SCIENCE FESTIVAL
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AGES 7+ WORKSHOP<br />
THE BACTERIAL CIRCUS <br />
Meet the physicists investigating<br />
how bacteria stick to surfaces and<br />
swim through tiny channels. In<br />
this hands-on workshop you’ll use<br />
microscopes to see bacterial cities.<br />
Watch how the bugs react to being<br />
put through their paces, learn how<br />
the bacteria can be controlled and<br />
design a pattern to corral the bugs<br />
into with light. For children aged<br />
7–11 and one accompanying adult<br />
(adults need a ticket too).<br />
ALL AGES ACTIVITY<br />
POP-UP <strong>SCIENCE</strong>: ROBOTS <br />
Join us in this hands-on activity<br />
making LEGO® robots perform<br />
simple tasks using the Scratch<br />
programming environment. The<br />
drag-and-drop interface is easy to<br />
pick up with no experience – even<br />
parents can do it! You can also<br />
have a play with pre-prepared<br />
robot-based activities – robot<br />
sumo, anyone?<br />
AGES 3+ WORKSHOP<br />
MINI ENGINEERS<br />
Build it, fix it, move it! What<br />
happens when I turn a handle?<br />
How can I lift something heavy?<br />
Explore how cogs, wheels, pulleys<br />
and all kinds of mechanics help<br />
us in our everyday lives in this<br />
construction challenge for 3–5<br />
year olds. Limited places. Pre-book<br />
for 10.30am session or book on the<br />
day in the museum for 11.30am<br />
session. Each ticket also admits<br />
one adult.<br />
ALL AGES ACTIVITY<br />
POP-UP <strong>SCIENCE</strong>:<br />
NEST BUILDING <br />
Get hands-on to find out why and<br />
how birds build nests. Explore<br />
the pieces of art and architecture<br />
that are influenced by bird nests.<br />
Examine nests from local and<br />
exotic birds, match the bird to the<br />
nest that it built and make a nest of<br />
your own to take home or leave in<br />
our special museum trees.<br />
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND<br />
Sunday 27–Wednesday 30 March<br />
3pm | 1 hour<br />
Free (ticket required )<br />
Learning Centre Level 4, Studio 1 <br />
Presented by The University of Edinburgh<br />
Monday 28–Tuesday 29 March<br />
10am–5pm | drop-in<br />
Free | Hawthornden Court<br />
Presented by Edinburgh Napier University<br />
Monday 28 March–Saturday 2 April<br />
10.30am and 11.30am | 40 mins<br />
Free (ticket required)<br />
Learning Centre Level 4, Studio 2 <br />
Presented by National Museum of Scotland<br />
Wednesday 30–Thursday 31 March<br />
10am–5pm | drop-in<br />
Free | Hawthornden Court <br />
Presented by University of St Andrews<br />
ALL AGES ACTIVITY<br />
BIO-DISCOVERIES<br />
How do tiny microscopic animals<br />
survive a drought? How can fruit<br />
flies help us understand motor<br />
neurone disease? Meet a team<br />
of biologists from The University<br />
of Edinburgh to find out what new<br />
things they’ve discovered over the<br />
past year about animals, plants<br />
and other living things. Then get<br />
hands-on and make some exciting<br />
discoveries for yourself under the<br />
microscope.<br />
AGES 8+ WORKSHOP<br />
POP-UP ENGINEERING<br />
Pop-ups may look simple, but<br />
they are ingenious engineering<br />
mechanisms. Pop in and make one<br />
yourself! Choose your favourite<br />
design, transform it from a flat<br />
cardboard shape to a magical<br />
3D model, and then decorate it<br />
with your own personal touch to<br />
take home.<br />
ALL AGES ACTIVITY<br />
AFTER THE HIGGS BOSON,<br />
WHAT’S NEXT?<br />
Enter the Cosmic Ray Doorway<br />
to discover the world of particle<br />
physics and how we can explore<br />
the building blocks of the<br />
whole universe. Drive a particle<br />
accelerator, watch cosmic rays<br />
glide through our cloud chamber,<br />
and discover why the Higgs Boson<br />
is so important.<br />
ALL AGES ACTIVITY<br />
CHILDREN AND TECHNOLOGY<br />
New technologies designed for<br />
young children are developing<br />
fast. Get hands-on, learn<br />
computing from a toy, move<br />
coloured blocks just by gesturing<br />
and discover the latest mobile and<br />
tablet learning games… Then<br />
tell us your thoughts. Researchers<br />
from Edinburgh’s Children and<br />
Technology group welcome both<br />
children and adults to explore,<br />
debate, play and share thoughts<br />
and experiences on technology in<br />
children’s lives.<br />
Thursday 31 March–Monday 4 April<br />
10am–4.30pm | drop-in<br />
Free | Learning Centre Level 2<br />
Thursday 31 March–Monday 4 April<br />
10am–4.30pm | drop-in<br />
Free | Learning Centre Level 2<br />
Thursday 31 March–Monday 4 April<br />
10am–4.30pm | drop-in<br />
Free | Learning Centre Level 2<br />
Thursday 31 March–Monday 4 April<br />
10am–4.30pm | drop-in<br />
Free | Learning Centre Level 4, Seminar Room <br />
Presented by The University of Edinburgh<br />
Presented by The University of Edinburgh<br />
Presented by The University of Edinburgh<br />
Presented by The University of Edinburgh<br />
ONLINE BOOKING: sciencefestival.co.uk BOOKING HOTLINE: 0844 557 2686<br />
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