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19-27 October 2018
Hands-on fun
Inspiring talks
Science on show
Cutting-edge research
Intriguing discoveries
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
1CONTENTS Welcome PATRONS ‘‘ It’s a great honour to
represent the Norwich
Science Festival as
Headline Events 4 Welcome to the third Norwich Science Festival! We’re honoured to have fantastic patrons for 2018:
their new patron. I’ve
Join us to celebrate the wonderful world of MARK THOMPSON: BEN GARROD: great ape been involved since it
After Hours 9 experiments, discoveries, exploration and innovation. astronomer, broadcaster conservationist, evolutionary started and am proud to
Science on Show 12 and author biologist and broadcaster be a Norfolk scientist. A
Enjoy all things science, from hands-on messy experiments to
groundbreaking research from our local scientists, plus some festival like this not only
Water 14 showcases the very best
great household names too!
Nature and the that our local scientists
Environment 17
OUR FUTURE WORLD have achieved but offers
The Festival’s theme this year is ‘our future world’, exploring the opportunity for every
Physics Fest 23 how developments in science and technology will shape member of the public to
our future, as well as what we can all do to help make it learn something new and
‘‘
Astronomy 25 sustainable. It kicks off with a day dedicated to celebrating share in the wonder of the
our oceans, seas and rivers – from aquatic wildlife to our world around them.
Festival at a Glance 26
responsibility to protect the marine environment. Ben Garrod
Engineering 32
The Festival is organised by host venue The Forum, with extra Booking information
Technology 36 programming and support from our many partner organisations,
Many events are bookable and have limited
venues and sponsors, for which we are very grateful.
Chemistry 39 capacity, so early booking is advised.
Medicine and Health 41 Most events can be booked via norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
but some events are booked through our partners – please
Science Without check each event listing for booking information.
Borders 45 For the Festival, The Forum’s Atrium is Many exhibitions, events and activities at Norwich Science
More Family Fun 48 transformed into The Explorium – a place Festival are FREE. The Forum and our partners have kept
for all to explore the world through science. prices for paid events as low as possible. Ticket income is
Other Activities Drop in 10am–4pm each day for free, used to cover the costs of bringing high-profile shows and
speakers to Norwich and to fund free Festival events.
Sci Comms Conference 49 hands-on science fun for all ages!
Learning Programme 49 Concession tickets are available, where specified, for events
booked via norwichsciencefestival.co.uk children under 16,
Young
Communications Team 49 FAMILY FUN adults aged 60 or over, students in full-time education,
Go4Less card holders, those on Income Support,
Youth STEMM Award 49 We’ve tons of great family-friendly shows, talks
FA MILY
EVENT registered disabled and registered carers. Please
Children’s University 49 and workshops across the nine days – check bring proof of eligibility to the event.
out each of the science themes in the brochure Most events are suitable for all ages, unless specified.
Further Information and look out for the family event logo! Plus see p48 We have included approximate age guidance where possible,
Venues/Visit Norwich/ for additional family activities, including a Science to help you make the most of your visit.
About The Forum 50 Fun Day at Norwich Cathedral on Saturday 27 October.
Please bring your printed ticket or email confirming your
Partners/Sponsors/ We hope you enjoy the Festival! booking to the event. Please note that photography/filming
Funders 50 will take place during Festival events – please notify a Festival
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2 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 3Headline events
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The Incredible Unlikeliness Benedict Allen
TALKING SCIENCE A Brief Safari into the
Wild Mind of Chris Packham of Being - Ultimate Explorer
WITH PROFESSOR ALICE ROBERTS
What a line-up! As well as FRI 19 Oct
SUN 21 OCT
championing the best local 2pm–3pm
THU 25 Oct 7.30pm–9.30pm, inc. interval
7.30pm–9.30pm, inc. interval
science research, we’re Through a series of humorous wildlife photos, Chris
In a brand new show, adventurer-explorer
It’s the closest we ever come, as humans, Benedict Allen tells the whole unvarnished
bringing you top talks and will illustrate how Asperger’s has influenced his life.
to a transformation as profound as that truth of his most recent adventure – a solo
He will explain the fundamentals of ecology, and
super shows from great explore how our interconnectivity with nature will be
from a caterpillar into a butterfly. In the first expedition to Papua New Guinea – when he
two months of our existence, each of us hit the headlines after failing to turn up for a
household names and crucial to protecting the planet’s immediate future.
changed from a single egg to a flat disc, to flight to Hong Kong, prompting his friends
Chris will discuss the importance of conservation,
inspirational speakers. self-empowerment and activism – and how we
a hollow tube, to a little creature with stumpy and family, and eventually the world media,
to become concerned for his wellbeing.
Enjoy! all need to make that difference. Expect absurd
arms and legs, to something that looked
Benedict will recall the highs and lows of
recognisably human. And in the course of
self-deprecation, some frank talking, and if you are this awe-inspiring trip, tell exhilarating tales
that embryological development, there were
lucky… Scratchy the poodle! from his life as an explorer and show never-
echoes of earlier stages of evolution, harking
Venue: OPEN Norwich back to very ancient ancestors – ancestors before-seen material from his travels across
Cost: Front section £20, middle section £15, we share with living insects, fish, amphibians the globe.
back section £6 (limited tickets) and reptiles. Venue: Norwich Playhouse
AGE: 14+ Cost: £18.50, £16 concessions
Book: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk The story of how a human body develops,
from a single cell to a complex organism, is AGE: All ages
Programmed in collaboration with: Book: norwichplayhouse.co.uk
– Alice Roberts argues – the most fascinating
narrative that science has to offer us.
