WORK is under way to encourage a new generation of scientists to step forward.

The weird and the wonderful are on hand at the touch of a button for classes of curious children.

Science is Great Week will culminate at the University of Teesside, in Middlesbrough, this weekend with challenges, experiences, and a planetarium.

Among the 12 hands-on exhibits from the Techniquest science centre of Cardiff are a Bernoulli blower, hydrogen rocket and wobbly bridge.