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19th - 26th June 2015
Science for Moreton and the CommunityThe contribution that STEM subjects (science, technology,engineering and maths) can make to the British and worldeconomy is widely recognised, not just in the political arenabut also by industry; consequently there is a growing nationalrecognition of the importance of recruiting more students andespecially women into STEM careers. At Moreton, we understandand are actively promoting the importance of STEM as potentialcareers.
The fourth annual Science Festival once again sees the school openingits doors to a vast array of industry experts and students from all agesand stages and from schools across the community.
All will benefit from the new innovative and progressive ScienceCentre which was completed in 2013. The facility is enhancing theprofile of Science with girls of all ages and is supporting Moreton’saim of being one of the top schools in the study of Science in thecountry. This facility is also forming the hub for a ground-breakingrelationship between Moreton, state schools and universities.Keele and Birmingham Universities are working alongsideMoreton’s Science Team delivering practical experimentationworkshops, lectures and seminars to our students and othersfrom nearby state schools; an important triangulationbetween independent schools, state schools and universities.
For further details on any ScienceFestival events, please contact David Kyneson [email protected]
Friday 19th June 2015 Helen Arney – Voice of an Angle
Saturday 20th June 2015 Artificial Intelligence – Programming Robots
Sunday 21st June 2015 ThinkTank Science Museum – Birmingham
Monday 22nd June 2015 Engineering the FutureWhat If… – Mr Long and Mr Kynes
Tuesday 23rd June 2015Junior Science ChallengeScience Junkie: Extreme Sports - Huw James
Wednesday 24th June 2015 Sci-fi night
Thursday 25th June 2015 CSI: Moreton HallInside out: Medical Science RevealedUnder the Dome: A Voyage to the Stars
Friday 26th June 2015 Science like you’ve never seen before!Greg Foot - Kaboom!
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Helen Arney – Voice of an Angle
Presenter and geek songstress Helen Arneythought she’d left her scientific past behind aftergraduating in Physics from Imperial College, butit wasn’t long before she found herself writingquirky stand-up and songs inspired by her days inthe lab.
Since then she’s performed everywhere fromHammersmith Apollo to CERN in Geneva, touredthe UK in “Uncaged Monkeys” with Robin Inceand Brian Cox, and taken her own award-winningsolo show “Voice of an Angle” to the EdinburghFringe. Helen frequently pops up on our televisionand airwaves, including BBC2 “Coast”, ComedyCentral “Stewart Lee’s Alternative ComedyExperience”, BBC Radio 5Live “Bacon’s Theory”and as a lead presenter in “You Have BeenWarned” on Discovery Channel. Helen also makesup one third of science comedy phenomenonFestival of the Spoken Nerd and has filled severalnotebooks with rhymes for Uranus – none ofwhich are printable here.
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Time: 7pm Location: Musgrave Foyer/MarqueeOpen to: All Price: Moreton Hall pupils free, parents £6, children £3.
Artificial Intelligence –Programming Robots
Can computers think?Will the world eventually run on robots?
Join Techniquest for a look at how robots areplaying a more prominent role in society, and theimplications this might have for the future.
Time: 9am – 12pm Location: tbcOpen to: Remove - L5
ThinkTank Science Museum –Birmingham
Thinktank is....Everything you thought you knew about theworld - but didn't! Find out about your world andyourself in our ten themed, hands-on galleries.Surprising! Hard to believe! And sometimesdownright disgusting!! The perfect day out.
Time: 10pm - 4pm Open to: All
Saturday 20th June 2015
Sunday 21st June 2015
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Engineering the future
Designing the latest cancer beatingdrugs to creating cutting edge materialsis all in a day’s work for an engineer.Join us for this half day experience withrepresentatives from the EngineeringDevelopment Trust as they delve a littledeeper into the world of Computer,Mechanical, Material and BiologicalEngineering.
