Hands on Science - Hands on Science Festival 2008

Hands on Science Festival 2008

The First Campus Hands on Science STEM Festival will take place
between 6th-13th December 2008.
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The Festival Launch will take place on Saturday 6th December at the University of Glamorgan ATRiuM campus in Cardiff 10.30am-4pm.

This is a public event open to everyone to drop in at any time during the day.

This will include a wide variety of hands-on STEM activities, information stands and workshops including:

Christmas Science
Science Journalism
Rap Science
The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Institute of Physics
The BA
Cardiff University
University of Glamorgan
Local FE Colleges
Robots
Telescopes and Astrophysics
Cardiff Astronomical Society
And lots more!

The following events are FREE of charge to schools and the public but booking is essential:

Family Learning day: Sunday 7th December at the National Museum in Cardiff, 11am-4pm. A wookshop looking at recycling and hand made paper.

Humourology: the Comedy of Science: Sunday 7th December, Dempsey's, Castle Street Cardiff 7.30pm til late (18+)

Between Monday 8th-Friday 12th December there will be a full school's programme with a variety of workshops for KS2-5.

The Planets with Burry Port band: Saturday 13th December, UWIC, Llandaff Campus main hall, 7.30pm. The Burry Port Band will be performing Holst's Planet Suite with Professor Mark Brake introducing each of the planets though science and science fiction.

If you would like more information, or to book places for any of the events, please contact Laura Janes, Hands on Science Coordinator
lejanes@glam.ac.uk
01443 654487

Activities & Events
Science Cafe 4th August Jul 28, 2009 Science Cafe welcomes families to their second family workshop looking at fossis large and small on Tuesday 4th August. The session will be held from 6.30pm at The Gate art centre, Keppoch Street, Cardiff. All ages welsome - come and look at giant fossils and tiny ones through a microscope! Free Entry. The Planets Jul 28, 2009 Last Saturday, July 25th - saw the performance of a free concert celebrating the Apollo Moon landings and the International Year of Astronomy at the National Museum, Cardiff following on from the Astronomy Festival which took place during the day. Science Cafe 7th July Jun 16, 2009 Science Cafe will be running a family workshop on Tuesday 7th July. See poster for more information.

Activities & Events

Science Cafe 4th August Jul 28, 2009
Science Cafe welcomes families to their second family workshop looking at fossis large and small on Tuesday 4th August.

The session will be held from 6.30pm at The Gate art centre, Keppoch Street, Cardiff.

All ages welsome - come and look at giant fossils and tiny ones through a microscope!

Free Entry.

The Planets Jul 28, 2009

Last Saturday, July 25th - saw the performance of a free concert celebrating the Apollo Moon landings and the International Year of Astronomy at the National Museum, Cardiff following on from the Astronomy Festival which took place during the day.

Science Cafe 7th July Jun 16, 2009
Science Cafe will be running a family workshop on Tuesday 7th July.

See poster for more information.