Every business today is asked the same question by its investors, its customers and, above all, its own people. What good are you doing in the world?

The companies with the best answers aren’t writing cheques and hoping for the best. They’re choosing partners who create real, visible and measurable impact in the communities they serve. That’s where Junior Einsteins Science Club® comes in.

Science that changes how children see themselves

Picture a classroom of eight-year-olds in lab coats and safety goggles. A plasma ball crackles. A homemade rocket launches. A quiet little girl at the back of the room puts up her hand and explains exactly why it worked.

That moment matters. Between the ages of eight and twelve, many children, especially girls, decide whether science is “for them”. Since 2012, Junior Einsteins Science Club® has reached over 900,000 children with hands-on, screen-free science and STEM, helping every child discover that they are a Junior Einstein.

When your business partners with us, you become part of that moment.

Every partnership is different

No two companies share the same goals, so no two Junior Einsteins partnerships look the same. Here are some of the ways businesses work with us.

Championing girls in STEM. Inspire the next generation of female scientists, engineers and innovators through dedicated events for International Women’s Day or the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It’s a cause close to our hearts. Our founder, Tracey-Jane Cassidy, addressed the United Nations on this very topic in 2020.

Building your future talent pipeline. Pharma, medtech, tech, engineering, energy and finance companies all rely on STEM talent. Inspiring children today is one of the most meaningful investments in the workforce of tomorrow.

Supporting local communities. Sponsor Junior Einsteins sessions for schools near your offices, with a special focus on DEIS and underserved schools where hands-on science opportunities make the greatest difference.

Engaging your employees. Host a family science day, a bring-your-child-to-work event or a school holiday camp for staff families. Your team can even volunteer alongside our instructors, sharing their own expertise with curious young minds.

Inspiring climate action. Our sessions on clean water engineering, solar ovens, storm-proof structures and biodiversity give companies with sustainability commitments a joyful and memorable way to bring those values to life.

Celebrating Science Week. Science Week and other awareness days give your business a natural, high-visibility moment to connect with schools and families.

Impact you can report with pride

We know that CSR and ESG teams need more than great photos. They need numbers they can stand behind.

Every Junior Einsteins corporate partnership can include a clear impact report, with children and schools reached, gender breakdowns, staff volunteer hours, before-and-after feedback from the children and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including Quality Education (SDG 4), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10) and Climate Action (SDG 13). We also provide safeguarding documentation, photography with consent and ready-to-share content for your LinkedIn, website and annual report.

Our approach is backed by evidence. In partnership with Trinity College Dublin, a Junior Einsteins programme delivered in a Dublin DEIS primary school won the Engaged Teaching and Learning Award at Trinity’s 2026 Civic Engagement Awards. Every teacher who responded to the survey reported positive pupil engagement.

Why businesses choose Junior Einsteins

• An award-winning, trusted brand working with schools across Ireland, the UK, Europe, Canada and the Middle East

• Hands-on, screen-free sessions drawn from an ever-growing library covering chemistry, physics, engineering, robotics, space, forensics, marine biology and much more

• Fully vetted, insured and safeguarded delivery

• A partner who handles everything, so your team simply enjoys the impact

Let’s create something meaningful together

Whether you’d like to sponsor a local school, host an unforgettable family day or champion girls in STEM, we’d love to shape a partnership around what matters most to your business.

Get in touch with your local Junior Einsteins Science Club® team today to start the conversation.

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Watch a class of eight-year-olds the moment a Van de Graaff generator lifts a child’s hair straight up towards the ceiling. Nobody looks anywhere else. Nobody needs to be told to pay attention. That moment is what every Junior Einsteins Science Club® session is designed around, and it is the reason there is not a single screen in any of them.

We have been screen-free primary science since the very beginning in 2012. It was never a trend for us. It was simply how children learn science best: with their hands, with each other, and with a real question in front of them.

The evidence is catching up

UNESCO’s 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report found “little robust evidence on digital technology’s added value in education”. It also found that the mere presence of a mobile device distracted students and affected their learning in 14 countries. The OECD’s PISA 2022 results showed that students distracted by other pupils’ devices scored 15 points lower in mathematics. Sweden, once a champion of the digital classroom, is now investing heavily in printed books and handwriting, on the principle that core skills come first.

Active learning has its own evidence base too. A landmark analysis of 225 studies, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that science students taught through traditional lectures were 1.5 times more likely to fail than those who learned actively.

This is not about rejecting technology. Our teachers train through the Junior Einsteins Science Club® Academy, the primary science and STEM platform for international schools. Technology supports the adult. The children get the real thing.

Wonder first, explanation second

Every session opens with a Hook, a live phenomenon that makes the room gasp before anyone explains a thing. Then come the Einstein Questions, written to start a friendly argument. Will a heavier ball really fall faster? Who wants to bet? Junior Einsteins predict, test, gather evidence and change their minds. That is inquiry-based learning as scientists practise it, not as a worksheet describes it.

Mistakes are part of the method

The bridge collapses. The rocket veers left. The water filter lets the muddy water straight through. Every script carries the same line: in real science, a failed experiment is not a disaster, it is a clue. Children learn to look at what went wrong, work out why, and try again. That resilience stays with them long after the session ends.

Teamwork and leadership, built into the room

Junior Einsteins always work in small groups of four or five, in lab coats and goggles. Roles rotate between activities, so every child takes a turn leading. The quiet child gets to direct the build. The confident child learns to listen. Nobody sits at the back watching someone else have all the fun.

What the Cognia STEM standards describe

Cognia accredits schools around the world, and its Performance Standards for STEM Certification set out what excellent STEM learning looks like. Read them closely and they describe a Junior Einsteins session:

• Standard 6: “Learners engage collaboratively in authentic inquiry during ongoing units of study.”
• Standard 7: “Learners engage in self-directed STEM learning guided by professional staff members who are effective facilitators of learning.”
• Standard 8: “Learners benefit from a formal structure of within-school and extracurricular opportunities to extend STEM learning.”
• Standard 9: “Learners demonstrate their learning through performance-based assessments and have opportunities to develop self-assessment and self-monitoring skills.”

Collaborative inquiry, teachers who guide rather than lecture, and learning that carries on from the classroom into the After School Science Club. Reflection and self-assessment close every session. These are not extras we bolted on. They are how the sessions are built.

One programme, three ways to use it

Junior Einsteins Science Club® is a complete primary science curriculum system, full hands-on STEM provision, and After School Science Club® enrichment, all in one programme. It enhances and strengthens a school’s existing primary science curriculum with practical experiments. Engineering challenges, from Engineering Bridges to Tensegrity towers, connect that science with design and problem-solving. And the same equipment and trained staff can run it as an ECA or co-curricular club.

Every session is scripted word for word, funny and packed with surprising facts. Any teacher can deliver it with confidence, no science degree needed. When we delivered the programme with Trinity College Dublin in a DEIS primary school, 100% of teachers who responded were positive about how engaged their pupils were. They were just as positive about their own enjoyment of delivering it.

Slime stretching. Fossils cast by hand. Rockets launching across the yard. Over 900,000 Junior Einsteins and counting, and not one of them needed a screen to fall in love with science.

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Every international school wants the same thing from primary science. Children who ask brilliant questions. Teachers who feel confident at the lab bench. Practical investigation happening in every classroom, not just the one with the teacher who happens to love science. A Hands-On Primary Science Curriculum System, Built for International Schools

Junior Einsteins Science Club® was built to make that the norm. Since 2012, we have reached more than 900,000 children, and today we partner with international schools to bring hands-on, screen-free primary science into every year group.

What makes practical primary science thrive

Schools are full of good science ideas. What makes the difference is time. A really practical science lesson needs planning, a materials list, safety checks and the confidence to handle the moment when an experiment surprises everyone.