Venue: Norwich Playhouse
Cost: £20, £17.50 concessions
DID YOU KNOW? AGE: 12+
Adult blue whales Book: norwichplayhouse.co.uk
need to eat 1.5 million
calories a day
4 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 5Headline events
Photo: Alex Brenner
Robots An Eye Below Zero The Ocean on Top
WITH DR BEN GARROD AND WITH DOUG ALLAN of the World
PROF DANIELLE GEORGE WITH HELEN CZERSKI
Women in Science panel
FRI 26 Oct
WITH ANGELA SAINI, CHELSEA SLATER,
TUE 23 Oct 6.30pm–7.30pm FRI 19 Oct
DR OZAK ESU AND DR SUZE KUNDU
7pm–8pm 5pm–6pm
Did you ever wonder how to approach belugas
Evolutionary biologist Dr Ben Garrod and WED 24 Oct underwater? Get up close and personal with In the summer of 2018, Helen spent two
electronics engineer Prof Danielle George 7pm–9pm polar bears without being eaten? Stop your months on an icebreaker close to the North
explore whether machines built to enhance Sponsored by: With additional support from: fingers falling off from frostbite? How much do Pole, one of forty researchers on a huge
our lives could one day become our greatest wildlife programme makers rely on scientists, expedition to study Arctic weather. In this talk,
rivals. They will discuss meeting Valkyrie, a and do our programmes ever contribute to she’ll discuss what she found, why it matters,
heroic robot destined for life on Mars; Erica, scientific discoveries?
How can we encourage the next generation to and the future of the Arctic region. Helen
the world’s most beautiful robot, and ask
be the scientists of tomorrow? What can we do Doug Allan is one of the world’s best known is a physicist and oceanographer, and is a
whether robots enhance our lives or threaten
to close the gender pay gap in STEMM? How and respected cameramen, and in this popular face on BBC2 and BBC4, presenting
our survival.
can we overcome the barriers facing women presentation he’ll be sharing his own personal science documentaries on a wide range
Venue: Norwich School, Blake Studio working in science? Be inspired by mingling of topics.
insights about marine biology, diving, and
Cost: £10, £7.50 concessions with our Living Posters to discover different filming at the poles. Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
AGE: 10+ roles and hear from a panel of inspirational
Book: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Venue: Norwich School, Blake Studio Cost: £7
women who will explore the challenges and
Cost: £15, £10 concessions AGE: 12+
opportunities faced working in STEMM.
AGE: 10+ Book: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
Professor of Microbiology at UEA, Laura
Bowater, will be in conversation with journalist Book: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
and author, Angela Saini; co-founder/Director
at InnovateHer and Liverpool Girl Geeks,
Chelsea Slater; electrical engineer and IET’s
Young Engineer of the Year, Dr Ozak Esu, and
nanochemist and science presenter and writer,
Dr Suze Kundu. Plus tours of International
Aviation Academy available. Free parking.
Venue: International Aviation Academy
Cost: £6
AGE: 12+
Book: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
6 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 7Headline events After Hours
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Photo: Steve Ullathorne
Maddie’s Mission Fartology Spectacular
to Mars WITH GASTRONAUT Science
WITH MADDIE MOATE STEFAN GATES
WITH MARK THOMPSON
SUN 21 Oct SOL SAT 27 Oct
D OUT MON 22 Oct
11am–12pm 2pm–3pm 3pm–4pm
Extra show:
12.30pm–1.30pm An outrageous, Explore the strange and
hilarious and totally magical properties of matter
Have you ever wondered educational new family with fireballs, fire tornadoes
how rockets work, how
spacesuits are made or what
science show, from BBC
Gastronaut Stefan Gates.
and amazing chemical
reactions, with science
After Hours PHIL MCINTYRE
ENTERTAINMENTS PRESENTS
space smells like?! Find out Packed with spectacular Robert Newman’s Total
with children’s presenter science stunts, crazy games
broadcaster and author Mark Enjoy a spot of science
Thompson. A show for all the Eclipse of Descartes
Maddie Moate as she takes and some truly breath- family, children and grown- comedy, or a laid-back
you on a journey through taking audience interaction,
the solar system, equipped
ups alike. talk with a pint at our THU 18 Oct
this celebration of bodily
with special cameras and functions makes complex Venue: Sir Isaac Newton after hours events. 7.30pm–9.30pm, inc. interval
demos! Maddie is a YouTube science totally unforgettable. Sixth Form In a world gone crazy, can philosophy help? This
filmmaker and BAFTA The show features a giant Cost: £6 sparklingly brilliant new show tries to give you the
winning presenter – host functioning bottom, live AGE: 5+ answer. Rob Newman (stand-up legend, bestselling
of the BAFTA nominated flatus competitions, amazing Book: novelist, BBC Radio 4 Sony Award Winner) attempts
CBeebies series Do You acoustics experiments, norwichsciencefestival.co.uk to piece together a philosophy for our troubled
Know?, BBC Earth’s Earth the world’s loudest farts, times by sifting through 3000 years of thought:
Unplugged, and, recently, smell-offs and the Bristol from Pythagoras to Artificial Intelligence by way of
Springwatch Wild Academy. Stool Scale. Pavlov’s dogs, Jane Goodall’s chimpanzees and
Frankie Howerd’s trousers.
