ScienceO3
27-Feb-12, 11:55
Science O3 is hosting the 2012 Caithness International Science Festival over the week of 10th to 16th March 2012.
As well as the usual schools programme, which will bring 8 science workshops and performances to local primary schools, there is a public science fair over the weekend of 10th and 11th March in Caithness Horizons (Saturday 10th March) and Wick Assembly Rooms (Sunday 1th March), from 10am to 4pm daily.
The fair will comprise "hands on" workshops with jumping beans, periscopes, climbing sailors. kites, balancing butterflies and buggies, K'nex modelling and computer programming, as well as exhibits from local science groups showcasing digital photography, whales and dolphins, the flora and fauna of Caithness, solar telescopes and stomp rockets, the Highland Solar System and weather forecasting. There will be a robotic arm challenge courtesy of UHI and local primary schools will be presenting a "molecule dance" under the direction of David Hunter of Eden Court Creative.
Speakers from the Institute of Physics, Edinburgh's Dynamic Earth and the Scottish Association for Marine Science will present talks on biofuels, techtonic plates and the Arctic.
Admission to the Fair is £4 adults and £2 children and £10 families. There is a 25% discount on offer for tickets purchased before 9th March 2012 - tickets are available from Caithness Horizons or from KP Technology, 12A Burn Street Wick (opp. Wick Swimming Pool).
There is also a free public event on Tuesday, 13th March 2012 at Pulteneytown Academy School, with presentations from Festival guest speaker Professor of Physics Louise Dolan of the University of North Carolina and Princeton University, "Fur, Feathers, Skin and Scales" from Generation Science, a family challenge and molecule modelling with Pat Duchart and Science@Cwaben and a performance from James Soper entitled "Juiced - the 1,000 Volt Electricity Show".
For more information visit our website at www.science03.org (http://www.science03.org) or email [email protected].
As well as the usual schools programme, which will bring 8 science workshops and performances to local primary schools, there is a public science fair over the weekend of 10th and 11th March in Caithness Horizons (Saturday 10th March) and Wick Assembly Rooms (Sunday 1th March), from 10am to 4pm daily.
The fair will comprise "hands on" workshops with jumping beans, periscopes, climbing sailors. kites, balancing butterflies and buggies, K'nex modelling and computer programming, as well as exhibits from local science groups showcasing digital photography, whales and dolphins, the flora and fauna of Caithness, solar telescopes and stomp rockets, the Highland Solar System and weather forecasting. There will be a robotic arm challenge courtesy of UHI and local primary schools will be presenting a "molecule dance" under the direction of David Hunter of Eden Court Creative.
Speakers from the Institute of Physics, Edinburgh's Dynamic Earth and the Scottish Association for Marine Science will present talks on biofuels, techtonic plates and the Arctic.
Admission to the Fair is £4 adults and £2 children and £10 families. There is a 25% discount on offer for tickets purchased before 9th March 2012 - tickets are available from Caithness Horizons or from KP Technology, 12A Burn Street Wick (opp. Wick Swimming Pool).
There is also a free public event on Tuesday, 13th March 2012 at Pulteneytown Academy School, with presentations from Festival guest speaker Professor of Physics Louise Dolan of the University of North Carolina and Princeton University, "Fur, Feathers, Skin and Scales" from Generation Science, a family challenge and molecule modelling with Pat Duchart and Science@Cwaben and a performance from James Soper entitled "Juiced - the 1,000 Volt Electricity Show".
For more information visit our website at www.science03.org (http://www.science03.org) or email [email protected].