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Aberdeen Science Centre
United Kingdom · Aberdeen · Local · See the United Kingdom profile
Visitors were introduced to digital concepts through fun, interactive activities and by designing and creating their own LEGO robotic devices to compete in exciting challenges. The workshops were delivered from September until November 2019 with an estimated engagement of 4,080;
4,080
Estimated workshop engagement (2019-09 to 2019-11)
2,040
Young people engaged (2019-09 to 2019-11)
2,040
Key influencers engaged (2019-09 to 2019-11)
494
Primary school week potential visitors (pupils plus teachers) (2019)
Details
- Maturity
- Discontinued
- Promoter
- Aberdeen Science Centre — website
- Type
- Other
- Status
- Ended
- Target groups
- Marginalised young people and children
- People reached
- 4580
- Period
- 2019-08-31 – 2019-11-30
- Keywords
- digital concepts, interactive activities, LEGO robots, isolation, deprivation
Context
Aberdeen Science Centre (ASC) ran workshops under Digital Xtra Fund (created 2016 to give young people across Scotland access to digitally creative activities and bridge the digital skills gap), targeting schools in areas of high rural isolation and high deprivation.
Objectives
Introduce visitors to digital concepts through fun, interactive activities, including designing and building LEGO robotic devices for competitive challenges.
Activities
Delivered workshops from September to November 2019, plus a primary school week of extracurricular digital workshops for local pupils and teachers.
Results
Estimated engagement of 4,080 across the September-November 2019 workshops (2,040 young people and 2,040 key influencers); the primary school week had potential visitor numbers of 494 local pupils plus teachers.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k)
- Time to results
- Short (< 1 year)
- Staffing & skills
- Aberdeen Science Centre workshop facilitators
Conditions for success
- Targeting schools in areas of high rural isolation and high deprivation to reach underserved young people
- Hands-on, competitive activity format (building LEGO robotic devices) to engage visitors with digital concepts
Commonly funded by
Philanthropic / foundation funding
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Information source — accessed 2026-06-14
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