Venue: Sir Isaac Newton Venue: Sir Isaac Newton
Sixth Form Sixth Form Venue: Norwich Playhouse
Cost: £6 Cost: £7 Cost: £15, £12 concessions
AGE: 3+ AGE: 7+ AGE: 14+
Book: Book: BOOK: norwichplayhouse.co.uk
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8 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 9Photo: Kitty Walker
After Hours
Did the Victorians Universilly Challenged Pint of Science Dinner with a Difference
Ruin the World? WITH JONNY BERLINER AND SIMON WATT
WITH HELEN ARNEY AND KAT ARNEY SAT 20 Oct THU 25 Oct
FRI 19 Oct 7.30pm–9.30pm 7.30pm–10.30pm
WED 24 Oct 8pm–10pm, inc. interval Pint of Science is an international three-day Want to know a bit more about the science
6.30pm–7.45pm
Are you ready to get quizzical? Science festival of public engagement which takes of how and why we like our food when we
Did the Victorians ruin the world? Join these troubadour, Jonny Berliner, and Ugly Animal place each May. This year, Pint of Science is eat? Then why not join us for a Dinner with
science sisters to find out, and vote on whether wrangler, Simon Watt, have created a returning to our Fine City for a special event a Difference – an evening of delicious food,
you would change it back! Comedian Helen nerdtastic night to remember. You will have as part of the Norwich Science Festival. delightful fun and diverting facts in the
Arney (Festival Of The Spoken Nerd, Coast) your geek knowledge tested, take part in the Real-life researchers will host an evening of company of two scientists and a chef.
and science writer and broadcaster Dr Kat origami Olympics, and play with puns. Niche science-themed talks and quizzes, designed Venue: No. 8 Thorpe Road
Arney (How To Code A Human, Herding prizes to be won. Full marks for foolishness. by the experts to make you think! Cost: £40
Hemingway’s Cats) put aside sibling rivalry Paxman would hate it. Venue: The Forum, Gallery AGE: 18+
to dissect the dark underbelly of this golden
Each ticket is valid for 1 team member, with the Cost: £4 Book: tinyurl.com/dwad18book
era, in this show inspired by their BBC Radio 4
series. Prepare for history to meet hilarity, with maximum team size being 6. Smaller teams AGE: 16+
sharp wits, true facts and tiny top hats in an may need to share tables. Please note this Book: pintofscience.co.uk/events/norwich
event that respectfully begs to differ. event is strictly for over 18s only as alcohol will
be on sale. ID will be checked of anyone that
NB: voting restricted to male landowning looks under the age of 25 upon entry.
Cereals and Snapdragons
gentry registered before 1819. Venue: Epic Studios WED 17 Oct
Venue: Norwich Playhouse Cost: £6 7.45pm–9pm
Cost: £12, £10 concessions AGE: 18+
AGE: 12+ Book: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Join Prof Enrico Coen from John Innes Centre
Book: norwichplayhouse.co.uk to find out how plants seduce us with their
genes. Norwich Science Cafe provides an
opportunity to enjoy approachable science
themed talks in a relaxed atmosphere whilst
enjoying a drink.
Venue: Cafe Bar Marzano, The Forum
Cost: Free, booking required
AGE: 15+
Book:
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10 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 11Science on show
Take a sideways look at
science, through theatre,
music, art and film.
The Speed Demons of the Mind Insects in Depth
of Colour PSYCHO – SHAPING MENTAL – 3D Bugs!
AN ABSTRACT HEALTH NARRATIVES?
ENCOUNTER WITH Fri 19–Sat 27 Oct
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY WED 24 Oct
Mon–Fri 10am–7pm,
5.30pm–8pm
Sat 9am–7pm,
Tue 16–Sat 27 Oct In 1960, Hitchcock’s Sun 10.30am–4.30pm
Tue–Sat 9am–5pm Psycho established the
Pop on some 3D glasses
Cellular Dynamics LIGHTS! PLANETS! The God Particle This exhibition from Rosemarie narrative conventions of
and get really close to some
PEOPLE! Blackthorn and Christopher future psychological horror
weird and wonderful creepy
MON 22 Oct Wed 24 Oct Grimmer explores the space and slasher films. What
crawlies! Insects in Depth,
7pm–8pm 8pm–9.15pm between the representational are the ramifications of
THU 25 Oct created by scientific artist
8pm–9.10pm nature of astrophotography these depictions for our
Supported by: A quantum physicist and a Alan Shaw, is a unique
with the ambiguity of abstract understanding of dissociative
Renowned space scientist vicar walk into a bar. Joining display of three-dimensional
art. Using Newton’s seven identity and other trauma-
Maggie Hill recently launched forces to solve a perplexing close-ups of insects, turning
Blending live musical colours of visible light, Rose related conditions? Join us for
a career-defining mission mystery, they discover the real ordinary bugs into out-of-
performance and scientific works with Chris’ images of a special screening of Psycho
to find habitable planets. It meaning of faith, knowledge, this-world alien-like visitors!
imagery, bioscientist Dan celestial bodies to create and panel discussion between
did not go well. Then, her love and the importance of Dare you get up close
Lloyd and pianists Dan paintings that investigate the film academics and mental
girlfriend stopped speaking keeping an open mind. The and personal with these
Harding and Matthew experience of looking up into health professionals.
to her. She doesn’t want to God Particle is a romantic oversized bugs?
