Who is going to the Science Festival? http://www.moray.ac.uk/moray-college/about/science-festivals.php
Where is Moray? http://www.thisismoray.com/moray-road-travel-c55.html
What is on at the Moray Science Festival?
WORKSHOPS
All Creatures Great and Small (Tues & Wed)
Come and meet Monty the Python; Rosie the Tarantula and lots of other beasties.
Taste Bud Challenge ( Tues & Wed)
Do you know that you taste with your eyes and nose as well as your mouth? Take this challenge and see if you can guess the flavour with only your eyes and then your nose! Also come and find out about acids and see how they affect what you taste.
Build a Beast (Falconer Museum ) (Wed & Thurs)
Explore the adaptations of real animal specimens from the museum collection. Imagine climate change has raised sea levels and design adaptations to your animal to suit the new conditions.
Renewable Energy (Tues, Wed & Thurs)
What does the term renewable energy mean? Play lots of interactive games to find out the use of renewable energy resources.
Cosmic Dome (Thurs & Friday)
Identify the stars you can see in the sky at night. Where is Orion’s belt – is it holding up his trousers?
K’NEX
Windmill challenge - use K’NEX to make the best wind power models.
Scotland Landscape
Discover the geology of Scotland, touch and feel and look through the magnifying glasses to find out how the rocks are formed.
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Deserts and Mountains:
This is Scotland + Why do earthquakes happen? What is happening under your feet? Find out what is happening in the world e.g. eruptions, floods and earthquakes guaranteed!
Busy Bees
Will you be the scout locating the honey or will you follow the crowd but only when you’ve done the waggle daggle dance to discover where the honey is will you be happy.
Beat the chill
Its cold out there what would happen if an Ice age occurred. Discover what the environmental effects might be. See your own Ice age before your very eyes!
The Life and death of Susie the Salmon
Discover how Susie Salmon changes as she gets older. Become a living part of her lifecycle and see how she adapts.
Hide n Seek
Look out for the camel, find out why animals live in different habitats? Can you be the fastest to put them in the correct Biome?
Baisse travels the world
Follow the adventures of Baisse the raindrop as it goes through the water cycle and the changes he goes through around the world. Become the raindrop and act out the water cycle.
Flaming Fire
- Could you put out a forest fire? Make your own forest and set it alight then discover how to put it out by making your own extinguisher.
Bacteria your own little world
-How clean are your hands? Come and see what lurks on them underneath a UV light. Finish by making your own special bacteria.
Asteroid Acne
Why do surfers like the Moon? Discover how the moon affects the tide and what causes the moons acne.
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