When all of that is already prepared, practical science stops depending on one person’s evenings and becomes part of how the whole school teaches.

What a Junior Einsteins primary science session looks like

Each topic is a full 60-minute session with several experiments that build on each other, so the science deepens as the hour goes on. The children work in small groups of four or five, in lab coats and safety goggles, and every session is fully hands-on.

In Float Your Boat, children investigate Archimedes’ principle, make a sinking egg float by changing the water’s density and test how surface area affects buoyancy. In Pumping Heart, they work a model heart and feel how blood is pumped around the body. In Make Your Own Compass, they magnetise, float and align their own compass to find true north.

Every teacher receives:

• The aim and learning outcomes
• A full materials list with alternatives
• A 60-minute timing structure
• Key vocabulary
• Exact “say this” language
• Einstein Questions, with answers
• Step-by-step experiment instructions
• Safety guidance
• Extension prompts for older pupils
• Details of what the children take home

Strengthening the primary science curriculum you already teach

Junior Einsteins complements and extends your existing primary science curriculum. It strengthens scientific knowledge, enquiry and working scientifically through practical experiments that children remember.

Our sessions are mapped to the British National Curriculum, Cambridge Primary, the IB PYP, NGSS, Cognia and the Oxford International Curriculum. Because every session is built on universal scientific concepts, such as forces, energy, materials, living things and the Earth, it fits comfortably into British, IB, American and hybrid schools.

Teachers fall in love with the science first

Our session scripts are written to be read and enjoyed. They are funny and full of surprising facts and real-world connections, so teachers find them as fascinating as the children do. Teachers fall in love with the science first, and the children catch it from them.

In partnership with Trinity College Dublin, we delivered a four-week programme to around 120 children in a Dublin primary school. 100% of the teachers who responded to the survey were positive about the children’s engagement, and about their own interest in delivering the experiments with our scripts. The work received Trinity’s Engaged Teaching and Learning Award at the 2026 Civic Engagement Awards.

Two full years of weekly sessions, with no repeated topic

The library spans more than 85 sessions, covering:

• Space, flight and forces
• Light, sound and electricity
• Materials and reactions
• The living world
• The human body
• Earth science, fossils and volcanoes
• Forensic science
• Archaeology and anthropology
• Sustainability and climate

Year Three of the curriculum is due for release in autumn 2026, so the science keeps growing with your pupils.

Frequently asked questions

Does Junior Einsteins replace our primary science curriculum?
No. It enriches and extends the curriculum you already teach, bringing it to life with practical investigation.

Do our teachers need a science background?
No. Every session is fully scripted, and staff complete certification through the Junior Einsteins Science Club® Academy, usually within four to five weeks.

Which curricula does it align with?
The British National Curriculum, Cambridge Primary, IB PYP, NGSS, Cognia and the Oxford International Curriculum.

How does the school source equipment?
Schools buy equipment locally using our illustrated sourcing guide. Most items can be reused for years.

What age range is it designed for?
The primary years, roughly ages 6 to 11. Extension prompts for older or more advanced children are built into every session.

Bring hands-on primary science to your school

We work with international schools through a collaborative partnership, built as an annual subscription. To see how Junior Einsteins could work in your school, book a 20-minute conversation with us at educationpartnerships@junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com

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Primary STEM looks different in every international school. In a British curriculum school it often lives in STEM weeks, projects and clubs. In an IB PYP school it’s woven through units of inquiry. In an American school it may be a specialist class or a makerspace.

What successful schools share is consistency. Every class gets the same quality of hands-on STEM, on every campus, whoever is teaching. The Junior Einsteins International School Partnership is built to give schools exactly that.

Primary science and primary STEM, working together

Primary science is a curriculum subject, with defined knowledge and learning outcomes. Primary STEM brings science together with engineering, technology and mathematics around a real challenge.

Learning how a circuit works is science. Designing a working alarm that uses that circuit is STEM. The partnership gives your school both: sessions that strengthen your primary science curriculum, and integrated STEM challenges that put that knowledge to work on real-world problems.

A STEM culture that belongs to your school

In many schools, one inspiring teacher carries STEM. The partnership turns that energy into a system the whole staff can use.

Every teacher works from the same learning pathways, scripts and resources. New staff pick up the programme smoothly through the Junior Einsteins Science Club® Academy, and pupils keep enjoying exciting, hands-on STEM every week. Quality stays consistent across classrooms, year groups and campuses, and each teacher saves hours of STEM preparation every week.

Real, integrated STEM that children remember

Our sessions are strongest in science and engineering, and many bring in technology and meaningful mathematics as well:

• Mission MedTech: children become biomedical engineers, building a working heart-valve model and clearing a blocked artery.
• Engineering Clean Water: children design and test real water filters.
• Smart Cities: children design the sustainable, high-tech cities of the future.
• RoboCreators: children build and launch their own scribbling robots.
• Pulleys: Lifting the World!: children build fixed and compound pulley systems and test how much they can lift.

Children build, test, predict and improve, all through hands-on work in small teams. Critical thinking, resilience, teamwork, leadership and communication grow naturally along the way. These skills map directly to the IB Learner Profile and the Cambridge Learner Attributes.

Built for inspection, accreditation and school groups

Every session comes with learning outcomes, risk assessments, differentiation options and inquiry prompts, so the evidence is ready whenever inspectors or accreditation bodies ask.

For school groups, the partnership includes a multi-campus tier. It brings one shared STEM standard to every school in the group, with centralised staff certification and the same session library on every campus.

One partnership, three ways to use it

Junior Einsteins fits into three places in your school. Use it for one, two or all three.

Enhancing and strengthening your primary science curriculum. Practical experiments that bring your science topics to life, in every year group. (Link to Article 1.)

Enhancing and strengthening your STEM provision. Integrated challenges delivered in curriculum lessons, STEM blocks, STEM weeks and whole-school STEM days.

Enhancing and strengthening your ECA and co-curricular activities. Our After School Science Club®, holiday camps and Science Shows, which schools can also run as income-generating enrichment. (Link to Article 3.)

How the partnership works

The International School Partnership is an annual subscription, with tiers for single schools and for school groups. It renews each year at a lower rate than Year One, so your STEM programme, new content and staff certification continue without interruption. Access opens as soon as you sign, and most schools are delivering within five weeks.

Frequently asked questions

Is the partnership suitable for IB PYP schools?
Yes. Sessions are inquiry-driven and fit naturally within transdisciplinary units, with reflection and assessment moments built in.

Can we roll it out across several campuses?
Yes. Our multi-campus tier is designed for school groups.

Does it include technology without screens?
Yes. Technology in our sessions means tools, materials, systems and inventions, such as motorised bots, pneumatic machines and circuits. Every session is screen-free.

How much content is included?
More than 85 sessions, giving two full years of weekly delivery with no repeated topic. Year Three is released this autumn.

Can we use the partnership for more than one area?
Yes. Many schools use it for their primary science curriculum, their STEM provision and their ECA and co-curricular programme together.

Become a Junior Einsteins partner school

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Whether you’re looking to enrich your primary science curriculum, strengthen your STEM provision or grow your ECA and co-curricular programme, the Junior Einsteins International School Partnership brings all three together. Book a 20-minute conversation with us at educationpartnerships@junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com

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Ask any ECA coordinator which clubs fill up first and science is usually near the top. Children love to get their hands messy, and parents love to see their children excited about learning. A Primary STEM ECA Programme That Children Rebook Term After Term

The Junior Einsteins After School Science Club® gives international schools a ready-made, hands-on primary school STEM ECA programme that children look forward to every week.

