National Science Week at the University of Cambridge draws to a close this weekend. On Saturday 24 March, 2001 there will be huge array of activities and events with something for every age. Here are just a few of the highlights, for a full programme visit our National Science Weekwebsite.
National Science Week at the University of Cambridge draws to a close this weekend. On Saturday 24 March, 2001 there will be huge array of activities and events with something for every age. Here are just a few of the highlights, for a full programme visit our National Science Weekwebsite.
National Science Week at the University of Cambridge draws to a close this weekend. On Saturday 24 March, 2001 there will be huge array of activities and events with something for every age. Here are just a few of the highlights, for a full programme visit our National Science Weekwebsite.
It's a gas!
Fun in the chemistry lab - with the help of the audience, this popular explosive lecture by Dr Peter Wothers will show the reactions and properties of different gases in the atmosphere. Warning: loud bangs!
1.30pm and 3.30pm
Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road
Talk/Lecture - suitable for age: 8
Explosive volcanic eruptions
Volcanic eruptions can cause havoc to local populations, and have a global impact on the economy and climate. Professor Herbert Huppert, from the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, will describe the exciting new theories about the behaviour of volcanoes and magma. One for the lava-lovers.
3.00pm
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Clarkson Road
Talk/Lecture - suitable for age: 11
Mind games
For thousands of years the body's interior was shrouded in mystery, but gradually new medical technologies like x-ray have brought the unknown to light. Find out how to turn yourself inside-out with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a new technology which enables us to look inside the body in three dimensions. Come and see a brain, or inside a knee using new computer visualisation software.
10.00am-12.00pm
Herchel Smith Laboratory for Medical Chemistry, Forvie Site, Robinson Way
Not suitable for people with pacemakers. To book a place, call the Information Centre, 01223 766766 Guided Tour - suitable for age: 18
Cracking the code to good nutrition
Vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrate and fat - are you getting enough? Just what is a healthy diet? Come to the Elsie Widdowson Laboratory and discover how nutrition research over the last century has formed the basis for today's nutritional advice.
12.00pm-5.00pm, Tours on the hour from 1.00pm-4.00pm
The Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Fulbourn Road
Guided Tour - suitable for age: All
Cells behaving badly
In the beginning... We all start life as a single cell, the fertilised egg. How does this cell develop into a human being and what goes wrong with this process to cause cancer?
2.00pm-4.30pm
Wellcome Trust/CRC Institute, Tennis Court Road
Exhibition - suitable for age: All
Mindboggling maths - hands-on maths fair
Build your number-crunching know-how with this interactive show on mathematics and its applications. Pit your wits against the SOMA cube, get hoodwinked by the Hoberman Sphere, help Aunty sort her Tea Cups and solve our computer puzzles. It all adds up to a lot of fun!
10.00am-4.00pm
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Clarkson Road
Workshop/Activity - suitable for age: 5
Waves, codes and puzzles
How is information coded in waves and how are codes used to keep a secret? Discover the answer in this hands-on workshop using electric guitars and slinkies, then crack the secret code. 2.00pm-5.00pm
Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road
Workshop/Activity - suitable for age: All
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