Kids Dig Science @ Spazju Kreattiv is a concept thought up by the Science in the City team at the Malta Chamber of Scientists.
This season, the team will meet with scientists to find out the latest in all that is science, then cut it down to size for children above the age of six.
Last year the puppets told stories of parasitism and symbiosis, tackled the ever-growing waste issue, explained that light travels in straight lines and visited every planet in the solar system, ranging from those that are burning to those that are gaseous or frozen.
The children worked as palaeontologists, studying dinosaur fossils, which inevitably came to life, extracted DNA from bananas and discovered that the sensory network is situated in the brain. They purified water, held real-life earthworms and played tug of war. This season promises to be just as fun.
This year the team plans to investigate maths and how it is used in everyday life, how the atmosphere protects us from certain annihilation, delving deeper into the wonders of biodiversity, shocking the children with fun facts on electricity and add a glow to Christmas with fluorescence.
From tectonics to acids and bases, the programme for this season promises to be a blast.
This combination of interactive theatre and hands-on science experiments, games and crafts, allows the young to tap into their desire to explore and discover. It teaches them to problem solve in the most creative of ways.
Kids Dig Science is being held today at Studio A, St James Cavalier, Valletta, between 3 and 5pm. Tickets may be obtained at http://ticketenginex.kreattivita.org .