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.
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