King take the audience the night sky. Venue: Cinema City
talk about either catastrophe, comedy with a hint of sci-fi Venue: Millennium Library,
on a journey of discovery. Venue: Anteros Cost: Free, booking required
but she’s going to have to... from award-winning co-writer Ground Floor
The music of Philip Glass, Arts Foundation AGE: 18+
An intimate, exhilarating of BBC1’s Miranda, BBC3’s Cost: Free, drop-in
Claude Debussy and others Cost: Free, drop-in Book:
story about communication, Bluestone 42, BBC Radio 4’s AGE: All ages
accompany spectacular AGE: All ages norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
both interpersonal and Another Case of Milton Jones,
image and video projection
intergalactic. Written and and 2017’s touring comedy, A
in a performance exploring
directed by Molly Naylor. Monk’s Tale. It’s deep, smart,
fundamental processes within
Performed by Karen Hill. and very funny.
living cells.
Venue: Norwich Arts Centre Venue: St Stephen’s Church
Venue: Octagon Chapel
Cost: Pay What You Can – Cost: £8
Cost: £7
£4–£11.50 AGE: 12+
AGE: 12+
AGE: 15+ Book:
Book:
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12 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 13Water
Into the deep
Our rivers, seas and oceans are FAMILY
EVENT
hugely important, teeming with beneficial
wildlife and mysterious creatures.
Discover what lies beneath the waves, Gallery Stage
and why it’s our responsibility to FRI 19 OCT
protect the marine environment. Head to the Gallery to hear
Photo: Ria Mishaal
Photo: Rob Spray
free, drop-in talks about our
underwater world, how we
discover and explore in the
depths, and how we can try
WATER DAY FAMILY
EVENT and protect it. First come,
first served.
Seaweed Eye of the Shoal
WITH HELEN SCALES
Identification
12pm–12.30pm Workshop
Copycats: bloated genomes FRI 19 Oct
Fri 19 Oct and colour pattern mimicry in FRI 19 Oct WORK 3.30pm–4.30pm
10am–4pm FAMILY neotropical catfishes 4pm–6pm SHOP
Take a deep breath and jump
EVENT into the amazing world of fish,
Dive into the deep and discover 1pm–1.30pm Supported by:
how valuable unpolluted water is to the Eavesdropping on the with marine biologist Dr Helen
planet, the creatures that live in it, and us. oceans – using silent Scales (goggles and snorkels
autonomous submarines What lies beneath the optional). Find out how fish
Join Anglian Water in a quest to reduce
waves? Join Seasearch East can live for 500 years, how
water use. Try the Reduce Reuse Recycle 2pm–2.30pm
Deep Ocean Lab and Norfolk Biodiversity they use secret graffiti to
game from Cefas and meet some of the Diving into cichlid fish diversity
WITH GREG FOOT Information Service for a talk to each other, how they
aquarium animals! Learn about marine
unique seaweed identification dance, cheat and say sorry.
microbes with biologists from UEA, and find out 3pm–3.30pm
Fri 19 Oct workshop for children
about Refill Norwich and how you can Cleaning up oil spills with Venue: The Forum,
2pm–3pm with autism or Asperger’s
help reduce plastic use. Plus, meet the hungry bacteria and their Auditorium
syndrome, and learn the
Broads Authority, RSPB and more. Join YouTuber and Blue Peter science algal allies Cost: £6
secrets of marine botany, AGE: 10+
Venue: The Forum’s Explorium guy Greg Foot for the story of his scientific Venue: The Forum, Gallery from identifying marine flora
adventure to the deep. With experiments and BOOK:
Cost: Free, drop-in Cost: Free, drop-in to preserving samples. norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
AGE: All ages stunning videos, Greg will show you the high- MORE INFO:
tech submersibles that took him down a crazy Venue: Millennium Library,
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Vernon Castle Room
1000ft. He’ll explain the importance of our
oceans, and – thanks to Greg’s work with the Cost: £4 per child,
Blue Planet II team – uncover the effect we’re accompanying adult free
having on them. Plus, meet a creature from AGE: 8–16
the deep! BOOK:
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Venue: Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form
Cost: £5
AGE: 7+
BOOK:
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14 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 15Oceans/Water Nature AND the Environment
Go Jump in the Sea! Googly Moogly Why We Should All
Love Coral Reefs
FRI 19 Oct FRI 19 Oct FAMILY Take a walk on the wild side and
12.30pm–1.30pm 10am–10.45am EVENT FRI 19 Oct discover the wonders of our natural
The Marine Conservation The Great Googly 2pm–3pm
Society dares you to go Moogly is said to be the
world, from the tiniest insects to
An exciting look at coral
stick your face in Norfolk’s biggest fish in the world and reefs, how they work, what our great mammals.
beautiful seas – there lies a today we are going on an they do and why we need
world of wonder, amazing adventure to try and catch it. them. Dr Michelle Devlin, Programmed in conjunction with Norfolk Festival of
sea beasts, precious With our packed lunches and Cefas, will tell you all about Nature, a unique collaboration of key organisations
delicacies, and prehistoric our fishing rods at the ready, being a marine biologist, working together for wildlife in Norfolk.
remains. But beware, the who knows what will happen! what they explore and the
future of this living treasure Venue: Sir Isaac Newton techniques they use to help
is threatened and in your Sixth Form us understand coral reefs. FAMILY
hands. What will you do?
