Condensed matter physics is the science of why different materials act in different ways. From the lights in your computer to the windows of your car, condensed matter physics is all around us. At Durham University we aim to share our love of physics through research inspired school visits across the Northeast.
If you are a staff member in a Northeast primary school and are interested in a free activities day from our WISMO team, please get in touch
Our first visit of 2025 was to Walkergate Community School in Newcastle. We ran our workshop for three Year 1 classes. “[Our Year 1 teacher] absolutely loved the session and said the kids were talking about science so well during the session” – Walkergate Community School
In March we visited Evenwood Primary School as part of the WATMO project and introduced them to some of the exciting concepts our researchers have been using to discover new things. The children started by discovering how little blocks of different shapes and sizes could come together to make bigger structures, and experimented with how […]
