World record for practical science

By 2015-03-09T00:00:00

Students take part in the world record attempt

Source: © NI Science Festival

1339 children in largest science lesson ever

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the British Council and organisers at the Northern Ireland Science Festival are celebrating after successfully setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest practical science lesson.

According to official Guinness World Records adjudicator Pravin Patel the new record broke the previous benchmark by over 350 students, with 1339 children participating.

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