Science Show Database
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Interested in getting a science show to come to your venue? Science shows are a fun way to get your local community involved in Science Week. The following database is compiled so that you can browse through the profiles listed and if you would like them to come to your community centre / library / school etc. you can contact them directly yourself. (The database is not designed as a booking system.)
To navigate the database you can search for shows by subject (e.g. chemistry) or audience type (e.g. primary level) so that you can find the best fit for your event.
Enjoy the fun!
Roadshows by Deirdre Kelleghan
Rapid Rockets and Wicked Robots
Description:
Rapid Rockets and Wicked Robots is a drawing workshop that teaches children about the rockets and robots used in exploring our solar system. We take a look at a selection of space vehicles such as Sputnik, Apollo, Mars Rovers, Hubble, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the Space Shuttle. We choose the space vehicle we want to draw then we produce lovely drawings on black paper with soft pastels in vivid colors .
Age Group: 7-12
Space Shuttle Endeavour by a small girl age 7 who took part in Rapid Rockets and Wicked Robots
Spirit and Opportunity by Kevin
Astronomy and Other Cool Stuff
Description:
Astronomy and other Cool Stuff is a talk about Astronomy. Children will learn how we see objects in a telescope, how space craft see the same objects. During the show we take a look at Apollo, the moon, the sun and Mars in 3 D
Age Group: 7-12
Roadshows by Helen Lloyd
Einstein Made Simple
Description:
Discover the science behind the most famous scientist ever! What do CD players and beach balls have to do with Einstein? How can you make time run slowly? This show looks at the three most famous discoveries made by Einstein in 1905. Brownian Motion proved the existence of atoms. Relativity challenged everyone's perceptions of time and space, The Photoelectric effect launched quantum mechanics and led to many developments that we use today such as lasers. But how do all these things relate to some everyday science? Using volunteers, demonstrations and lots of audience interaction, we'll get to grips with Einstein's amazing ideas and find out a bit about the work still being done to test them out today.
Age Group: 14 to 18
Reference:
Richie Byrne, Galway Science Festival
See the world in a new way! Helen Lloyd and Wendy Sadler
Beyond the Rainbow: an Invisible World
Description:
Take a journey beyond the rainbow in this whistle-stop tour of the electromagnetic spectrum. What do mobile phones, microwaves, suntans, night-vision cameras and your radio have in common? Why does your mobile phone make your radio click, and how do X-rays see through your skin? See how light can be polarised and find out why the sky is blue. Play 'guess the object' in our thermal imaging picture game, and listen to the way your TV remote control sounds! By getting to grips with the wavelength and frequency of different types of radiation, all will become clear!
Age Group: 12 to 18
Reference:
Terry Thomas, mid-Glamorgan Education Business Partnership
Wendy Sadler holding tonic water under ultraviolet light
Music to your Ears
Description:
How do we make sounds, record sounds and see sounds? This exciting presentation, with lots of demonstrations and audience interaction, reveals the secrets from the basics of sound to the latest in music technology. Witness the ultimate 'hands-free' instrument and see a musical instrument played with a blowtorch! Discover what sound is, and see what it actually looks like. Find out how our ears pick up sound, and how they can be damaged by loud music. Uncover the mysteries of how CD players and MP3 players work, and have some fun with synthesised voices! This show can be adapted by the presenter to suit a wide range of audience ages, and is suitable for family or adult presentations too.
Age Group: 7 to 18
Reference:
Martin Blamey, Careers Wales martin.blamey@cardiffandvale.org.uk
Music to your Ears!
It's Only Water… or is it?
Description:
It's Only Water!.... or is it? is an exciting, interactive science show that explores all the amazing properties of water. The show will be brought to you in the form of a trick and quiz show that involves students and teachers The show investigates all the things water can do. Can we turn water into wine? Make it explode, or even use it to crush an object? We will also look at ways to save water and at the importance of water in the global environment. Prepare to get wet!
Age Group: 7 to 11
Reference:
Martin Blamey, Careers Wales martin.blamey@cardiffandvale.org.uk
It's Only Water!