Venue: The Forum,
Cost: £5.50
AGE: 3–5
Venue: The Forum, NATURE day EVENT FAMILY
EVENT
Auditorium
Auditorium BOOK: Cost: Free, booking required
Cost: Free, booking required norwichsciencefestival.co.uk AGE: 7+
AGE: 11+ BOOK:
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norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 10am–4pm
Discover our amazing wildlife with Norfolk
Festival of Nature partners including BTO,
KINGS, EMPERORS RSPB, Norfolk Wildlife Trust and more. Find
out about the Norwich peregrines with the
AND FAIRIES Hawk and Owl Trust. Follow the pink pigeon Dinosaurs!
WILDLIFE OF THE
SOUTHERN OCEAN trail with the Earlham Institute, and have a WITH DR BEN GARROD
go at UEA’s bird migration board game. Plus,
learn about reducing food waste with Norwich SAT 20 OCT
FRI 19 Oct FAMILY
12pm–12.45pm EVENT City Council’s Pumpkin Rescue. 5pm–6pm
Venue: The Forum’s Explorium Which dinosaur had the most teeth? Which
Venture to the Southern was the largest predator ever to walk the
Cost: Free, drop-in
Ocean and you’ll find all planet? Why does T. rex need a makeover?
AGE: All ages
kinds of fascinating wildlife! Biologist and broadcaster Dr Ben Garrod
Dive beneath the waves takes us on a prehistoric journey to investigate
with UEA’s Caroline Still and and explore dinosaurs like never before.
meet the kings, emperors DID YOU KNOW? Using his series of books for young readers,
and fairies that glide The Toxins in a So You Think You Know Dinosaurs?, Dr Ben
underwater on feathered will reveal that we still have so much more to
single pufferfish
wings. Yes, we’re talking discover about these awesome animals.
are enough to
about everyone’s favourite
kill around 300 Venue: Sir Isaac Newton
seabird… the penguin!
people! Sixth Form
Venue: Sir Isaac Newton Cost: £6
Sixth Form AGE: 5+
Cost: Free, booking required Book:
AGE: 11+ norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
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16 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 17Nature AND the Environment
FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY Mini Beasts
EVENT EVENT EVENT
SAT 20 OCT FAMILY
Gallery 10am–10.45am EVENT
All the bees have
Stage disappeared and it’s our job
to try and find them. As we go
SAT 20 Oct
on a wildlife hunt, we discover
Pop along to the Gallery for many other mini beasts, but
some free, drop-in nature will we find where the bees
talks on subjects from were hiding?
pigeons to peregrines, Venue: The Forum, Gallery
marsupials to wildlife Adventure Our Wild World TEACH REX The Unexpected
Cost: £5.50
conservation. First come, Science Show Truth about AGE: 2–4
first served. SUN 21 Oct THU 25 OCT Animals
2.30–3.30pm 11am–11.40am, Book:
SAT 20 Oct WITH LUCY COOKE norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
11.15am–11.45am 1pm–2pm Join a team of adventure 1.15pm–1.55pm,
A vole in the hand is worth scientists from Anturus, 2.45pm–3.25pm
An interactive adventure SAT 20 OCT
two tigers in the bush and find out what it takes Come and meet Teach Rex 12pm–1pm
show that explores the
12pm–12.30pm Norwich science and technology to do science in the most in Norwich Cathedral’s nave Penguins are perverts, pandas
Cathedral peregrines behind the Anturus extreme environments. – a giant walking dinosaur like sex, hyenas are feminist
expeditions. We take a look Could you survive in the based on Tyrannosaurus Rex! icons and bats are the animal
1pm–1.30pm at the essential knowledge jungle, or on a glacier? An exciting, fully interactive Tree Listening
kingdom’s most generous
What can we learn from a you need in order to survive Could you hide for days show suitable for children of FAMILY
lovers and friends. EVENT
high koala-ty genome? an outdoor expedition; the trying to spot wild animals? all ages. Test out his sense
In this talk, zoologist and SAT 20 Oct
2pm–2.30pm advantages of eating bugs, With interactive experiments of smell, find out what he 10am–12pm, 1pm–3pm
television presenter Lucy
The pink pigeon’s peril and how to make sure and demonstrations, you’ll eats, and play games with
Cooke (Springwatch, Curious Ever wondered what the
you are prepared for discover what life is like in him. Learn more about when
Venue: The Forum, Gallery Creatures) dispels the myths inside of a tree sounds
any adventure! the field! he roamed the earth with
Cost: Free, drop-in and reveals the scientific like? The Tree Listening
Venue: Sir Isaac Newton his dinosaur friends! But
Venue: Sir Isaac Newton truths about some of the Project uses highly sensitive
MORE INFO: Sixth Form beware... he’s waiting to play
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Sixth Form world’s most – and least – microphones to make audible
Cost: £5 and interact with YOU!
Cost: £5 popular animals. the inner workings of trees.
AGE: 7+ AGE: 5+ Venue: Norwich Cathedral Join Alex Metcalf, seen on
Venue: The Forum,
Book: Book: Cost: £5 Judi Dench: My Passion for
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Auditorium
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk AGE: All ages Trees, to hear the rumble
Cost: £5
Book:
AGE: 14+ of the tree moving and the
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk popping of water mixing with
Book:
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surging up from the roots
towards the leaves.
