The 2020 Galway Science & Technology Virtual Festival Show
presented to you by
John Sharpson and Clara Murray of RTE Jnr After School Hub.
This great show will be screened live on Sunday 22nd November at 11am here on the homepage. This show promises to encapsulate all that you love about the annual Exhibition usually hosted by NUI Galway. We promise it will be a fun, engaging and much anticipated event during these restricted times. We hope you will put Sunday 22nd November in your diaries, have your Superhero costumes ready to put on and be ready for lots of activities including:
- Sue McGrath’s awesome Bouncing Bubbles show,
- Dr Michel Dugon’s bugs and spiders and
- James Soper will teach you how to juggle while he explains about the forces of gravity.
- The Galway Atlantaquaria brings you on a tour,
- Dr How Science Wows explains forces
- We will then shoot off to Lapland for a special message from the man himself.
- The show will feature the Science of Exercise and Dance with get off the couch and Zumba class and a great Dance Off at the end to Jason Derulo’s “In my Head”
- The winners of ReelLIFE Science video competition will be announced
- Medtronic will demonstrate their ventilator machines and show some cool experiments
- Merit Medical will demonstrate how to make your own Lava Lamp
- Dr Barry Fitzgerald will tell you all about the Science of Santa and how he will ensure to be safe this year and
- A message from Lapland
Tickets for various workshops will be released on 14th November on www.galwayscience.eventbrite.ie and families are offered the opportunity to take part from the comfort and safety of your own home.
Most of all HAVE A GREAT DAY!! and we would be delighted to get some feedback from you.
| VENUE |
Online by WebEx link – emailed to you once you book |
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TIMES |
1 – 5pm (every hour) |
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Duration |
30 mins |
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To book |
Click Here |
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Tickets released |
On Saturday 14th November at 11am |
Stick and leaf insects, giant snails, tarantulas, scorpions, giant centipedes, train millipedes, snakes and the lizards all seen up close!
| VENUE |
www.youtube.com/galwayscience |
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TIMES |
12.30pm |
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DURATION |
20 mins |
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SUITABLE FOR |
all ages |
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TO BOOK |
No booking required |
The Fantastic DNA! Workshop has 2 discovery activities based around DNA, the key molecule to life. Participants will extract DNA from a banana and build a DNA model! Fantastic DNA is supported by a SFI Discover award.
| VENUE |
Online by zoom call |
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TIMES |
1pm & 3pm |
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DURATION |
40 mins |
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SUITABLE FOR |
Ages 7+ |
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TO BOOK |
email a picture of the items required to competition@galwayscience.ie and we will send the link for booking |
| More details | Click Here |
Watch a collection of the very best Short Science Videos made by young people around Ireland this year – all from the comfort of your own home! Find out who won this year’s ReelLIFE SCIENCE competition, where over 3,000 young people representing 200 schools and youth groups produced almost 600 entertaining and educational short science videos. Each 1-3 minute video explores a different aspect of STEM, including How Things Work, Climate Action and Science on the Farm! The ReelLIFE SCIENCE programme is based in NUI Galway and supported by a Science Foundation Ireland Discover award.
More information can be found at www.reellifescience.com
| VENUE | |
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TIMES |
Sunday 22nd November, 2020 from 12.30pm |
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DURATION |
30 mins |
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SUITABLE FOR |
All ages |
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TO BOOK |
No booking required |
The world you see is not how it seems…………… James Soper reveals the weird and wonderful workings of our brains and behaviour. Be prepared to have your mind warped and your world turned, quite literally, upside down.
| VENUE | |
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TIMES |
22nd November, 2020 from 12.30pm |
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DURATION |
27 mins |
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SUITABLE FOR |
All ages |
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TO BOOK |
No booking required |
Superheroes possess extraordinary superpowers. You may think that these powers are science fiction, but many of them could be being science fact. Scientists around the world are working on a vast range of topics that can lead to the knowhow and technologies to replicate some aspects of these superpowers. However, scientists don’t want to create superpowers – instead they want to use their research work for the benefit of society. In Secrets of Superhero Science with The Superhero Scientist (Dr. Barry Fitzgerald) you’ll learn about advancements in materials and genetic engineering, in addition to hearing about electronics and the possibility of invisibility. Science inspired in part by superheroes could pave the way to incredible findings that could change society for the better. It’s time to think super!
| VENUE | |
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TIMES |
22nd November, 2020 from 12.30pm |
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DURATION |
40 mins |
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SUITABLE FOR |
All ages |
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TO BOOK |
No booking required |
Please join Artist Teacher Dee Deegan from Galway Art Academy to learn about the links between art and science by studying the skeleton. Using images from Leonardo da Vinci’s famous notebooks Dee will explain how an artist can benefit from understanding anatomy and the skeleton when drawing people. Learn about body proportions, the different joints we have and how the body moves. Create an Art X-ray of your own hand and learn how you could create a life size skeleton with the help of your family/friends. A list of materials will be emailed to participants in advance of the workshop.
| VENUE | Live online video link to be arranged |
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TIMES |
22nd November, 2020 from 1.15pm & 2.15pm |
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DURATION |
40 mins |
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SUITABLE FOR |
7+ |
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TO BOOK |
Click Link |
