Activity Weekend

  

Explore the wonders of geology by discovering what beaches are made of and how fossils are formed. Full of real-life samples and amazing facts, audiences will take a tour of Scottish Beach Geology using microscopes to explore specimens for themselves.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : TechFest-SetPoint

  

A unique opportunity to develop engineering, problem solving and team work skills by building K'NEX programmable buggies or robots designed and programmed to negotiate a set course.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : TechFest-SetPoint

  

An interactive mathematics workshop using practical problem solving to encourage groups to enjoy thinking mathematically.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Satrosphere Science Centre

  

KID K'NEX ALIENS

This workshop is designed to introduce children to the fascinating world of engineering design. Kid K'Nex allows young children to develop their construction skills and build up their creative confidence.

TOWERS

Groups will participate in a guided discussion to identify the problems associated with the construction of towers. They will then be introduced to the shapes and structures that engineers use to address these problems.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : TechFest-SetPoint

  

This workshop focuses on how lighthouses are built and enables children to 'make and take' a lighthouse of their own creation. The session will be introduced with a story to encourage children to think about the many types of lighthouse and their uses.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Museum of Scottish Lighthouses

  

Prototyping & Product Design

Each and every product we use, from toothbrushes to tractors, all start out as ideas in designers imagination. The workshop will use low-tech & high-tech casting and prototyping techniques to show how to turn your ideas into design models.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Grays School Of Art, Robert Gordon University

  

Discover how birds and other animals communicate by sound, colour, and posture to achieve life's goals.  There will be a hands-on competition and kid's activities.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

  

This workshop has a demonstration of a table top turbine, the same as on the new type 45 frigates. Visitors can design and make their own fans and measure their efficiency.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Royal Navy

  

Description of activities include:

·         The 'what', 'where' and 'how' of the bugs on our bodies

·         Life with bacteria and fungi in our environment -  what do you share your home and garden with!?

·         Friend or foe – how to spot the good bugs from the bad bugs in the lab?

·         Friendly microbes put to good use in everyday life in ways you wouldn't imagine!

·         What is antibiotic resistance and how are patients screened for this?

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : NovaBiotics

 Discover the secrets of soldering and make your own working electronic gadget. Kits from £3

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Madlab

  

What happens when you take the quick-fire Speed Dating format and invite scientists to present their cutting-edge research in an exciting and innovative way? Can they beat the clock and impress you enough, to be voted the 'winner'?

Drop in to hear snapshots of science, before voting for your favourite researcher. At 4 pm you will get the chance to hear more from the day's 'winner' and join in with the lively discussion that follows.

The clock's ticking!

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : dot.rural (RCUK Digital Economy Research), University of Aberdeen

  

Bring the family along to a 45 minute engaging, up beat, interactive drama based presentation about Colour and Light presented by Rod and Cone Live Wire's newest colourful and bright characters!

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Timed and Bookable Workshops
Presented By : Live Wire Productions

  

Can you slow down time, make things invisible or hit a falling monkey with a dart? Join Steve Allman as he amazes his audience with a variety of stunts and tricks that can only be completed with an understanding of science. Using physics, engineering and chemistry he will cause Maltesers to float, change the colour of liquids, burn money, balance a bowling ball and sit on a chair of nails, all in the name of science.

 

We regret there is no disabled access to this show.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Shows
Presented By : Showmelearning

  

Enjoy a visit to the unique environment of the Cosmic Dome, TechFest-SetPoint's Mobile Planetarium. Find out why we have day and night, wonder at a sky full of stars and discover the constellations.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Shows
Presented By : TechFest-SetPoint

  

70% of the Earth's surface is underwater!  Underwater Exploration is an exciting part of engineering.  Fly a ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) to complete its tasks, learn about buoyancy and have a 'Eureka' moment when science and engineering meet!  See what it's like to become an underwater engineer through a series of hands-on experiments and activities.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Robert Gordon University, School of Engineering

 

Use computer generated imagery (CGI) to transport you to another world. Past, present, future or extraterrestrial. Where will your imagination and our technology take you.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Robert Gordon University, School of Computing

  

"Car Boot" Science is back with a lively look at the physics of everything, including a set of demonstrations specially brewed for The International Year of Chemistry. The "Car Boot" team will be exploring "Chemistry with a Capital P", with equipment that they pull from the boot of the car!  

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : University of Aberdeen

  

This workshop includes a large variety of volcanic and other igneous rocks (including rocks from active volcanoes), alongside spectacular erupting volcano models. The models are very realistic, interactive and show all the types of eruptions. Also included are a number of movie clips of active volcanoes.

 

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Celeld

 Celebrating the International Year of Forests by creating the ecosystems and exploring the connections within different types of native woodland.
Why are forests important? What do we get from trees?

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Forest Education Initiative

  

Morse a Message, Crack a Code and Beautify a Butterfly! ...a series of short activities about communication with the Shell Education Service.  

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Shell Education Service

  

Using Lego small teams of pupils will discover how to convert one form of energy into another as they compete in an engineering challenge with a purpose. All participants will have a chance to win the prize for the most outstanding engineering design.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : TechFest-SetPoint

  

A hands-on weather workshop for younger pupils looking at the measurement, recording and pattern identification of the various forces of nature. Find out why the weather changes with seasons, how to record weather and how the weather affects you.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : TechFest-SetPoint

  

Find out about Search and Rescue and our lifeboat crew, make a working compass and try our other activities. Have a chance to try on a Search and Rescue Suit and equipment.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Maritime Rescue Institute

  

If you've ever wondered what you can use science and engineering for, then this is the activity for you. Help the Royal Air Force demonstrate how they use science, engineering and technology in everyday, practical activities.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Royal Air Force

With over 4000 volunteers around the country BDMLR are on hand to help whenever marine animals are stranded or injured around our coastline. Discover more about the marine animals around Scotland and see what equipment is used to help when they get in trouble.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : British Divers Marine Life Rescue

We offer children and adults of all ages and abilities an opportunity to have fun whilst being creative with waste. Try your hand at transforming used plastic drinks bottles into flowers, windmills, birdfeeders and rockets.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Sustainable Communities Initiative

  

Join the team to find out how to fix broken bones and see some of the replacement joints that are used to help people become mobile again. Why not bring your teddy bear to the Teddy Bear Hospital for a check up, and watch the doctors in the operating theatre as they help a teddy bear get better.

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : Clinical Skills Centre at Foresterhill

Come and have a go at a fun interactive game all about energy by matching up pictures with descriptions that have a double meaning.  See if you can answer questions such as, what is a solar system? - The Milky Way or a method of producing heat or electricity?

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Drop In Workshops
Presented By : SCARF Aberdeen and North East Energy Advice Centre

  

This fun filled show focuses on forces. After lots of innovative and interactive demonstrations showing what forces can do, audiences are invited to discover the invisible force fields around charged particles and magnets

 

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Shows
Presented By : Science2Life

  

"Come face to face with a variety of small, friendly exotic animals from around the world! Chat with a Cockatoo, stroke a snake and tickle an African hedgehog and find out about their lives in the wild in this fun, informative handling session.

*Please be aware there are live animals in this workshop which may come out & mingle with the audience"

Subject Areas : Family Activity Weekend,
Event Type : Shows
Presented By : Laura Rennie, Animal Magic