Venue: Chapelfield Gardens
Cost: Free, drop-in
AGE: All ages
Programmed in collaboration with:
18 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 19Nature AND the Environment
FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY
EVENT EVENT EVENT Trees on the Brink
EVOLUTION OF THE DEADLY
ASH DIEBACK DISEASE
SAT 20 Oct
10.30am–11.30am
Photo: Russell Spencer
How does a fungus become
Photo: Marcus Garrett
a killer? In this talk, Mark
McMullan from the Earlham
Institute will talk about the
genome of the devastating
ash dieback fungus and the
Islander – How To Be An Survival Hacking Adventure Science The Ugly Animal research he’s been doing to
A Journey Around Urban Birder Workshop Workshop Roadshow find out just how bad it could
Our Archipelago WITH DAVID LINDO be for our ash trees.
WITH PATRICK BARKHAM SUN 21 OCT WORK SAT 20 OCT WORK SAT 20 OCT Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
4pm–5pm SHOP 11am–12pm SHOP 3pm–4pm
SAT 20 Oct Cost: Free, booking required
SAT 20 Oct 1.30pm–2.30pm The best thing to have at your Scientists often set up Why should the panda get AGE: 11+
3pm–4pm Urban birding is fast disposal in a survival situation observation areas to study all the praise? At the Ugly Book:
is knowledge. With knowledge plants, animals and nature Animal Preservation Society, norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
Patrick Barkham takes us on becoming ornithology’s
a journey around some of new rock ’n’ roll. Birds and you can hack anything to in the field. In this workshop we celebrate and explore
Britain’s most intriguing small birding have never been make it work for you! In this from Anturus, you’ll get to the incredible biology of
islands, meeting their wild cooler – and urban birding workshop from Anturus, we build your very own weather the animal kingdom’s most
residents – from puffins to is at the cutting edge. David take everyday items and show station and bug hotel in one! monstrous. Join biologist and UEA Inaugural
Orkney voles to eagles. Small Lindo, aka The Urban Birder, how science can allow us to It’s important to know what science presenter Simon Watt Lecture
islands can be ecological explains the intricacies of hack them into survival gear. creatures live in the world and to see what adaptations make WITH PROF FEDERICA
laboratories, warning signals looking good whilst watching One day you may just need in your garden, and the bug these creatures so amazing. DI PALMA
and sanctuaries. What do birds in urban areas, from this knowledge! hotel will keep you informed. Venue: Sir Isaac Newton
small islands tell us about our using binoculars to finding Venue: Sir Isaac Newton The weather station means Sixth Form TUE 23 Oct
relationship with the natural a local patch to channelling Sixth Form you can track the weather Cost: £5 6.30pm–7.30pm
world? Patrick is the award- The Force to find birds. His Cost: £5 and keep a weather diary. AGE: 5+ Join us for the inaugural
winning author of Islander mission is to connect city folk AGE: 12+ Venue: Sir Isaac Newton Book: lecture of Prof Federica Di
– A Journey Around Our with the wildlife around them Book: Sixth Form norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Palma, Director of Science at
Archipelago, The Butterfly – his motto is simple: look up! norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Cost: £5 the Earlham Institute, to learn
Isles and Badgerlands, Venue: The Forum, Auditorium AGE: 5+ how we identify and interpret
and The Guardian’s natural Cost: £6 Book: the non-coding, functional
history writer. norwichsciencefestival.co.uk elements of vertebrate
AGE: 8+
Venue: The Forum, Auditorium Book: genomes and the regulation
Cost: £6 norwichsciencefestival.co.uk of gene expression.
AGE: 15+ Programmed in Venue: UEA,
Book: collaboration with: Julian Study Centre
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Cost: Free, drop in
Programmed in collaboration with: AGE: 16+
20 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 21Nature AND the Environment Physics FEST
Sperm Warfare
A day of exciting hands-on experiments
SAT 20 Oct and mind-boggling talks, which reveal
4.30pm–5.30pm
how physics shapes our world around us
You’ve found a healthy, fertile
mate, you’ve fought off your – from heat, light, sound and electricity,
rivals and you’ve convinced through to mechanics, magnetism, and FAMILY
Photo: Tom Waterfall
Photo: Andrew Dunn
them that you are what they EVENT
were looking for. Sorted! the structure of atoms.
But the reproductive race is
Programmed in partnership with
far from over. Biologist and
science presenter Simon
Watt tells you all about the Future Broads DRAGON HALL
devious tricks used by cells, Challenge DEBATES
organs and bodies to win the
race to fertilisation.
BIODIVERSITY WINNERS
AND LOSERS
SHOULD WE LET NATURE
TAKE ITS COURSE? PHYSICS
Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
Cost: £6
SAT 20 Oct Mon 22 Oct
FEST
3pm–4pm 7pm–9pm
AGE: 15+
Book: From rare swallowtail With sea levels on the rise Mini Professors
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk butterflies to bitterns, the and tidal erosion escalating, ENERGY & ELECTRICITY
Broads is a vital wildlife the fragility of being an island
SUN 21 OCT SUN 21 OCT
Dangerous habitat. But as our climate nation has never been more FAMILY
10am–4pm Energy: 10am–10.40am,
changes, it will provide apparent, particularly to EVENT
Neighbours opportunities for some and Norfolk’s vulnerable coasts See what physics can do, with 11.20am–12pm
LIVING WITH ACTIVE perhaps disaster for others. and the people who call them some hands-on fun, from super Electricity: 1pm–1.40pm,
VOLCANOES Hear about the fascinating home. Happisburgh coastal conductors to rockets to vacuum bazookas 2.20pm–3pm
Broads’ wildlife, and then campaigner Malcolm Kerby and everything in-between. The Institute Come and join in the fun
SAT 20 Oct take part in a future climate- and Patrick Barkham, author of Physics, with support from Ensemble with Mini Professors as we
6.30pm–7.30pm impacted scenario. of Coastlines: The Story of our Automaton, Cambridge Hands On Science, find out all about energy and
Volcanoes hit the headlines Teams are set the challenge Shore, join our Dragon Hall and many volunteers, offers a day of electricity! We’ll be making
with their alarming and to research from a variety of Debates panel to discuss and spectacular entertainment and activity, with ping-pong cannons for you
destructive behaviour. But sources the likely impacts on debate. Should we take action, something for all ages. Plus learn about the to experiment with energy
there are always eruptions species and whether they are or let nature take its course? physics of landslides and volcanoes with our at home. Or, prepare to be
rumbling, and communities winners or losers. What do team of UEA environmental scientists. amazed as we make a human
Venue: National Centre for
can often cope with the you think the future will bring? Writing, Dragon Hall Venue: The Forum’s Explorium electrical circuit and learn all
challenges they bring. Join Venue: Millennium Library, Cost: Free, booking required Cost: Free, drop-in about exciting electricity!
