Discover science with real scientists from University of Edinburgh for fun, family-friendly hands-on activities, workshops and shows from 1 – 15 April.
Free drop-in activities run daily 10am to 5pm – no tickets required. Ticketed workshops and shows are on the dates below and some are free!

Tickets are available from the Science Festival box office 0844 557 2686 or, if there are tickets left, during the event at the Science Festival ticket desk in the Museum.

Drop-in activities

Free! No tickets required. Drop in to Level 2 of the Museum Learning Centre any time 10am – 5pm. For all ages, although some activities are unsuitable for very young children.

SCI-FUN

A wide range of hands-on science exhibits for a wide range of people! Find more SCI-FUN activities on Level 4 too.

6-10 April

CSI at the Museum

There has been a crime at the Museum! Use Chemistry and Maths to solve it.

1-5 April

Higgs or no Higgs?

That’s the big question for Particle Physics in 2012.

1-10 April

Human and Animal Medicine

Discover what Med and Vet scientists are doing to keep people and animals healthy.

11-15 April

Our Earth

Explore some of the forces which shaped our earth, and how we can protect it.

1-5 April

Microworld

Find out how biologists use microscopes to make discoveries, and have a go yourself!

6-10 April

Pop-up Engineering

Make pop-ups – ingenious engineering mechanisms where flat cardboard shapes spring into exciting 3D models.

1-5 April

Workshops

Tickets required. Museum Learning Centre Level 4.

Life Through a Lens

Travel back through time to meet the first scientists, get hands-on with microscopes and make your own scientific discoveries!

13, 14, 15 April, 11.30am and 2pm

Age 8+

Tickets £3

Duration 90 minutes

Shows

Free! Tickets required. Museum Auditorium and George Square Theatre.

The Chemistry Show

Paul Murray returns with exciting experiments and some laughs. You might even learn something!

1-5 April, 11am

All ages

Duration 45 minutes

Museum auditorium

The Senses Show

Discover with the SCI-FUN team, how our brain interacts with our senses, and how things are not always as they seem.

6, 9, 10 April, 2pm

7 April, 11am

Age 8+

Duration 45 minutes

Museum auditorium

Dr Bunhead’s Bigger Bang Theory

In the beginning was the word, and the word was BANG! TV’s most extreme scientist, Dr Bunhead, investigates the science of bangs, burps and whooshy bits. Audience volunteers help launch rockets, blow up Barbie and detonate Sponge Bob Rectangle Pants.

7-8 April, 3pm; 9 April 11.30am

£5.50 child, £4.50 adult,  £18 family ticket

Age 7+

Duration 1 hour

George Square Theatre

Alness Academy team becomes Young Engineers Club of the Year 2012
http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/news/newsreleases/2012/March/2012-03-19-06.htm

An all-girl team of S3 pupils from Alness Academy have now added the UK Young Engineers Club of the Year 2012 award to their Scottish Science and Engineering Club of the Year 2011 award following their success at scooping the top team prize at the “Big Bang” Science and Engineering event held at Birmingham on 15 – 17 March.

Details of next month’s Fife Science Festival have been launched. For the first time in its history, Fife Science Festival has been extended to Dunfermline, with events also heading to St Andrews, Buckhaven, Burntisland, Glenrothes, Tayport and Kirkcaldy.

Funded by the Scottish Government, the Edina Trust and Podium (the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games), the festival will involve a diverse range of free events for schools and the general public.

A week-long science week will also held at Denbeath Primary School in Buckhaven with engineering insights at Adam Smith College in Glenrothes and wireless wonders at Museum of Communication at Burntisland. Secondary school pupils will also get the chance to make a prize-winning robot, while a lecture will explore what life would be like without evolution.

For more information, please contact Alexandra Forrest, Festivals and Events Officer, Dundee Science Centre on 01382 228800 or visit www.fifesciencefestival.org.uk <http://www.fifesciencefestival.org.uk>

http://www.fifesciencefestival.org.uk/

Details of next month’s Fife Science Festival have been launched. For the first time in its history, Fife Science Festival has been extended to Dunfermline, with events also heading to St Andrews, Buckhaven, Burntisland, Glenrothes, Tayport and Kirkcaldy.

http://www.fifesciencefestival.org.uk/




Funded by the Scottish Government, the Edina Trust and Podium (the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games), the festival will involve a diverse range of free events for schools and the general public.

A week-long science week will also held at Denbeath Primary School in Buckhaven with engineering insights at Adam Smith College in Glenrothes and wireless wonders at Museum of Communication at Burntisland. Secondary school pupils will also get the chance to make a prize-winning robot, while a lecture will explore what life would be like without evolution.

For more information, please contact Alexandra Forrest, Festivals and Events Officer, Dundee Science Centre on 01382 228800 or visit www.fifesciencefestival.org.uk <http://www.fifesciencefestival.org.uk>

The Parent Council of Dunbar Primary School is organising an amazing weekend-long science festival for families in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Borders.  We are building upon the phenomenal success of last year’s first event which attracted over 2,000 visitors and over 20 activity providers during the Sunday afternoon. This year’s extended programme is fantastic, with an incredible range of drop-in workshops and demonstrations, science shows, talks and even storytelling sessions for the wee ones. See our website for details, directions and car parking information etc. The admission charge is just £3 per adult and £2 per child, with Family Tickets (up to 5 kids) for £10.

Saturday, 10^th March (10am – 5pm) AND

Sunday 11^th March 2011 (12-5pm)

Dunbar Primary School, John Muir Campus

Website for details, directions and car parking: www.dunbarscifest.org.uk