Children's Buckyball workshops

Children's Buckyball workshops have been held in Australia, Japan, Italy, Malaysia, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Colombia, Chile, Spain, USA and India. Virtual workshops have been held with participants in Iceland, across Australia and Venezuela.

Child taking part in the Buckyball workshop
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Workshops have been held at schools in the UK and at ten British Association meetings in the 1990s, by the Vega science trust.

Diego Forlan and John O’Shea of Manchester United, and Del Piero of Juventus in Torino, have been engaged in the programme.

Articles and videos

Jon Hare describes building a Buckyball model
Children taking part in the Buckyball workshop
Harry Kroto with a child taking part in a Buckyball workshop.
Children taking part in the Buckyball workshop
Children taking part in the Buckyball workshop
Children taking part in the Buckyball workshop
Harry Kroto with a child taking part in a Buckyball workshop.
Child taking part in the Buckyball workshop
Harry Kroto with a child taking part in a Buckyball workshop.
Child taking part in the Buckyball workshop
Child taking part in the Buckyball workshop
Children taking part in the Buckyball workshop

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