UEA’s Prof Jenni Barclay on Vernon Castle Room AGE: 16+ AGE: All ages Venue: The Forum, Gallery
a tour of volcanic eruptions Cost: Free, booking required Book: Cost: £5.50
and the many clever ways we AGE: 12+ nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk AGE: 3–5
learn to live with them. Book: Book:
Venue: The Forum, Auditorium norwichsciencefestival.co.uk norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
Cost: 10+ Programmed in collaboration with:
AGE: Free, booking required
Book:
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23Physics FEST Astronomy
Stars and Space
Take a journey across the
Solar System, make a rocket
Photo: NASA
and explore space!
Photo: NASA
A New Window into The Physics of Fundamentals
our Universe
GRAVITATIONAL WAVE
Star Trek of resonance Astronomy day
DISCOVERY SUN 21 OCT SUN 21 OCT
12pm–1pm 3.45pm–4.30pm
SUN 21 OCT Join astrophysicist Dr Roberto Resonance is the
10.30am–11.30am Trotta on the ultimate voyage phenomenon through which MON 22 OCT
Recent monumental 10am-4pm FAMILY
around the science (and the two or more oscillating EVENT
discoveries of gravitational fiction!) behind the Star Trek systems interact. It’s A fun-filled day of all things space!
waves have allowed us series. From cloaking devices a process that occurs
Space Descent with
Get creative and build the best rocket with Tim Peake
to view the Universe in to alien civilizations, from warp everywhere in nature, allowing Norwich Astronomical Society. Explore ‘out
ways never before thought drives to transporters, find out the transmission of energy THE VR EXPERIENCE TOUR BUS
of this world’ images, and control the NAS
possible. In this talk, Robert how sci-fi writers have boldly and information via wave telescope using an app to explore the galaxy.
Ferdman from UEA will gone where no scientist has signals. Using examples Plus activities from Orwell Astronomy Society, Sun 21 & Mon 22 Oct
introduce gravitational waves, gone before – yet. from everyday life, Davide Developing Experts and more! 10am–4pm
their incredible discovery, and Venue: The Forum, Auditorium Proment from the School Ever wanted to be an astronaut? Step aboard
plans for detecting them from Venue: The Forum’s Explorium
Cost: £6 of Mathematics at UEA will the VR Experience bus to find out how it feels
a wide range of astronomical Cost: Free, drop-in
AGE: 10+ explain the fundamentals of to journey through space! Strap on a Gear VR
objects and phenomena. AGE: All ages
Book: resonance and demonstrate and experience an incredible descent from the
Venue: The Forum, Auditorium norwichsciencefestival.co.uk its ubiquitousness. International Space Station in stunning virtual
Cost: Free, booking required Venue: The Forum, Auditorium reality, narrated by astronaut Tim Peake.
AGE: 12+ Cost: Free, booking required Undertake space training and learn how to
Book: AGE: 13+ launch a rocket and how to land the Soyuz
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Book: capsule. Experience a digital space walk and
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk have a selfie in space! Presented by Samsung
and the Science Museum Group. T&Cs apply
– see website.
