Free Activities: Eerie Encounters

Enter a world of eerie encounters and misunderstood marvels with our Science Communication team at Dynamic Earth in our free drop-in activities that everyone can sink their teeth into.

About Free Activities: Eerie Encounters

	4th Oct 2024 to 3rd Nov 2024
	See information below for dates and times
	Dynamic Earth 112 - 116 Holyrood Gait, Edinburgh Old Town EH8 8AS
	Included in general admission
	Visit the event website here

Listed Under Family and Kids Events / Learning Events / October Half Term Events / Workshops Events

Dive into the world of carnivorous plants and craft a Venus flytrap puppet, your own flesh-eating wonder to snap and trap unsuspecting prey! From creepy crawlers to buzzing bugs, let your creativity take flight and construct your own origami insects, or get up close and personal with bugs and beasties under the microscope. Get hands-on with spooky skulls and x-rays and find out how different animal adaptations help them survive. See the world like a vicious viper in infrared and create your own slithering pal to take home. Make your own prehistoric discoveries, unearthing hidden fossils and find out more about the ferocious creatures that once roamed the Earth in our spine-tingling dinosaur digs!

These activities are free, drop-in sessions from 10am-4pm. No booking required – we’ll see you there!

October 4th – October 11th:
Fridays from 12am-4pm.
Saturday & Sunday from 10am-4pm.

October 12th – October 21st:
Monday – Sunday from 10am-4pm.

October 22nd – November 3rd:
Fridays from 12am-4pm.
Saturday & Sunday from 10am-4pm.

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Other Events at Dynamic Earth

Family and Kids

Trick or Treat Trail

2nd October 2024 - 3rd November 2024

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Join Blaize the Bat on an adventure through Dynamic Earth's exhibition to explore a world of wonders where creatures past and present slither, swim, flap and sting their way through life.

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Explore Planet Earth's epic story with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society in collaborating with Dynamic Earth on Saturday 12th October!

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18th October 2024 - 25th October 2024

Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Old Town

This October we are drawing back the curtain on some of space’s dark secrets in “What’s Up? The Fright Sky!”

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