Family-Friendly STEAM Day – My Carbon Capsule Origami

Full description

This ticket includes general admission to explore our Polymorphic Carbon Library Exhibition, Graft & Glory Exhibition, The Neville Hall LEGO® Model and The Common Room Minerals and Ores Display. In line with our Covid Safety Statement, if you intend to visit as part of a group, please ensure one person in your party books all tickets.

Event Details

What will life look like in 2100? Will we all drive electric or hydrogen cars? How will we heat our homes and charge our phones? How would you like your relationship with carbon to be in the future?

Join us in our Polymorphic Carbon Library at The Common Room, and explore these questions and more. Learn about the ways carbon has impacted and intersected with our lives.

Then, capture your own thoughts and your own promise for what your relationship with carbon will look like in the future, through origami. You will be guided through a special carbon-themed origami piece – your Carbon Capsule – and invited to add your piece to our archive in the Polymorphic Carbon Library. Of course, you can take it home if you like!

Get creative – decorate your Carbon Capsule however you like. You will also have the opportunity to explore other people’s Carbon Capsules in the archive, to inspire your own.

This informal session is suitable for all ages – our staff and volunteers cater the content around you and your group.

No prior experience with origami is required.

Make sure you book for our LEGO® Mini Model Workshop too, running on the same day!

Event Timings:

Wednesday 11th August 2021

10:15am – 11am

11:15am – 12pm

12:15pm – 1pm

2pm – 2:45pm

3pm – 3:45pm

Booking information

Tickets are free for this session but booking is required, as capacity is limited to two bubbles per session. Please note, adults accompanying children will also require their own ticket. In line with our Covid Safety Statement, if you intend to visit as part of a group, please ensure one person in your party books all tickets.

Additional information

Location: Wood Hall, The Common Room, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE1 1SE

Children must be supervised at all times by a responsible adult.

Our building is fully accessible – if you have any queries about accessibility, please contact lucy.stockdale@thecommonroom.org.uk

In line with updated government advice, all visitors over the age of 16 will be asked to scan the NHS QR code or provide their name and contact details on arrival at The Common Room. Smartphone users can download the NHS COVID-19 app before arrival.

The Common Room is taking a number of precautions to mitigate the risk to the public regarding COVID-19. Visitors will be required to wear a face-covering (unless they have a medical exemption) and to practice social distancing. For further information on our COVID-19 protocol please visit our home page: www.thecommonroom.org.uk