What happens at a Junior Einsteins Science Club®

Lab coats go on, goggles go on and the equipment comes out. Each 60-minute session includes several hands-on experiments that build on each other. In one term, children might:

• Launch rockets
• Lift fingerprints at a crime scene
• Grow crystals
• Build a periscope
• Erupt a volcano
• Extract real DNA

With more than two years of weekly sessions and no repeated topic, the club stays fresh, and children keep rebooking.

The take-home effect

In most sessions, children take something home: a fossil they cast, a working periscope, a lava lamp, a glider, a simple robot. That’s how the learning carries on at the dinner table. Every child who explains their fossil to their family becomes an ambassador for your school’s STEM programme.

Beyond the weekly club

The same programme powers a whole calendar of co-curricular STEM:

• Holiday and one-day camps
• Whole-school STEM days
• STEM weeks
• Our high-energy Science Show

Schools can also run themed series, such as six weeks of sustainability, four weeks of engineering or a term of the human body.

A visible STEM identity for families

A thriving science club is something parents see and talk about. It gives your school real stories for open days, newsletters and the prospectus, and strengthens how families experience your school’s commitment to STEM.

ECA provision that can generate income

Clubs, camps and ticketed shows can run as paid enrichment. That makes Junior Einsteins a programme that can pay for itself and grow with demand.

Ready to deliver from day one

Every session comes with:

• Full scripts
• Materials lists
• Timings
• Risk assessments
• Safety guidance
• Extension prompts
• Primary STEM resources

Your ECA staff don’t need a science background, and they complete certification through the Junior Einsteins Science Club® Academy, usually within four to five weeks.

Frequently asked questions

What ages is the club designed for? Primary-aged children, roughly 6 to 11. Sessions adapted to younger and older groups.

Who delivers the club? Your own staff, trained and certified through our Junior Einsteins Academy

Can the same programme run holiday camps? Yes. Our session library supports camps, STEM days and themed series as well as weekly clubs.

Are the sessions screen-free? Yes. Every session is fully hands-on.

Launch your Primary STEM ECA with Junior Einsteins

Schools such as Nord Anglia International School Dublin, the International School of Dublin, Lycée Français International Samuel Beckett and Rosemont International School have booked us term after term for years. To find out how we could support your ECA and co-curricular programme, book a 20-minute conversation at

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Lab coats on, goggles on, and a whole school buzzing with curiosity

Picture your child coming home and explaining exactly how a pulley lifts the impossible. Or pulling a fossil they cast themselves out of their school bag. That’s a normal week at a Junior Einsteins Science Club®.

Since 2012, more than 900,000 Junior Einsteins have built rockets, lifted fingerprints at crime scenes, grown crystals and engineered bridges with us. Every session is fully hands-on and screen-free, with 60 minutes of real science in small groups. Nearly every week, the children bring home something they made.

For parents: bring Junior Einsteins to your school

If your child’s school doesn’t run a Junior Einsteins After School Science Club® yet, you can change that. Plenty of our clubs got started because one parent mentioned us to the principal or the parents’ association.

Just pass on our details, or send us the name of the school, and we’ll look after the rest. We make it easy for the school at every step.

For schools: our After School Science Club®

Our weekly After School Science Club® is where most schools first meet us. We have more than two years of weekly sessions and never repeat a topic, so children come back term after term. Every session is delivered by our trained Junior Einsteins instructors. We look after the equipment, the risk assessments and all the organisation, so your staff have nothing extra to do.

We can also come in during the school day

Many schools also invite us in during school hours. We run a series of weekly visits built around a theme that suits your class, your curriculum or your STEM week. You choose the topic and how many weeks. Here are a few of the series schools enjoy most:

🌍 Sustainability & Climate, a 6-week series Climate Quest, Engineering Clean Water, Harness the Sun (Build Your Own Solar Oven), Wild Wind, Smart Cities and Biomimicry.

🌱 Nature & the Earth, a 12-week series Rock Stars, Freaky Fossils, Crusty Old Earth, Vicious Volcanoes, Storm Watch Lab, Blossoming Beans, Bug Hunt, Muddy Worms, Fantastic Frogs, Life in a Drop, Classification of Life and Biodiversity Bonanza.

🌉 Engineering, a 4-week series Engineering Bridges, Catapult Engineering Lab, Tensegrity and Crazy Shapes.

🤖 Robotics a 6-week series RoboCreators, TechInsect & PropelBot Lab, Pneumatic Power, Pulleys, Zesty Zap & Spud Spark and Mission MedTech 2: Engineering the Human Body.

🫀 The Human Body, an 8-week series Doctor Bones, Pumping Heart, Take a Deep Breath, From Plate to Poop, Brain Olympics, Squelchy Eyeballs, Mission MedTech and Mission MedTech 2.

These are just examples. We also have series on space and flight, light and sound, electricity, forensic science, chemistry, archaeology and more. We can build a series around any theme you have in mind, whether it runs for three weeks or for a full term.

How Junior Einsteins fits your primary school

We cover every area of STEM, and we fit alongside what your school already does:

• Primary science curriculum: practical experiments that bring your science topics to life and strengthen working scientifically.
• Primary STEM provision: design challenges that connect science with engineering, technology, maths and real-world problem-solving.
• ECA and co-curricular activities: clubs, STEM weeks, science shows and holiday camps that extend learning beyond the timetable.

You can book us for one of these, two, or all three. Your school might want a weekly club, a daytime series, a STEM week or a whole-school Science Show. Whichever you choose, the children get the same joyful, hands-on experience.

Every session includes

• All equipment and materials
• Full risk assessments and safety guidance
• Several experiments that build on each other in each 60-minute session
• Something to take home, which gets the whole family talking about science

Let’s get your ‘Junior Einsteins started’ !

Whether you’re a parent, a teacher or a principal, just get in touch with your local Junior Einsteins team. We’d love to hear from you. We’ll talk you through the options and help you find the best fit for your school, your timetable and your ‘Junior Einsteins’.

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Here’s everything your Junior Einsteins could explore with us.

🚀 Space Science, Rockets, Flight & Forces

Out of This World: Our Solar System. Marbles orbit a stretchy gravity well, the children learn the order of the planets with a memory rhyme and race across a planet rug. Then they make a Galaxy in a Bottle to take home.

Junior Astronaut Training. Space-mission challenges test gravity, balance, rocket science and teamwork, and show how the human body copes beyond Earth.

Bernoulli’s Flying Machines. The children act out lift, thrust, gravity and drag, float a ping-pong ball in a hairdryer’s airstream, then build and race their own gliders.

Rocket Races. Five experiments in jet propulsion: balloon rockets, baking-soda bottle rockets, a team rocket relay, stomp rockets and a Coke-and-Mentos geyser that shoots metres into the air.

Sky-High Scientists: The Science of Kites. The children become the four forces of flight, engineer diamond kites from bin bags and canes, then head outdoors for the Great Launch Challenge.

Float Your Boat. Archimedes’ principle in action. The children make a sinking egg float, compare volume and mass, and see how many coins wide and narrow lids can hold.

Catapult Engineering Lab: Launch Science. The children engineer their own catapults, test launch angles for distance and then compete to topple a brick tower.

Galileo’s Gravity Lab 1. Heavy and light balls dropped together just like Galileo, coins whirling inside balloons, water swung overhead without spilling a drop, and spinning gyroscopes.

Galileo’s Gravity Lab 2: Making a Splash. Straw-and-balloon fountains, tubing siphons, a booby-trapped bottle that sprays from its holes, and a Team Cup Cascade.

Last Marble Running. The children explore friction, drag and momentum, ride skateboards, then race to engineer the slowest marble run.

