We’re making Christmas interactive at the Royal Institution

16 December 2009 | Projects | No Comments

Our interactive games bring the relationship between animals and plants to life

The Royal Institution is dedicated to connecting people with the world of science through research and events. We’ve been working with them for the last five years to support their annual Christmas lectures which have been going since 1825.

The events are filmed every year and broadcast on UK television. To support them, we’ve designed a series of interactive games, which are now live over at the Christmas lectures site. We’re also producing a DVD that will be sent to around 2,500 secondary schools across the UK in the New Year.

The Christmas lectures feature scientific demonstrations designed to bring science to life for children and adults. This year’s series is called ‘The 300 Million Year War’ and will be presented by Professor Sue Hartley, an ecologist who specialises in the study of interactions between plants and animals.

We’ve created 10 interactive games, two for each lecture theme, to teach youngsters aged 11-17 about plants and the amazing ways they have adapted to survive alongside animals:
Plant wars
The animals strike back
Talking trees
Dangerous to delicious
Weapons of the future

Once you’ve had a play of the games, why not tune in to catch the lectures on More 4 every night this week, starting this evening, Monday 21 December at 7pm?