A highlight of Kerry Science Festival, this fully public event offers over 600 free, interactive workshop places across a single day on Saturday November 14th at MTU Kerry North Campus.
In keeping with the festival’s 2026 theme of Water, now in its 11th year, every activity on the day centres on water science. Hands-on experiments let participants explore water chemistry and the water cycle, testing, measuring and observing how water behaves and moves through our environment. A bubbles workshop explores the science of surface tension, showing how water and soap combine to create bubbles of different shapes and sizes. A scavenger hunt runs throughout the day, encouraging families to move between activities and discover water science around the venue. Alongside these, immersive technologies bring ocean ecosystems and wetland habitats to life, giving visitors the chance to step into environments that are otherwise difficult to reach and to see how they function and why they matter.
Workshops are designed for mixed ages, so families can take part together and children, young people and adults can all engage at their own level. The event is delivered by Munster Technological University in collaboration with local partners.
This event is open to the public and all places are FREE.
