by a water transporter workshop, where groups had to work together to find ingenious solutions to a challenging problem.

Further sessions were provided by a number of other departments, including Earth Science and Engineering, Materials, Mechanical Engineering and the Dyson School of Design Engineering. From building motor vehicles and learning to make robotic hands, to discovering the colour of materials, hunting for fossils and exploring volcanoes, there was something on offer for all curious minds.

Entertainment and face painting was also provided by Octopus Parties, which proved a real hit with some of the younger attendees.

Reflecting on the event, one parent said: “The day was wonderful. My children loved it and were showing random people their robotic hands on the tube ride home. My 5 year old daughter clearly had learned something about blood when she mentioned platelets later that evening, and my 9 year old son was later asking about whether there was a connection between blood plasma and plasma as a state of matter.”

Another parent said: “The whole day was great from start to finish – the organisation was brilliant. The activities were great and fun, the kids loved them. The biggest success was to see home and work lives be visibly linked, appreciated and celebrated.”

A gallery of images from the event is available below.