Vortices: Hurricane in a Bottle & Giant Smoke Rings. Giant smoke rings knock cups off the children’s heads, they fire their own air cannons, and they watch a hurricane spiral between two bottles.

Whirling Wonders: The Science of Spinning. The children make a pen levitate with magnets, crack a magnet puzzle and race spinning tops steered by hidden magnets.

💡 Light, Colour, Sound, Electricity & Invisible Forces

Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The children split white light into a rainbow and discover the colours hiding inside it.

Spectrometer: Seeing Inside Light. They build their own spectrometer and read the secret bands of colour inside light.

Periscopes: Engineering the Invisible View. They engineer periscopes that see around corners using cleverly placed mirrors.

Sonic Science: Vibrations in Action. They see and feel sound as vibrations they can make, bend and amplify.

Thunder Tubes & Crazy Kazoos: Playing with Pitch. They make instruments that roar and buzz, and work out the science of high and low pitch.

Plasma Ball: Light the Lightsabre. Crackling plasma and glowing lightsabres bring electricity to life at their fingertips.

Plasma Ball 2: Neon Magic & Lightning Tricks. The next level of plasma, with neon glows and mini lightning.

Van de Graaff Generator: Sparks Will Fly! Hair stands on end and sparks jump as the children meet real static electricity up close.

Van de Graaff 2: Lightning Lab. The children make their own crackling lightning and learn how charge builds up and leaps across.

Make Your Own Compass. They magnetise, float and line up their own compass and find true north.

Quantum Conundrums. Newton’s third law with balloons, waves in water bowls, and the famous double-slit experiment recreated with Nerf bullets and torchlight.

Zesty Zap & Spud Spark. Fruit and potatoes power real circuits, so electricity comes straight from the kitchen.

🤖 Engineering, Robotics, Structures & Applied STEM

Engineering Bridges. The children design and build bridges, then load them up to see whose holds the most weight.

Pneumatic Power: Moving with Air. They build machines that push, lift and move using nothing but air.

Pulleys: Lifting the World! They build pulley systems and feel how simple machines lift the impossible.

Tensegrity: Building with Tension & Compression. They build gravity-defying structures that seem to float.

RoboCreators. They design, build and set loose their own buzzing, scribbling robots.

TechInsect & PropelBot Lab. They engineer motorised bug-bots and propeller machines, then race them and improve their designs.

Crazy Shapes. They discover why some shapes are secretly the strongest in engineering.

Marvellous Magical Maths. Puzzles, patterns and mind-reading number tricks that make maths feel like magic.

Mother Nature’s Secret Maths Code: Fibonacci. The children hunt for the hidden number pattern that shows up all through nature.

🧪 Materials, Mixtures & Reaction Science

Slimey Slime. The classic. The children mix and stretch their own gooey, glorious slime.

Slime 2: Bigger, Bolder, Slimier. Next-level slimes with surprising twists.

Elephant’s Toothpaste. A giant foaming eruption that bursts out of the flask every time.

Walking Water: Surface Tension. Water climbs and walks across the table through the magic of surface tension.

Sudsy Science: Squishy Soap Microbiology. The children make their own soap and discover the tiny microbes it washes away.

Bubbleology 1: The Science of Bubbles. They make giant bubbles and uncover the science holding them together.

Bubbleology 2: Light, Sound & Strength. More bubble science, exploring how bubbles catch the light and hold their shape.

Bath Fizzers. They mix and mould their own fizzing bath bombs.

Christmas Crystals. They grow sparkling crystals to take home, festive chemistry with a magical finish.

Luminescent Lava Lamps. They build glowing lava lamps and watch density in motion.

Weird Wonderful Water. Water tricks that show how strange this everyday liquid really is.

🌍 Sustainability, Climate & Green Engineering

Climate Quest. Fast-paced missions tackling the planet’s biggest climate challenges.

Engineering Clean Water: Water Filtration. The children build real filters and turn murky water clean.

Harness the Sun: Build Your Own Solar Oven. They build solar ovens that really cook using only the power of the Sun.

Wild Wind. They capture the wind and turn it into power with their own designs.

Storm Watch Lab: Mission Meteorologist. They become weather scientists, forecasting and recreating storms.

Smart Cities. They design the sustainable, high-tech cities of the future.

Biodiversity Bonanza. They explore the web of life and why every species counts.

Biomimicry. They copy nature’s cleverest designs to solve real engineering problems.

Blossoming Beans. They plant, grow and investigate what living things need to thrive.

Life in a Drop: Exploring Pond Habitats. They discover the hidden world of tiny creatures living in a single drop of pond water.

Bug Hunt. They become field scientists, hunting for and studying the mini-beasts all around us.

Sunscreen Science. They test how sunscreen protects skin and learn the science of UV protection.

🫀 Human Body, Health, Sports Science & MedTech

Doctor Bones. The children build and explore the skeleton and find out how our bones hold us up.

Pumping Heart. They work a model heart and feel how blood is pumped around the body.

From Plate to Poop. Food’s squelchy journey through the digestive system, always a favourite!

Brain Olympics: Neuro Sports Science. They race their reflexes and give their brains a sporting workout.

Take a Deep Breath: Human Respiration. They build working models to see how the lungs work.

Mission MedTech: The Science of Saving Lives. As biomedical engineers, they build a working heart-valve model and clear a blocked artery.

Mission MedTech 2: Engineering the Human Body. They explore the bionic future of engineered replacement body parts.

Squelchy Eyeballs & Blacklight. Spooky sensory science exploring the eye, plus glow-in-the-dark surprises.

🔍 Forensic Science, Mystery & Evidence

CSI Junior Investigators. The secrets of forensic science and how real evidence cracks a case.

Forensic Crime Scene. A crime scene appears, and the children gather clues and name the culprit.

DNA. The children extract real, visible DNA and discover the code inside every living thing.

Purple Power pH. Colour-changing indicators reveal hidden acids and bases, with a dramatic detective twist.

🌋 Earth, Fossils, Volcanoes & Natural Forces

Rock Stars. The children become geologists, testing and identifying rocks.

Freaky Fossils. They cast their own fossils to take home and learn how ancient life was preserved.

Crusty Old Earth. They dig into the layers of the planet beneath our feet.

Vicious Volcanoes. They erupt their own volcanoes in a dramatic explosion of Earth science.

🐸 Living World, Animals, Habitats & Survival

Classification of Life. The children sort and group living things and crack the code scientists use to name life.

Fantastic Frogs. They explore the amazing journey from egg to frog.

Muddy Worms. They get hands-on with worms, the tiny heroes of healthy soil.

Blubber Gloves. They plunge their hands into icy water to feel how Arctic animals stay warm.

Dive Deep. They descend into the ocean depths and discover the crushing science of pressure.

Glowing Explorations: Bioluminescence. They meet astonishing creatures that make their own living light.

Extreme Survival Science: Survive the Wild. Survival missions and the science of staying alive in the wild.

🏺 People of the Past, Archaeology & Anthropology

History Hunters: Junior Archaeologists Dig. The children run their own excavation, unearthing and decoding artefacts from the past.

People of the Past: The Anthropology Adventure. They use scientific evidence to piece together how ancient peoples really lived.

🎨 Creative, Art & Illusion Science

Cartoon Capers. The children build zoetropes, praxinoscopes and thaumatropes and discover the optical illusions that trick the brain into seeing movement.

Pigments of Imagination. The colourful chemistry of pigments, dyes and art.

🎉 Seasonal & Celebration Science

Celebration Science: The Science Show. A high-energy whole-school show with a bit of everything we do, and a brilliant taste of Junior Einsteins.

Easter Egg-speriments. Egg-themed sessions full of egg drops and springtime chemistry.

Sciency Snowball. Festive winter science challenges full of frosty fun.