Monday 22nd June 2015
Time: 8.40am – 1.00pm/2.00pm – 5.00pmLocation: Science Department Open to: Remove – L5 and L6 scientists
What If… – Mr Long and Mr Kynes
Time for some serious answers to some downright crazyquestions! Join the Moreton Science department as theyattempt to use Science to answer some of the weirdhypothetical questions posed by our students.
There is still time to enter your own questions by emailingMr Kynes on [email protected], maybe yours willbe the one!
Time: 5.30 – 6.30pm Location: Musgrave Open to: All
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Junior Science Challenge
The Junior Science Challenge is back! Howmany Yorkie bars can a bridge hold? Can youmake your own ice cream in twenty minutes?Is it possible to paint pictures using the pHscale and where do your organs go? Find out inour interactive, experimental day of science!
Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Time: 9am – 4pm Location: Sports Hall and Science Department Open to: Year 5 (and guest schools)
Time: Following Science Challenge Location: tbc Open to: All pupils
It’s Kynes vs. Kelly in the greatest battle mankind has ever witnessed! Come and seeexplosive experiments, scary science and one HUGE moustache. Vote for who you thinkshould win the coveted golden test tube.
The Kynes-Kelly “Demo Off’’!
The Junior Science Challenge day will feature….
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Time: 7-9pm Location: MusgraveOpen to: Remove – L6
Sci-fi night
Come for an evening of spooks, spaceships andspecial effects in the annual sci-fi night.
Don’t forget the popcorn.
Wednesday 24th June 2015
Thursday 25th June 2015
CSI: Moreton Hall
Who dunnit? Use science to solvethe mystery of the murdered SebNewington. Use your journalisticskills to report the news to theworld.
Time: All day Open to: Remove and L4Location: Musgrave/Science Department/English Department
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Inside out: MedicalScience Revealed
Discover the History of Medicine in across-curricular day that will find youdelving into the minds of the contro-versial scientists who made thebiggest breakthroughs. Investigatemedicine by conducting excitingand unusual experiments, includingmaking aspirins.
Time: All day Open to: Remove – L6Location: Musgrave/Science Department/English Department
Under the Dome:A Voyage to the Stars
Step inside Moreton’s inflatableplanetarium and take a voyage tothe stars. From ancient cultures tothe mapping of the heavens, thisinteractive exploration will takeyou out of this world!
Time: 5.30pm Open to: L5 and L6 Location: Musgrave
Thursday 25th June 2015 - continued
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Science like you’venever seen before!– in association with Keele University
An action packed day including theextraction of DNA, pharmacologicalanalysis of the inhibition of enzymesinvolved in human physiology, biophysicsand orthopaedics.
Time: All day Location: Moreton HallOpen to: U4 - U6
Greg Foot – Kaboom!Greg is a Science Presenter on TV, Online, on Radio and at LiveEvents.
The Wellcome Trust have recently recognised him as one of theleading science communicators in the UK by appointing himas an Engagement Fellow.
Half science geek, half adrenaline-junkie, Greg is a self-proclaimed‘Science Daredevil’. Using immersive stunts, eye-catchingspectacles and hands-on demos, Greg pushes science, andhimself, to the limit.
He’s been buried alive, frozen, shot, electrocuted, and even gone under the knife in thename of science (to find out what humans taste of!).
Greg hosts the new BBC Worldwide series Factomania, pops us as Science Expert on BluePeter, is the “Resident Scientist” on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, has over 1,000,000 views onhis Greg Foot Answers videos on YouTube, recently launched his huge science theatre showabout the science of explosions, and tours various live shows including ‘Daredevil Labs:Everest’ (based on his 2013 trek up to Everest Base Camp with a cutting-edge research trip).
Friday 26th June 2015
Time: 7pm Open to: AllLocation: Musgrave Price: Moreton Hall pupils free, parents £6, children £3
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Moreton Hall, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 3EWTel: 01691 773671 Email: [email protected]
www.moretonhall.org
Charity Registration Number: 528409
Centenary Science Centre
