The Discovery Centre

The Discovery Centre How do children learn best? Most educators agree; it’s through experiential activities. And that? And that’s what The Discovery Centre does.

25/08/2026

🌍☀️🌙 Ever wondered how one simple model can bring some of space’s biggest concepts to life?

Rotation. Revolution. Solar eclipse. Lunar eclipse..... sounds like something only NASA could visualize! 😂

But our STEM Club learners can see it, move it and understand it.🧠⚙️

🌍Earth's Rotation: Earth spins on its axis, causing day and night.
☀️ Earth's Revolution: Earth moves around the Sun, completing one revolution in one year.
🌑Solar eclipse: Moon moves between the Sun and Earth.
🌕Lunar eclipse:Earth moves between the Sun and Moon.

One model. Four big space concepts. 🚀

Has your child or learner ever wondered what makes them slide down on a slide?🛝🤔It looks like simple fun, but there’s so...
21/08/2026

Has your child or learner ever wondered what makes them slide down on a slide?🛝🤔

It looks like simple fun, but there’s some interesting science at work! ⚙️

Our STEM Club learners built a slide model to explore how gravity pulls them downward, while friction between the slide and their clothes affects how easily they move.🧠

Through hands-on building, they discover how forces we experience every day can be demonstrated through simple designs. 🔧✨

🎯 Ask your learner what material they would choose for the slide to create the right amount of friction for a smooth ride. 🧠🛝

Let them explore!

🛰️📡 Ever wondered how a post created thousands of kilometres away reaches your phone? 🌍Information travels between devic...
20/08/2026

🛰️📡 Ever wondered how a post created thousands of kilometres away reaches your phone? 🌍

Information travels between devices and networks through different technologies in milliseconds through light pulses in fibre-optic cables or through radio waves used by mobile networks and satellites. 🛰️⚡️

💡 This is a satellite model built by our STEM Club learners as they explore how satellites work and how they help us communicate across long distances.

📡 That dish you see pointed toward the sky is not just decoration! 😅 It communicates with satellites orbiting Earth. A satellite receives signals carrying information from Earth and sends it back down to a different location, sometimes thousands of kilometres away.

 But communication is not all satellites do! They also support GPS and navigation, weather forecasting, Earth observation, television broadcasting and scientific research. 🌦️🔭

🧠 Challenge: If your learner were to design a satellite, what job would they want it to do? Ask them!😉🛰️

HandsOnLearning

19/08/2026

🤖 Has your child or learner ever wondered how robots are built?🤔

They have probably seen robots carrying loads in factories and serving food in restaurants. But do they know the engineering behind how these robots work?

💡⚙️In our STEM Club, learners go beyond watching robots in action. By building their own mini robot powered by a small motor, they discover how electrical energy is converted into movement and explore the building blocks of robotics and engineering.

🎯 Challenge:Help your child or learner build a mini robot and discover how robots come to life.

18/08/2026

💡 Have you ever wondered why some street lights face in opposite directions?🤔

It's an engineering decision. Opposing light perfectly cancels out the shadows created by each individual light, reducing dark spots, improving visibility, and increasing safety.🧠⚡️💡

This is a working street light built by learners in our STEM Club using simple materials. Learners discovered why engineers position street lights in opposite directions and how one power source can illuminate multiple lights at the same time, creating an efficient lighting system that maximizes coverage while minimizing energy use.

🎯 Engineering Challenge: Help your child or learner design a dual-head street light that delivers the widest possible light coverage using a single power source.

06/08/2026

This game was created by a 9 year old boy in our last camp. It creates awareness of environment protection.

What started as a serious topic for adults was broken down for children using games.

🚀 Join our One-Week Coding Bootcamp and help your child move from using technology to creating it.

📅 10th–14th August 2026
💻 Online
🕙 10:00 am–12:00 noon & 2:00 pm–4:00 pm
👧🧑 Ages 8–18
💰 KES 7,500

🎮 Build games
🌐 Create websites
🤖 Explore AI applications

By the end of the week, every learner will have built a real digital project they can proudly showcase.

Spaces are being taken up fast. Book now https://www.thediscoverycentre.co.ke/coding-bootcamp-august-2026/


🤖 AI isn't the future.It's already here.Instead of simply asking AI questions, imagine your teenager learning how to bui...
03/08/2026

🤖 AI isn't the future.

It's already here.

Instead of simply asking AI questions, imagine your teenager learning how to build applications that use AI to solve real-world problems.

Our Advanced Engineers will create their own AI-powered application while gaining insight into how modern software is developed.

If your teen loves technology, this is where curiosity becomes creation.

Ages 15–18

Register today: https://www.thediscoverycentre.co.ke/coding-bootcamp-august-2026/

03/08/2026

It started as children having fun with the micro controller.

Then the children made it sound-controlled. Responding to clicks, the number changes on the board, and so does the light intensity.

🚀 Join our One-Week Coding Bootcamp and help your child move from using technology to creating it.

📅 10th–14th August 2026
💻 Online
🕙 10:00 am–12:00 noon & 2:00 pm–4:00 pm
👧🧑 Ages 8–18
💰 KES 7,500

🎮 Build games
🌐 Create websites
🤖 Explore AI applications

By the end of the week, every learner will have built a real digital project they can proudly showcase.

Spaces are being taken up fast. Book now https://www.thediscoverycentre.co.ke/coding-bootcamp-august-2026/

31/07/2026

✨ What starts with a blinking LED can become a game, a website, or even an AI application.

This is part of what the last cohort did in the coding bootcamp. A microcontroller is often a young learner’s first step into robotics —and it’s amazing what children can create when they’re given the chance to experiment, build, and solve problems.

🚀 Join our One-Week Coding Bootcamp and help your child move from using technology to creating it.

📅 10th–14th August 2026
💻 Online
🕙 10:00 am–12:00 noon & 2:00 pm–4:00 pm
👧🧑 Ages 8–18
💰 KES 7,500

🎮 Build games
🌐 Create websites
🤖 Explore AI applications

By the end of the week, every learner will have built a real digital project they can proudly showcase.

🎟 Limited spaces available.

👉 Register now:
https://www.thediscoverycentre.co.ke/coding-bootcamp-august-2026/

This August, your child won’t just use technology—they’ll build it. 💚

🔬A microscope... made from cardboard?😄 Sounds impossible, right?Not at our STEM Club! 💡 Creativity and innovation turn s...
28/07/2026

🔬A microscope... made from cardboard?😄 Sounds impossible, right?

Not at our STEM Club! 💡 Creativity and innovation turn simple materials into amazing scientific tools.

This adjustable microscope is built using cardboard and lamination paper. The project introduces learners to magnification and careful observation while encouraging creativity and innovation through hands-on engineering.

🎯 Challenge: Help your child or learner build a microscope and bring science to life.

Innovation HandsOnLearning

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