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Science Festival

Science Festival for families

Join us for interactive science fun for all the family at National Museum of Scotland this spring.

Packed with hands-on science, sporting chances and the opportunity to bust a move with National Museums Scotland and University of Edinburgh, there's something for everyone.

Lab Rats Science Challenge Trail

Dates: Thursday 29 March - Sunday 15 April
Time: 10:00-17:00
Suitable for: Age 4+

There’s lots of science to discover in the museum for those Lab Rats clever enough to sniff it out. Follow your whiskers and try to complete all the challenges. Pick up your copy in the Museum from the Info Zone on Level 3 or the Science Festival Info Centre on Level 1.

Lab Rats!

Dates: Mon 2 April - Fri 6 April and Mon 9 - Fri 13 April
Times: 11:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 (25 mins)
Suitable for: Age 4+
Cost: Free (sign up on the day)
Venue: Learning Centre, Level 4

We put mini scientists through their paces in our special laboratory with some simple experiments.  It’s messy, museum and fun! Why not pick up our Lab Rats science challenge trail too?

BAFTA Game Designers Workshops

Date: Sunday 1 April
Cost: SOLD OUT

Enigma Machine

Date: Sat 7 April
Time: 13:00 (1 hr)
Suitable for: Ages 12+
Venue: Learning Centre, Level 4
Cost: Free, ticket required, book online or call 0844 557 2686

Daily Drop-in Science

Discover science with real scientists from The University of Edinburgh.
Dates: Sun 1 - Fri 15 April
Venues: Learning Centre, Level 2 and Level 4

Event

Date

Description

CSI at the Museum

 

Sunday 1 April

Learning Centre, Level 2

There has been a crime at the Museum! Use chemistry and maths to solve it.

Our Earth

 

Sunday 1 April

Learning Centre, Level 2

Explore some of the forces that shaped our Earth, and how we can protect it.

Pop-up Engineering

 

Sunday 1 – Thursday 5 April

Learning Centre, Level 2

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

Higgs or No Higgs?

 

Sunday 1 - Tuesday 10 April

Learning Centre, Level 2

That’s the big questions for particle physics in 2012.

Sci-Fun

 

Friday 6 - Tuesday 10 April

Learning Centre, Level 2

A wide range of science exhibits for a wide range of people!

Microworld

 

Friday 6 - Tuesday 10 April

Learning Centre, Level 2

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

Human and Animal Medicine

 

Wednesday 11 -  Sunday 15 April

Learning Centre, Level 2

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

University of Edinburgh ticketed events

Life through a Lens

Friday 13 – Sunday 15 April

11:30 / 14:00 (90 mins)

Learning Centre, Level 4

Suitable for: Age 8+

Cost £3: Tickets required book online or call 0844 557 2686

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

The Chemistry Show

 

Sunday 1 – Thursday 5 April

11:00 (45 mins)

Auditorium, Level 1

Cost free: Tickets required book online or call 0844 557 2686

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

The Senses Show

Fri 6 / Mon 9 / Tue 10 April 10:00 and Sat 7 April 11:00

Auditorium, Level 1

Suitable for: Age 8+

Cost free: Tickets required book online or call 0844 557 2686

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

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For more details and bookings visit www.sciencefestival.co.uk or call 0844 557 2686.

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