Bright Sparks Family Day 2008
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Hands-on fun for curious kids – science magic, gadgets, games and astonishing happenings. Slight bias towards 7-12 year olds. See also White Heat Family Day for 10-15 year olds. Sat Feb 23
Fresh natural food served all day; Filled Soft Brown and White Rolls, Ciabatta Rolls and Sandwiches, Fruit, Homemade Cakes and Snacks and Drinks all at family-friendly prices. THE BRIGHTS SPARKS LINE UP...FALMER BRAINIACSThis year students from Falmer high school will show you how to walk on custard, perform magic tricks and help you build incredible musical instruments from around the world. Rubbish MusicTin Pan Alley comes to Brighton with real tin pans. Hertford Junior school provide the rubbish music backing to Falmer’s workshops Worm farmMagpie Environmental Trust show off our cold, damp, wriggly friends. They make you scream, but without them there would be no soil. KNEX CHALLENGEBattery operated racing cars with the famous engineering kit, second only to LEGO in popularity. From Step Forward Consultancy. GET ON YOUR RECYCLE BIKE… and see how leg power can make electric power with SEASoN BLACK HOLES, WORMHOLES AND VOMIT BALLSBest-selling writer and astronomer, Marcus Chown will amaze young audiences with his knowledge about space. Find out all the quirky facts about our universe. HUMANIMALSFrom an elephant's tooth to a beaver's tail, touch and feel your way around the Animal Kingdom. SUNDIALSLearn about time, the seasons and the history of time measurement while making a sundial. STEAM DREAMSMiniature marvels of engineering. Steam engines of the past, plus the Stirling Engine – the hot-air engine of the future. SCIENCE POETRY SLAMSomerhill Junior School and Hertford Junior School have worked with Kay Walton to bring us their performance poetry inspired by science. GULLS ALOUDLearn how gulls speak. You can then answer them back! Kim Richards entertains us as she demonstrates their nine (yes NINE) common gestures. SECRETS OF THE SEASHORE STRANDLINEA close examination of chaff left high and dry by the tide reveals fascinating stories about the wildlife that lives on our coast. SAND-CASTLE BUILDING CONTESTHow tall can you make your sand-castle? Try sand from different beaches, and with different dampness, to see what works best. ROCKET-BELT MAN!The personal jet pack! Buck Rogers could only dream about it. James Bond faked it. Stuart Ross actually flies it. GO WILD @ HOMEHelp wildlife in your garden or school grounds. This workshop from Brighton & Hove School Grounds Biodiversity Action plan lets you understand about different types of shelter for wildlife. You can even make your own bug hotel to take home. NPL LASER HEIGHT GAUGEYour height measured to a tenth of a millimeter. The National Physics Laboratory show off the latest in laser technology. SPINNING A YARNSpinners, weavers, dyers, felters and knitters all raring to go with hands-on workshops galore. HULA HOOPS ARE FIFTY YEARS OLDGreat for rhythm, balance and reflexes, Hula Hoop workshops from the experts will teach you to twist with the best of them. Go on Gran, show us all how it’s done. MARBLE RUNSHands-on challenge to design the best marble run. A simple test of your ingenuity. THE MAKING PLACEThe team from the Making Place show you how to make and fly paper helicopters and midget card boomerangs. CREATING A COLOURFUL LIFEBrilliant is the word to describe this hands-on pigment workshop. See how colours are made and fixed. WACKY WORDS AND NIFTY NUMBERSGames, jokes and hands-on demos to give your brain a workout and your belly a laugh. CAMBRIDGE BRAINBOXSimple electronic kits help you make helicopters and burglar alarms. If they work for you, you can buy them from Jurassic Joe. WATER ROCKETSSteve Pizzey, one of Britain’s top builders of science projects, shows how to make a rocket from a Coke bottle. BINOLOGYWhat can you find out about people by looking in their bins? The University of Brighton tell tales of the way we dispose of our trash, and how to do it better. MELANIE REES’ 3 RS WORKSHOPMelanie teaches the 3 R’s, Reduce – Reuse – Recycle. She works in schools, businesses, fairs & festivals. Here she shows her products and shows you what you can do with life’s leftovers. BRIDGE BUILDINGWhat’s the best bridge you can build using only paper and sellotape? A game of teamwork, design and problem solving skills. JURASSIC JOE'S SCIENCE SHOPSome of Jurassic Joe's toys are educational, most are extraordinary, all are entertaining! CITY BOOKSFull range of popular science books for young and old. |
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