Category Archives: Secondary schools

Fife Science Festival 2012

Here are some of the creative learning opportunities on offer to schools at this years Fife Science Festival…book your places now!!!

Friday 9th March

10am-12 noon & 12:30pm-2:30pm

Terrible Trebuchets and Menacing Mangonels!

Discover the science, technology and history behind the Medieval warfare in this fun and interactive workshop from Historic Scotland!

£2 per pupil, adults free, Booking is essential-contact Historic Scotland Education Office on 0131-668-8736 or email hslearning@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

P4-P7

St Andrews Castle

The Scores

St Andrews

KY16 9AR

Monday 12th March-Friday 16th March

1:30pm-3pm

The Weird and Wonderful World of Science

At this fun and interactive school science week, children will explore science through various science experiments and activities. Members of the public have the opportunity to attend on Friday 16th march.

Free admission, non-bookable.

Primary pupils/Families

Denbeath PS

Bancraig St

Buckhaven

KY8 1JE

Tuesday 13th March

10am-3pm

Our World in Motion-Mobile Communications Workshops

Find out how easy it is to construct simple electronic circuits and how much fun it is to use them in all sorts of exciting, ingenious projects.

Free admission, booking essential. Contact Dorothy Brankin on 01506-823424

Or email dc_brankin@tiscali.co.uk to book a place/

Suitable for P4-P7.

Museum of Communication

131 High Street

Burntisland

Fife Council

KY3 9AA

Wednesday 14th March

1:30pm-6pm

Green Energy Challenge

Learn all about renewable energy and how important it is in solving our future energy needs and get the opportunity to build a wind turbine at this interactive workshop.

Free admission but booking essential. Contact Liz Allen on 01383-559117 to book your class.

Schools:P7

Whitlock Energy Collaboration Centre

Rosyth Business Park

Wood Road

Rosyth

KY11 2EA

Friday 16th March

10:30am-3:30pm

Techno Games Event

A fun interactive games workshop for secondary school pupils. Pupils work in teams to make a robot, then watch as they compete against other teams in a series of challenges. Have you got what it takes to make a prize-winning robot? Free Admission but booking essential. Contact Bill Hutchison on billhutchison@adamsmith.ac.uk to book a place.

Secondary pupils

Adam smith College

St Brycedale Campus

Brycedale Avenue

Kirkcaldy

KY1 1EX

Monday 12th March-Friday 16th March

10am-2:30pm

The Renewables Challenge

Pupils get the chance to investigate different renewable energy technologies, including wind power, solar power, hydrogen fuel cells, and more. The challenge is to build the equipment to harness the most renewable energy- and store it, if you can!

Outreach workshop. Free workshopm but booking essential. Contact Karen Ritchie at The Hydrogen Office on Karen.ritchie@the hydrogenoffice.com to book your place.

Primary Schools

Venue: various schools