3…2…1… Blast Off! Join us for this live and interactive science show! Together we will explore the science you need to understand if you want to launch a rocket. From fireworks to space missions, there is loads of explosive science behind rockets and in this show you’ll get up close to it. You’ll see what makes fire happen, and more importantly, learn the simple secret to control it. With the help of Junior Scientist, we’ll show you the surprising power of friction, and teach you how to beat it. We’ll harness the incredible crushing power of pressure and capture it to launch mini rockets, you can try it at home. All this science and more will show you the surprisingly everyday science behind rocket launches. And of course, we’ll bring it all together and launch real rockets live in the theatre!

Shows:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:30-15:30, 16:30-17:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 14:00-15:00, 15:45-16:45, 17:30-18:30

Venue: Lecture Hall, 1/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 5-11
Presenter: The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This show will be conducted in English, with live Cantonese interpretation

Online registration required

Join us for this live and interactive science show to explore something that is everywhere and in everything, including you, energy! You are using energy from you wake up in the morning till you go to sleep, and even while you are asleep. And it’s not just you, literally everything that exists uses energy in some way. Together we’ll explore one of the most important parts of physics, where energy comes from and where it goes. We will look through different stores of energy and move it from one place to another in increasingly explosive demonstrations. Can we make something move using heat? Can we heat something up by moving it? How dangerous is nuclear power? Find all this out and more as we explore. See balloons pop, sparks fly and flames rise in Energy Alive!

Shows:
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-12:00, 13:00-14:00, 15:00-16:00, 17:00-18:00

Venue: Lecture Hall, 1/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 5-11
Presenter: The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This show will be conducted in English, with live Cantonese interpretation

Online registration required

Team up with us for this hands-on workshop which will bring you a little bit of history and a glimpse into the future as you build your own electric motor. Over 200 years ago, The Royal Institution’s scientist Michael Faraday was experimenting with magnets and changed the world, now you can too! Explore magnetic fields and electric currents, and rediscover the link between them. Build your own electric motor with just three parts. After this workshop, you will have the knowledge to build electric motors, generators, and who knows what else. Will you go on to invent new electric cars, robots, or something no one has ever seen before?

Sessions:
5/7/2025 (Sat) 12:00-13:00, 13:45-14:45, 15:30-16:30, 17:15-18:15

Venue: Laboratory, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 8-11
Presenter: The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This workshop will be mainly conducted in English supplemented by Cantonese translation

Each registration can sign up for 2 pax only (one adult and one child). Each child must be accompanied by an adult.

Online registration required

Take part in this hands-on workshop where you will be part of the Junior Scientist Team to build and crash your own vehicle! Why crash them? It’s the only way to test how safe they are of course! From race cars to spaceships, crashes happen, and we want to keep cargo and passengers safe. In this workshop we’ll explore how the shape of something is as important as what it’s made of and we’ll investigate the incredible forces that happen when vehicles collide with each other, walls, and even planets! With new knowledge of structures, and the rules of forces, you’ll then bring it all together to design and build your own vehicle and smash it in our test rig. Will your precious payload survive?

Sessions:
6/7/2025 (Sun) 12:00-13:00, 13:45-14:45, 15:30-16:30, 17:15-18:15

Venue: Laboratory, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 8-11
Presenter: The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This workshop will be mainly conducted in English supplemented by Cantonese translation

Each registration can sign up for 2 pax only (one adult and one child). Each child must be accompanied by an adult.

Online registration

Junior Scientists, power up! Join this electrifying workshop to build your own mini wind turbines! Discover how a simple breeze can light up the world as you design, test, and race your creations. Which blade shape spins fastest? Can your turbine out-power the rest? Through exciting experiments, you'll unlock the secrets of renewable energy and see how wind becomes electricity right before your eyes!

Sessions:
5/7/2025 (Sat) 13:00-14:00, 15:00-16:00, 17:00-18:00

Venue: Classroom, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Presenter: Caritas Chan Chun Ha Field Studies Centre (HK)
Accessibility: This workshop will be conducted in Cantonese

Each registration can sign up for 2 pax only (one adult and one child). Each child must be accompanied by an adult.

Online registration required

Junior Scientists, assemble! Join this electrifying workshop to create your very own mechanical creatures! Using buzzing motors and everyday materials, you'll engineer wacky robots that wiggle, jump, and race. Through exciting trials and creative problem-solving, discover how vibrations bring objects to life. Be part of our scientist team and put your designs to the test in our ultimate creature showdown!