🔥 Energy, Heat & Fire Science

Bright Sparks: The Science of Candles. The surprising science hidden in a simple flickering flame.

The Science of Fire: The Triangle & Beyond. Exactly what fire needs to burn, and how to put it out.

Heat in Motion: Where Heat Makes Things Move. Mesmerising demos where heat becomes movement.

Bring Junior Einsteins to your school

Lab coats on, goggles on, and a whole school buzzing with curiosity. This article introduces our Junior Einsteins After School Science Club® and the weekly science series we run during the school day, built around any theme a school chooses. It also includes our full session library, from rockets, robotics and forensic science to climate, the human body, archaeology and anthropology. If you’re a parent or a school who would love to see this in your classrooms, your local Junior Einsteins team is ready to help you get started.

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Over 12 years, we’ve built something that strengthens and enhances primary science curriculum, STEM provision and extracurricular activities for international schools. Because we’ve learned that it doesn’t just change how children feel about science. It changes how their teachers feel about teaching it Junior Einsteins Science Club® Ltd. 

We work with schools across the globe — from Saudi Arabia to Luxembourg, from the UK to Canada. Schools that first booked with us a decade ago still book term after term. Not because we’re flashy. Because we work. This is a complete primary science system for International Schools 

Here’s why international schools partner with us:

Teacher well-being first.

Your STEM coordinator should not be the only person who can run practical science. That’s a burden, and it’s a risk. When that one passionate person leaves, so does your STEM culture.

Our scripts are written to be read and enjoyed. Funny. Packed with surprising facts and real-world connections. Any teacher who picks one up finds it interesting, not intimidating. They discover they’re actually capable of delivering brilliant science. And something shifts.

That moment when a teacher’s face lights up because they just understood how to run a plasma ball demo? That’s when they become the STEM person in their school. Not because they have a science degree, but because they’ve discovered they can. That’s what happens when teachers fall in love with the science first. The children catch it from them.

Hours back every week.

Seven or more hours of prep saved per teacher. That’s one full working day.

No reinventing lessons. No scrolling Pinterest at 8pm trying to source materials for tomorrow. No anxiety about whether you’re covering the right concepts or delivering it safely. Just step-by-step actions, full risk assessments, everything already written, tested, and ready to teach.

That time isn’t lost to bureaucracy. It’s given back to teachers. For planning other lessons. For marking. For actually having a life outside school. For the wellbeing that’s been draining from schools for years.

Scalable Science and STEM across your school.

Consistency is invisible until it’s missing. Then it’s all you notice.

This is a complete primary science system for International Schools 

One year group gets messy, memorable, hands-on science. The next misses out because their teacher felt less confident. One classroom has a STEM identity. Another has worksheets. Quality swings between brilliant and basic depending on who’s teaching.

With Junior Einsteins, the same quality, the same structure, the same learning outcomes show up in every classroom and every year group. Not dependent on one person. Not vulnerable when staff change. Every child has the same rigorous, engaging, practical science experience, year after year.

A complete Science and STEM system.

We don’t do one thing. We do three, and they work together.

Primary science curriculum strengthened. Hands-on, integrated STEM delivered. Extracurricular STEM enrichment that keeps children enrolled term after term. All in one programme, all using the same curriculum, all with the same quality standards.

Your school can use us for curriculum time. For after-school clubs. For STEM weeks and holiday camps. For festivals and whole-school science days. For all of it. You’re not juggling different providers and different approaches. You have one proven system that scales.

What actually changes:

Your teachers stay. Not because they have to, but because they want to. Because they’ve rediscovered why they love teaching science. Because they’re the ones holding the plasma ball when the class gasps.

Your children remember. Not the worksheet. Not the worksheet. The moment their own fossil came out of the mould. The instant they figured out why their bridge held weight. The feeling of designing and building a working periscope.

Your school has a visible STEM identity. Parents see it at open days. They talk about it when choosing where to send their children. Your prospectus shows it. Your inspection readiness has it built in. Science stops being something you fit in. It becomes part of who you are.

The proof:

We’ve reached over 900,000 children. We’re operating across Ireland, the UK, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Canada and Saudi Arabia. Schools like Nord Anglia International School Dublin, International School of Dublin, Lycée Français International Samuel Beckett, Rosemont International School, and Brooke House College Riyadh partner with us year after year.

We’re members of COBIS, BSME and FOBISIA. Our founder addressed the United Nations on International Women and Girls in Science Day. We won Trinity College Dublin’s Engaged Teaching and Learning Award at the 2026 Civic Engagement Awards. This isn’t flashy. It’s credible.

What partnership looks like:

Access opens immediately. Your staff move through certification in the Junior Einsteins Academy. Then you begin. You run the sessions yourself, your way, in your timetable. You have monthly calls with our team. You connect with our whole network of schools in monthly sessions. You get comprehensive newsletters tailored to the season and the term.

You have full access to everything. The curriculum. The marketing templates. The sourcing guides. The resources. All of it. You’re not locked into waiting for updates. You’re building autonomously, supported consistently.

Ready to explore what this looks like for your school?

This is a partnership, not a vendor relationship. Let’s have a conversation about where your school is now, where you want to be, and how Junior Einsteins can help you get there.

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When a new franchisee signs up with Junior Einsteins Science Club®, they’re stepping into something intense. And we mean that in a good way! Explore. Engage. Empower. Working With Our Franchise Owner-Operators; The First Three Months, And Beyond.

The first three months are transformative. They’re also relentless. You’ll do your practical training here in Dublin with our team. You’ll move through the Junior Einsteins Academy, online module by module. You’ll have more Zoom calls with us than you might initially bargain for. Our team will be walking you through everything, hands-on, because this matters. You’re building a business, and we want you to build it well.

There’s something that happens in those three months. You go from apprentice to owner. You learn the science, sure. But you also learn how to run this business. How to price your services. How to manage the logistics. How to market yourself in your territory. How to close a booking. How to deliver an experience that keeps families coming back. And our team is there, beside you (mostly on screen), talking you through it all.

It’s exhausting. It’s exhilarating. It’s exactly what you need.

Then it changes.

After three months, you’ve completed your training. You know the system. You’ve done the work. And you’re ready to step into what you signed up for: your own business.

Here’s what we always tell new franchisees, and we tell them this in advance so there are no surprises. After those first three months, the intensity of contact changes. Dramatically. And that’s on purpose.

You see, at that point, you’re not an apprentice anymore. You’re an independent business owner using our proven system, our curriculum, our support structure, and our know-how. You don’t need our team in your business constantly. And honestly, you don’t want us there. Because it’s your business.Junior Einsteins Science Club® Education Franchise Opportunity 

This is where we talk about giving you roots, and then giving you wings.

The roots are everything we build together in those first three months. The training. The scripts. The systems. The confidence that comes from knowing you can deliver extraordinary science to children. The foundation so solid you can build on it without fear.

The wings are the autonomy. The independence. The trust we have in you because we’ve watched you learn and grow and prove you can do this. The space to run your business as you see fit, to make decisions, to lead, to own it fully.

But here’s what doesn’t change: you are never, ever on your own.

This is what we want future franchisees to understand. The contact becomes less frequent, yes. But our support is always there. Always.

You have your monthly calls with us. First Friday sessions where you connect with the whole network of franchisees, sharing challenges and wins. Bite-sized sessions throughout the month on specific topics. A monthly newsletter that’s really comprehensive, real advice tailored to the season, the term, what’s happening in schools and families right now.

You have access to everything. The curriculum. The marketing templates. The sourcing guides. The resources. All of it.

And our team? We’re still here. You can email. You can ask. You can request a call. We’ll reply. We’ll advise. We’ll point you in the right direction. Because we care deeply that you succeed.

