With so many children around the world and so many presents to deliver, transportation can be a bit tricky for Santa!  What happens when something goes wrong? What happens if Santa can’t find the right present for the right kid when he lands on the roof? 

With so many children around the world and so many presents to deliver, transportation can be a bit tricky for Santa!&nbsp; What happens when something goes wrong? What happens if Santa can&rsquo;t find the right present for the right kid when he lands on the roof?&nbsp;

Ever wondered how Father Christmas manages to deliver presents to millions of children across the world – all in one night?

From quantum physics and wormholes to designing the most aerodynamic sleigh, there’s a lot of clever stuff that goes on behind-the-scenes to make the Christmas period so magical!

Santamory is in charge of all the science and technology at the North Pole and he'll show you the secrets to how Christmas goes so smoothly!

The Science of Christmas: How Santa Delivers Presents

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Transporting Presents

Marina and Map App explore the technology that will help us work together to create microgrids to share energy, and the tech super powers that will help.

Marina and Map App explore the technology that will help us work together to create microgrids to share energy, and the tech super powers that will help.

Marina Ventura and The Micro-Gridders: The Super Squad

1. Fur Das Kind

2. Cnihtengild Statue

3. St Helen's Bishopsgate

St Helen's Place

5. Austin Friars and the Dutch Church

6. Drapers Hall

7. Boundary Marker

8. St Botolph's & Victorian Turkish Bath House

9. Kindertransport

Professor Horatio Pendulum has a confession to make. The Chronosphere — his magnificent machine, hidden beneath the Timeporium Clock Shop — was only ever meant to peer safely into history. Instead he's overloaded it, torn a rift in time and scattered fragments of the past across the City of London. Roman soldiers are marching through the streets. There's a smell of burning bread in the air. And history, as the Professor puts it, is leaking.

That's where you come in. Join Dan and Bex as they follow the Chronosphere's riddles from landmark to landmark, meeting the lost travellers stranded in the wrong century — and helping every single one of them find the way home.

Before you set off: download the Time Hunter handbook for the map, the facts and space to write down everything you find. And pick yourself a suitably ancient alias while you're at it — Caesar Saladus if you're feeling peckish, Octavius Oops if you're a bit clumsy.

Professor Horatio Pendulum has a confession to make. The Chronosphere &mdash; his magnificent machine, hidden beneath the Timeporium Clock Shop &mdash; was only ever meant to peer safely into history. Instead he's overloaded it, torn a rift in time and scattered fragments of the past across the City of London. Roman soldiers are marching through the streets. There's a smell of burning bread in the air. And history, as the Professor puts it, is leaking.
That's where you come in. Join Dan and Bex as they follow the Chronosphere's riddles from landmark to landmark, meeting the lost travellers stranded in the wrong century &mdash; and helping every single one of them find the way home.
Before you set off: download the Time Hunter handbook for the map, the facts and space to write down everything you find. And pick yourself a suitably ancient alias while you're at it &mdash; Caesar Saladus if you're feeling peckish, Octavius Oops if you're a bit clumsy.

The Circular Trail: a free Time Hunters history walk around the City of London

We know it makes sense to save money for a raining day – but how can we save energy for when it’s needed?  Marina and Map App find out about the clever technology meeting this challenge.

We know it makes sense to save money for a raining day &ndash; but how can we save energy for when it&rsquo;s needed? &nbsp;Marina and Map App find out about the clever technology meeting this challenge.

Transporting Presents

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