Sessions:
6/7/2025 (Sun) 13:00-14:00, 15:00-16:00, 17:00-18:00

Venue: Classroom, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Presenter: Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen) (HK)
Accessibility: This workshop will be conducted in Cantonese

Each registration can sign up for 2 pax only (one adult and one child). Each child must be accompanied by an adult.

Online registration required

Build and test your own car in this hands-on activity. There aren’t always gas stations, where would you get fuel in the Arctic, on the Moon or Mars? Can you build a car without an engine? Using the power of the air around you, and a little bit of pressure, build and race a car across our test area to see how far you can get. You’ll explore Newton’s 3rd law of motion and elastic and kinetic stores of energy in this building activity.

Opening Hours:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:00-18:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 11:00-18:30
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-18:30

Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Activity design by The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This activity will be conducted in Cantonese

No registration required

Make and test simple rockets in this hands-on activity. Before you get to space, you need to leave Earth’s atmosphere, and that means exploring the shape of your rocket and knowing where to point it. Is it as simple as “straight up”? Try out different rocket shapes and launch angles to see if you can reach your destination. On the way you’ll learn about aerodynamics and what it means to “go ballistic”! Then you’ll be able to build your own rocket and see if what you’ve learnt was on target. You’ll explore pressure and aerodynamics in this testing activity.

Opening Hours:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:00-18:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 11:00-18:30
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-18:30

Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Activity design by The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This activity will be conducted in Cantonese

No registration required

Test air-powered rockets in this hands-on activity. Rockets need thrust, that’s what all that fire coming out of the back is for. But we can’t have fire indoors, so let’s explore another source of thrust, air pressure. Using balloons as your rocket engine, how far can you get your string rocket to go? Explore balloon size and shape, rocket design, and string tension to make the best rocket. Will you reach your target or get lost in space? You’ll explore Newton’s 3rd law and pressure in this testing activity.

Opening Hours:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:00-18:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 11:00-18:30
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-18:30

Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Activity design by The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This activity will be conducted in Cantonese

No registration required

Build and test parachutes in this hands on activity. Landing on a planet, alien or our own, can be a real challenge, gravity is not always your friend. A good parachute can be the difference between a comfortable landing and an extremely uncomfortable one! Using simple materials you’ll explore what makes a good parachute by designing, building and testing your own. Will you float gracefully, or come down with a bump? You’ll explore air resistance and motion in this hands on building and testing activity.

Opening Hours:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:00-18:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 11:00-18:30
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-18:30

Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Activity design by The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This activity will be conducted in Cantonese

No registration required

Build a simple electric motor in this hands-on activity. Electric motors are everywhere, electric cars, robots, the vibration in your phone or game controller, and they even control the movements of satellites and space stations. Are they super high tech? Well, they can be, but they have a very simple idea behind them. Come and explore how a motor brings electricity and magnetism together to create movement and even build one yourself. You’ll explore electromagnetism in this hands-on building activity.

Opening Hours:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:00-18:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 11:00-18:30
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-18:30

Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Activity design by The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This activity will be conducted in Cantonese

No registration required

Build a vortex cannon and test your aim in this hands-on building activity and challenge. Create invisible flying rings that can be sent wherever you like using the power of air. Try out our vortex cannons and see if you can hit the targets with a flying ring of air, it can be hard to aim what you can’t see, but practice makes perfect! Then build your own vortex cannon to take away and impress your friends with! You’ll explore aerodynamics and kinetic stores of energy in this hands-on building and testing activity.

Opening Hours:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:00-18:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 11:00-18:30
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-18:30

Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Activity design by The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This activity will be conducted in Cantonese

No registration required

Investigate mysteriously moving boats in this hands-on demonstration. What does cleaning greasy dishes have to do with powering boats? Explore how household chemicals can be used to release hidden energy from plain water. Then make a test boat and see if you can use that hidden energy to race your boats against your friends and family. You’ll explore surface tension and elastic stores of energy in this hands-on demonstration.

Opening Hours:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:00-18:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 11:00-18:30
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-18:30

Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Activity design by The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This activity will be conducted in Cantonese

No registration required

Build a working circuit in this hands on activity. Electricity is everywhere, but it has to be controlled. Using an electrical circuit you can control where electricity goes and what it does. In this activity design and construct a light up artwork, while learning the basics of all electronics, the circuit! You’ll explore electricity and design in this making activity.

Opening Hours:
4/7/2025 (Fri) 14:00-18:30
5/7/2025 (Sat) 11:00-18:30
6/7/2025 (Sun) 11:00-18:30

Venue: Exhibition Area, G/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Target: For ages 6-11
Activity design by The Royal Institution (UK)
Accessibility: This activity will be conducted in Cantonese

No registration required