The approach is simple: noses in, fingers out.

We observe. We advise. We tell you where we see potential to enhance your business. But we don’t run it. We don’t interfere. It’s your business. We help you enhance it, we advise on it, we support it. We don’t control it.

This is what separates a franchise that feels like a partnership from one that feels like a job. You own this. You run this. You decide. And we’re here when you need us.

So yes, the first three months are intense. They should be. They’re where everything gets built. Where you go from “can I do this?” to “I absolutely can do this and I’m already doing it.”

And then you step into the beautiful, terrifying, exhilarating reality of being a business owner. Running your own company. Making your own decisions. Building something in your community that changes how children feel about science.

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If that sounds like something you want — the intensity, the training, the independence, the support that stays — let’s talk about the Junior Einsteins Science Club® Education Franchise Opportunity 

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Why Junior Einsteins Hands-On Maths Sessions Are Making Maths Week October 10-18 Extra Special Maths Week Ireland: When Numbers Come Alive

There’s something magical about watching a child discover that their own two hands can crack multiplication mysteries. That maths isn’t trapped in a textbook or a screen, but thrumming through nature, spiralling through flowers, and waiting to be uncovered in the everyday world around them.

This October, as Maths Week Ireland celebrates its 21st year (10-18 October), Junior Einsteins Science Club is thrilled to bring our screen-free, hands-on maths sessions into schools across the island. And really, after years of teaching children that science is a living, breathing, inquiry-based adventure, we’ve learned that maths deserves the same treatment.

Numbers Aren’t Just Abstract Squiggles

In our Marvellous Magical Maths session, children discover that mathematics has a 30,000-year history. They learn how humans carved numbers into bones in the Palaeolithic age. They discover how the abacus transformed calculation. And then they do something brilliant: they use their own hands to multiply numbers using an ancient finger trick that makes multiplying by 9 look absurdly simple.

One child puts down their second finger, counts the fingers on each side, and suddenly they’re multiplying. No calculator. No screen. Just fingers and a mathematical principle that’s genuinely clever. They crack codes using logic. They navigate tricky dice puzzles. They figure out how to share cake fairly, learning that maths is the language we use to solve real-world problems.

Nature’s Secret Code: The Fibonacci Sequence

But here’s where it gets really interesting. In our Mother Nature’s Secret Math Code session, children uncover something that genuinely shifts how they see the world: the Fibonacci Sequence, a mathematical pattern so fundamental to nature that plants stake their survival on it.

Picture a pair of Junior Einsteins working together, snapping coloured cubes into towers: one tower, one tower, two, three, five, eight, thirteen. They’re building the Fibonacci Sequence by hand, discovering the additive rule themselves, each number equalling the sum of the two before it. They’re not being told; they’re figuring it out.

Then they pluck real petals from real flowers: lilies, daisies, buttercups. They count them. Eight petals. Thirteen petals. The Fibonacci Sequence stares back at them from nature. They hold a pinecone, trace its spirals with coloured dot stickers (eight spirals clockwise, thirteen counter-clockwise), and realise that this isn’t coincidence. Plants use this pattern because it’s the most efficient way to pack seeds and catch sunlight. Nature’s winning formula. And they’ve discovered it themselves.

For the older children, it goes further. They measure each other and divide Fibonacci numbers to find the Golden Ratio, the mathematical proportion that shows up in human bodies, in architecture, in art. They see that Leonardo Fibonacci figured something out 800 years ago that nature has been using since the beginning of time.

Screen-Free, Inquiry-Based, Unforgettable

Every Junior Einsteins session follows a simple philosophy: no screens, no passive learning. Children work in small groups. They get their hands on materials. They discover. They wonder. They ask questions. They’re doing what real scientists and mathematicians do: observing, hypothesising, testing, concluding.

It’s the difference between reading about multiplication and actually holding your fingers up to figure it out. It’s the difference between being told that flowers follow mathematical patterns and counting petals yourself to prove it. These sessions stick because children don’t just learn maths, they become mathematicians.

Book Your Junior Einsteins Maths Week Experience

Primary schools across Ireland can book Junior Einsteins to deliver these amazing hands-on, inquiry-based maths sessions directly to your students during Maths Week Ireland. Whether you choose Marvellous Magical Maths for a deep dive into the history and trickery of numbers, or Mother Nature’s Secret Math Code to uncover the Fibonacci Sequence through real plants and specimens, your Junior Einsteins will walk away mesmerised and genuinely changed in how they see mathematics.

These sessions work for mixed-ability groups from ages 6 upwards. They fit neatly into a morning or afternoon. One visit and your school will understand why Junior Einsteins has earned its reputation: we make maths irresistible.

Schools and venues can book us to come in and deliver these amazing, hands-on, inquiry-based, screen-free maths sessions.

Why Now?

Maths Week Ireland exists to make maths accessible, fun, and genuinely interesting to everyone. That’s exactly what we do. We’re not delivering lessons; we’re delivering wonder. We’re showing children that the universe speaks mathematics, and that they, right now at 7 or 8 or 9 years old, are fluent enough to understand it.

This October 10-18, let your school be part of 21 years of making maths irresistible.

Get in touch to book your Junior Einsteins Maths Week session today.

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There’s a moment every educator recognises. A child asks a question about water—”Why does ice float?” or “Where does rain come from?”—and suddenly, you see it. That spark of genuine curiosity. The beginning of real scientific thinking.

That moment is where everything starts.

Water seems simple. We drink it, swim in it, watch it fall from the sky. But water is profoundly complex—and that complexity is what makes it so fascinating. It’s the molecule that made life possible. The force that shaped our island for thousands of years. The resource that will define our future.

This November 8–15, Science Week Ireland celebrates exactly that with the theme Water: From Molecule to Ocean. And there’s no better time to bring that curiosity alive in your school or organisation through hands-on, inquiry-based science.

Why Water Science Matters Right Now

Ireland’s relationship with water runs deep. Over 7,500 km of coastline. Rivers that guided our ancestors. Peatlands and wetlands that sustain our ecosystems. Lakes that reflect our sky. Yet today, our waters face unprecedented pressures—from climate change, pollution, and the demands of a growing world.

But here’s the hopeful part: Irish researchers are at the forefront of understanding water in all its forms. From its molecular behaviour to its role in biodiversity, from conservation to innovation, the science of water is shaping how we care for our planet.

When young people understand water science—not from a textbook, but through doing it—everything shifts. They stop seeing water as something to take for granted. They start seeing it as something to protect, to innovate with, to understand deeply.

The Science of Water

Water seems simple. H₂O. But water is profoundly complex.

At the molecular level, water’s unique properties—its ability to dissolve, conduct electricity, expand when frozen—make life possible. Understanding why ice floats (most substances sink when frozen; water does the opposite) is understanding something fundamental about why our planet works.

In our ecosystems, water systems support biodiversity and regulate our climate. Rivers aren’t just water flowing downhill. They’re habitats. They’re nutrient pathways. They’re history written in stone and sediment.

In human health and innovation, water quality directly impacts wellbeing. The science of water treatment, desalination, and conservation is literally the science of survival and thriving.

Every one of these questions—molecular, ecological, practical—starts with curiosity. With observation. With kids asking why and having space to discover answers themselves.

The Power of Hands-On Water Science

Here’s what we know works: when children do science rather than just read about it, everything changes.

Instead of memorising that water has a high specific heat capacity, students observe how water cools differently than other liquids. Instead of learning about water cycles from a diagram, they create miniature water cycle systems and watch them work. Instead of being told that water dissolves certain substances, they test different materials and discover which ones dissolve and why.

In those moments—when a child realises they can understand something they thought was complicated, when they ask their own questions and find answers through experimentation—that’s when curiosity becomes their thing. When science becomes possible for them.

What Junior Einsteins Science Club®Brings to Science Week Ireland

Junior Einsteins Science Club is built on exactly this philosophy: hands-on, inquiry-based discovery where children ask questions and find answers themselves.

For Science Week Ireland, we bring workshops and experiences that make water science real:

Water Molecule Investigations: The Tiny Forces That Hold Everything Together

Water looks like nothing, but it’s actually extraordinary. Your students will explore why ice floats (nearly everything else sinks when it freezes—water is showing off). They’ll test surface tension by floating needles on water without them sinking. They’ll discover why salt water and fresh water behave differently, and why your fingers wrinkle in the bath after ten minutes but don’t turn to soup. Every experiment is something they design and test themselves, and every discovery is genuine science, not a trick they’ve been shown.

Ecosystem Studies: What Lives in the Water Around You—And Why It Matters

A freshwater river or lake isn’t just water. It’s a neighbourhood. Your students will investigate the creatures that live there, the plants they depend on, and the delicate chains that hold it all together. They’ll learn to use real scientific tools to observe and classify what they find. If you’re near a river or pond, we can take samples and test them in real time. Your Junior Einsteins will become the people who understand what their local water is telling them.

Water Treatment and Innovation: Making Filthy Water Drinkable

This is real engineering. Your students will design and build water filters using sand, gravel, and charcoal—the same methods water companies use. They’ll see what happens when you put muddy water through them, and discover why some designs work and others fail spectacularly. They’ll test pH levels and understand why some water is safe to drink and some isn’t. By the end, they’ll know exactly how the water gets from the tap to their glass, and why people whose water supply is broken have such a massive problem.

Inquiry-Based Experiments: Children as Real Scientists

Every activity follows the scientific method. Your students don’t get told “here’s what will happen.” They predict. They test. They observe. They’re wrong sometimes—and that’s the best part, because failure is data. They learn to ask better questions. They discover what they didn’t expect. That’s how real scientists work, and that’s how every Junior Einsteins session works.

Real-World Connections: Your Water, Your Rivers, Your Responsibility

Every activity links back to their water—the rivers they know, the rain that falls on their school, the taps in their homes. They’ll understand why water is precious, why pollution matters, and why the choices they make today affect the water tomorrow. Science stops being abstract and becomes urgent and personal.

Why Book Junior Einsteins Science Shows and STEM Workshops for Science Week Ireland

Science Week is the perfect moment. Schools and organisations across Ireland are celebrating water science. But celebration is more powerful when it’s real.

When your students conduct a water quality test on a local river sample. When they understand what they’re testing for and why it matters. When they realise their school’s water use matters to the ecosystem—that’s when science becomes theirs.

We offer:

• Flexible dates: November 8–15 (or dates that work for your school)
• Customised workshops: Tailored to your students’ ages and curriculum
• Full facilitation: We handle materials, setup, and all the inspiration
• Connection to real science: Every activity links to actual environmental science and conservation

Making a Difference

Science literacy isn’t about memorising facts. It’s about developing the habits of mind that let us understand the world, question what we’re told, and imagine solutions to the challenges ahead.

Our children will inherit a world where water is increasingly precious. They’ll need to understand water science—not to pass exams, but to make decisions, solve problems, and protect what sustains us all.

That’s what hands-on science education does. It builds the next generation of thinkers, problem-solvers, and stewards.

Ready to Make Science Week Ireland Unforgettable?

Contact Junior Einsteins Science Club today to book a hands-on water science experience for your school or organisation.

• Flexible dates: November 8–15, 2026
• All ages: Primary and secondary students
• Customised: We tailor workshops to your needs and curriculum
• Full support: Everything from materials to facilitation

Let’s bring the wonder of water science to your students. Because when kids do hands-on science, they discover what’s possible. They discover that they can understand the world. They discover that science is theirs.

Celebrate Science Week Ireland 2026

November 8–15 | Theme: Water: From Molecule to Ocean

• Explore events at scienceweek.ie
• Book a Junior Einsteins experience for your school
• Ask a young person: “Where does our water come from?” and explore the answer together
• Discover how Irish researchers are protecting our waters

Because water connects us all. And understanding water might just be the most important science of our time.

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I’ll never forget the first time I looked through a telescope and saw Jupiter’s moons. It was a moment of pure awe—the realisation that what I was seeing wasn’t just a picture in a textbook, but real objects in real space. That moment changed something in me. It made the universe feel possible.

That’s what World Space Week does. It takes the vastness of space and brings it within reach, reminding us that humans have always looked up, asked questions, and dared to go further.

This October 4–10, schools and organizations across the country are celebrating Rocket Revolution—the theme of World Space Week 2026. But celebration is more powerful when it’s hands-on.

Dates: October 4–10, 2026 Theme: Rocket Revolution Make it unforgettable: Bring Junior Einsteins Science Club to your school

Why Rockets Matter—And Why Kids Need to Experience Them

A rocket is more than engineering. It’s proof that human curiosity has no limits.

On October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 orbited Earth. Sixty-nine years later, we’re living in the Rocket Revolution—and your students can be part of that story, not just read about it.

When young people build a rocket. When they understand why it works. When they feel the thrill of launching something they designed—that’s when science becomes real. That’s when they start seeing themselves as capable of understanding the universe. Junior Einsteins Science Club® celebrating World Space Week 

What Junior Einsteins Brings to World Space Week

Our hands-on STEM workshops transform space science from theory into experience. Your students don’t just learn about rockets—they engineer them. They don’t just read about thrust and gravity—they test them. Junior Einsteins Science Club® celebrating World Space Week 

We offer:

• Rocket engineering challenges: Design, build, and launch paper or water rockets
• Space exploration workshops: Navigate the solar system, understand orbits, explore the science of spaceflight
• Physics in action: Hands-on experiments with propulsion, gravity, and motion
• Inquiry-based learning: Students ask questions, test ideas, discover answers themselves
• All ages, all abilities: From curious beginners to budding engineers, our facilitators meet every learner where they are

Why Book Junior Einsteins Science Club® for World Space Week

Junior Einsteins Science Club® at World Space Week is the perfect moment to ignite that curiosity about space and science. But to truly celebrate, you need experiences that stick—that make science feel alive.

When your students launch a rocket they built. When they understand the physics behind it. When they realise they can do this—that’s the moment everything changes.

Junior Einsteins Science Club® celebrating World Space Week 

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There’s something magical that happens when a child’s eyes light up at a science show when they ask their first “why” question, when they realise they can solve problems by observing and testing. That spark—curiosity in its purest form—is what Science Literacy Week celebrates across Canada every October.

This year, we’re inviting schools and venues across Ontario to make the week unforgettable by bringing Junior Einsteins Science Club into your community.

Dates: October 4–11, 2026 Theme: Curiosity Unleashed Available: Ontario schools and venues

Why Science Literacy Week Matters

As someone who’s spent years nurturing young scientists through hands-on discovery, We’ve learned that curiosity isn’t something to be taught. It’s something to be unleashed. Children arrive in the world bursting with questions and wonder. Our job as educators and communities is to protect that spark and give it space to grow.

This year’s theme, Curiosity Unleashed, feels particularly vital. In an age of screens and structured schedules, we’re seeing curiosity squeezed out by curriculum boxes and test scores. Science Literacy Week is a reminder that real scientific thinking—the kind that builds problem-solvers, critical thinkers, and confident learners—begins with genuine, messy, wonderful questions.

What Junior Einsteins Science Club® Ontario Brings

Junior Einsteins Science Club® is built on hands-on, inquiry-based discovery. We don’t lecture—we facilitate wonder. Our facilitators create immersive STEM experiences where children ask questions, test hypotheses, build, experiment, and discover. Whether it’s robotics, engineering challenges, life sciences investigations, or physics play, every session sparks that vital curiosity.

Perfect for Science Literacy Week, our programmes:

• Engage all learners: From the confident scientist to the curious newcomer, our sessions meet children where they are

• Make science tangible: No abstract concepts—just real materials, real problems, and real “aha!” moments

• Build confidence: When children experience themselves as capable scientists, everything changes

• Align with your curriculum: Our sessions complement, strengthen and enhance primary science learning while going deeper into hands-on exploration

Bringing JESC to Your School or Venue

Science Literacy Week Canada is the perfect time to spark curiosity in your community. Whether you’re a primary school, a community centre, a library, or an educational venue, we can tailor an experience that fits your space and your students.

We offer:

• Single workshops for a year group or whole school assembly

• Multi-day programmes that build throughout the week

• Customised themes aligned with your curriculum or interests

• Family events that bring parents and caregivers into the science experience

Imagine your school on October 4th: children building, questioning, laughing, discovering. That’s Science Literacy Week done right.

The Bigger Picture

Science literacy isn’t about memorising the periodic table or passing exams. It’s about developing the habits of mind that let us understand the world, question what we’re told, and imagine solutions to the challenges ahead.

We live in a time of complex problems—climate change, health crises, technological shifts. The young people who will solve these problems need to see science not as some distant, intimidating field, but as a way of thinking that’s available to them. They need to feel permission to be curious, to experiment, to fail and try again.

That’s what Junior Einsteins Science Club creates. One curious child at a time.

Ready to Bring Curiosity to Your School?

Contact us today to book a Junior Einsteins Science Club experience for Science Literacy Week.

• Flexible dates: October 4–11 (or nearby dates to suit your schedule)

• Quick turnaround: We can arrange programmes at short notice

• Full support: We handle setup, facilitation, and all materials

Reach out to discuss what would work best for your school or venue. Let’s make Science Literacy Week 2026 unforgettable.

Because the future belongs to the curious. And curiosity, once unleashed, is unstoppable.

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(289) 980-8885

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Your child walks in on Monday and builds a bridge that holds weight. Wednesday, they are lifting real fingerprints from a crime scene. Friday, they are making slime from polymers. The following week, the curriculum shifts entirely. Next week, something completely different happens.After-School Science Clubs. Years of Science every week , Nothing Ever the Same Twice

This is what Junior Einsteins After-School and Saturday Science Clubs really are. Not activities to fill the time. An education in how to think.

The Breadth Is the Point

We run after-school science clubs weekly, Monday through Friday, at primary schools. Some franchisees also run Saturday clubs in community spaces. Either way, your Junior Einstein, aged 6 to 12, gets access to years of curriculum. No topic repeats. Ever.

Week one might be Slimy Slime, polymers under a microscope. Week two, Blubber Gloves, exploring how animals survive in extreme temperatures. Then comes Light the Lightsabre, quantum physics with a Van de Graaff generator that makes their hair stand on end. Forensic Crime Scene investigations. Create Your Own Freaky Fossil. Engineering Bridges. Make Your Own Compass using magnetism. Pumping Heart to understand how blood circulates. Crusty Old Earth, digging into geology. Rocket Races. DNA Banana Split. Dr Bones and real skeletons. Volcano experiments. Bernoulli’s Flying Machines and the science of flight.

And that is just scratching the surface. The curriculum keeps going: Brain Olympics using neuroscience, RoboCreators where they build working robots, TechInsect labs, CSI Detectives, Plasma Balls, Bioluminescence, Pond Explorers, Disaster Defenders building storm-proof structures, Solar Oven Engineering, Pneumatics, Periscope building, Spectrometers. They learn Marvellous Magical Maths through science. They explore the Solar System and train as Junior Astronauts. They do Biomimicry, studying how nature solves problems. Sonic Science, The Science of Fire, Climate Quest, Tensegrity Engineering.

Every. Single. Topic. Different.

How They Learn

Screen-free. Completely. They are not watching videos or filling worksheets. They are at a bench with real equipment, real questions, and permission to figure things out themselves.

It is messy. Deliberately. They get their hands dirty because that is where learning lives. Chemistry that bubbles and fizzes. Reactions that change colour. Slime that stretches. Potions that look impossible but work. Non-Newtonian fluids. Elephant Toothpaste erupting across the bench.

It is interactive and inquiry-based. A Junior Einstein forms a hypothesis. They test it. It fails. They ask why. They try again. They discover something. That is how critical thinking actually builds. Not from being told to think critically. From doing something, getting it wrong, and figuring out what went wrong.

What They’re Really Learning

Yes, they learn science. But the real learning is deeper. They learn how to solve problems because they are at a bench solving them. They learn teamwork because they are working in small groups of four or five, negotiating how to build a rocket that launches, or a bridge that holds weight. They learn resilience and how to embrace failure because half their experiments fail, and they get to discover why that matters.

They learn critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, communication. They learn that making mistakes is how you figure things out. They learn that asking a good question beats having the answer handed to you.

By week four, you notice the shift in how they talk about science. By term’s end, they are the one asking to do more.

The Make-and-Take Is Secondary

Yes, they come home with a fossil they cast, a working rocket, slime, a periscope, a working circuit. These are real, and they matter. They extend the learning beyond the session. They spark conversations at the dinner table. They sit on the shelf as proof: I did this.

But the take-home object is not the point. The point is the child who built it, tested it, explained it, and left that club knowing they can do hard things.

Where and How to Book

After-School Science Clubs run weekly, Monday through Friday, at primary schools. Some communities also have Saturday Science Clubs in local spaces.

Find your club and book your child’s place: https://junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com/science-clubs-list/

Years and years of curriculum. New every week. Screen-free. Hands-on. Messy. Real.

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Halloween is coming, and we are not talking about a sugar rush. We are talking about the moment your child’s face lights up when a potion actually bubbles, when slime glows in the dark, when they realise that real science is far more thrilling than any costume. Spooky Science: The Halloween Camp Where Real Magic Happens

Junior Einsteins Science Club runs Halloween camps for children aged 6 to 12, and they are nothing like sitting in front of a screen. This is hands-on, dress-up-in-a-lab-coat science. The kind that sticks with them.

What Happens in Our Spooky Science Camps

Picture this: your child in their very own lab coat and safety goggles, gathered around a real science bench with three other Junior Einsteins. They are making glow-in-the-dark slime that actually glows. They are watching potions bubble and change colour right in front of them. They are lifting real fingerprints from a crime scene they have just (safely) created. They are casting their own fossils, building storm-proof structures, launching rockets, and discovering exactly why things work the way they do.

Every experiment is designed to surprise them. The science is always the star. And the best part? They are solving real problems, working as a team, and having the kind of fun that comes from actual discovery, not from being handed an answer.

A Different Kind of Holiday

Most mid term school holiday camps fill the days. Our camps fill the mind. When your child comes home with their glow-in-the-dark creation, their fossil, their working rocket, or their detective fingerprint card, they will spend the evening explaining it to you. That is not busy work. That is learning that lasts.

We know the October half-term can be a puzzle. You need something that keeps them engaged. We offer something better, something that lights up their curiosity for weeks after the camp ends.

The Details You Need

Our Halloween camps run during the school holidays, with sessions designed for small groups so every child gets real lab time, real attention, real success. Children aged 6 to 12 explore the full range of experiments, with activities naturally scaling to what each age group is ready for.

You can find all the booking details, dates, and how to reserve your child’s place on our website: www.junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com

Book early. These camps fill quickly, and for good reason.

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