Venue: Outside The Forum
Cost: Free, drop-in
AGE: 13+
Accessibility info: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
24
24 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 25FESTIVAL AT A GLANCE Seaweed Identification F W 15 Dragon Hall Debates 22 The Changing Shape of DNA 40
Kings, Emperors And Fairies F 16 Space Adventure F 29 The Molecular World Inside You 40
Exhibitions and Googly Moogly F 16 The Health Benefits of Chocolate 40
TUE 23 Oct PAGE
long-running events Evolution in Action 40
Sat 20 Oct PAGE Engineering Day F 32
TUE 16–SAT 27 Oct PAGE The Global Garden W 47
Nature Day F 17 Robot Rumpus F 33
The Speed of Colour 13 Dinner with a Difference 11
Tree Listening F 19 It’s All Done with Mirrors F 33
Science in the Cafe – Biomedical Ethics 43
THU 18–SAT 27 OCT PAGE The Unexpected Truth about Animals 19 Robots: Ben Garrod & Danielle George 6
Could it Be Magic? F 48 How To Be An Urban Birder 20 Building with Biology 34 FRI 26 Oct PAGE
Islander – Around Our Archipelago 20 Learning from Engineering Failures 35 Health Day F 41
FRI 19–SAT 27 Oct PAGE
Pint of Science 11 UEA Inaugural Lecture: Federica Di Palma 21 The Fight Against Cancer 42
Women in STEMM 45
Trees on the Brink 21 Bakineering in Space 32 Swearing is Good for You 43
Insects in Depth – 3D Bugs! 13
Adventure Science Workshop F W 21 Big Lego Build F W 33 Concussion in Sport 43
SUN 21–MON 22 OCT PAGE Adventure Science Show F 18 MadLab Soldering Workshops F W 35 So You Want to Live to 100? 43
Space Descent with Tim Peake 25 The Ugly Animal Roadshow F 21 Robot Coding F W 34 An Eye Below Zero – Doug Allan 7
Sperm Warfare 22 Code Club Volunteer Training Session 36 DNA catch a thief - Workshop F W 41
MON 22 OCT–SAT 27 OCT PAGE
Future Broads Challenge 22 RAF Marham Workshops F W 35 DNA Detectives: Bananas F W 42
Journey into Space Planetarium F 28
Dinosaurs! F 17 Drone Workshop W 35 Neuropsychology in Practice 44
TUE 23 & THU 25 OCT PAGE Dangerous Neighbours 22
WED 24 Oct PAGE
Life as a Pathologist – The Realities 44
Science in Action F 48 Mini Beasts F 19 What Makes Your Brain Happy? 43
Technology Day F 36
Is There More to Food Than Taste 44
THU 25–FRI 26 OCT PAGE SUN 21 Oct PAGE 3D Design & Print W 38
Drawn Together: Medicine and Art W 44
Step into Tech’s Techathon W 38 Physics Fest F 23 Raspberry Pi Jamwich F W 38
Zog F 42
STEM Gamechangers W 35 Our Wild World F 18 Technology: Redefining the Possible 37
Breckland Astronomical Society 31
Survival Hacking Workshop F W 20 Did the Victorians Ruin the World? 10
Individual events Mini Professors – Energy & Electricity F 23 Down the Tubes! 37 SAT 27 Oct PAGE
SAT 13 OCT PAGE Maddie’s Mission to Mars F 8 The God Particle 12 Science Without Borders Day F 45
Sci Comms Conference 49 A New Window into our Universe 24 Demons of the Mind: Psycho 13 Discovering our Forgotten Senses 46
From King’s to Keyholes 44 Smarter Travel 37 What is the Earlham Institute? 46
WED 17 OCT PAGE
Women in Science 6
Safari into the Wild Mind of Chris Packham 4 Who Was John Innes? 46
Cereals and Snapdragons 11
The Physics of Star Trek 24 KLM UK Engineering Event F 34 Food Research at Quadram Institute 46
THU 18 Oct PAGE Fundamentals of Resonance 24 Bio-hacking: Future Food W 38 Dementia Prevention 47
Robert Newman’s Total Eclipse 9 Fartology – Gastronaut F 8
MON 22 Oct PAGE THU 25 Oct PAGE
A Galaxy of Her Own F 28
FRI 19 Oct PAGE Astronomy Day F 25 Chemistry Day F 39
Soapbox Science 47
Benedict Allen – Ultimate Explorer 5 Rockets – Moon Shot! F W 29 CheMystery Breakout! 39
Food Evolution Film 47
Water Day F 14 Head in the Stars 31 The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being 5
Our Future Environment 47
Deep Ocean Lab F 14 Kitchen Science with Kiddy Cook F W 40 Lights! Planets! People! 12
Science Fun Day for Families F 48
Eye of the Shoal 15 Discovering Space F 28 Teach Rex F 19
The Discovery of Pulsars 29 Spectacular Science F 8 Catching Stardust: Comets and Asteroids 30 KEY
The Ocean on Top of the World 7 Cellular Dynamics 12 Kitchen Chemistry F 40 Headline Events After Hours
Here Comes the Sun! F Science on Show Water
Why We Should All Love Coral Reefs 16 A Whistle-Stop Tour of the Planets 30 39
Nature and the Environment
Universilly Challenged 10 Once Explorers, Always Explorers 30 Fingerprint Masterclass F W 41 Physics Fest Astronomy Engineering
Go Jump in the Sea! 16 Exploring the Solar System W 31 The Psychology of Psychopaths 41 Technology Chemistry Medicine and Health
Science without borders More Family Fun
F Family Friendly W Workshop Autism Friendly Other Activities
26 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 27Astronomy
FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY
EVENT EVENT EVENT EVENT EVENT
Photo: Steve Ullathorne
Photo: RSE
A Galaxy of Journey into Space Discovering Space Rockets – Space Adventure The Discovery
Her Own – Planetarium WITH MARK THOMPSON Moon Shot! of Pulsars
WITH LIBBY JACKSON MON 22 Oct WITH DAME JOCELYN
Mon 22–Sat 27 Oct MON 22 Oct MON 22 Oct WORK 10am–10.45am BELL BURNELL
Sat 27 Oct 10am–4pm on the hour 12.30pm–1.30pm 10.15am–11am, SHOP
Based on the beautiful story
1pm–2pm 11.15am–12pm, How to Catch a Star by Oliver
Fri 19 Oct
Travel to the planets of the Join science broadcaster
12.15pm–1pm, 11am–12pm
Libby Jackson will discuss Solar System, and to worlds, and author Mark Thompson Jeffers, we take a trip in our
1.45pm–2.30pm, space rockets to try and
her hugely popular book planets, stars and galaxies on an imaginary journey Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
2.45pm–3.30pm catch a star. When we hear
A Galaxy of Her Own, about beyond in the company through the Universe taking inadvertently discovered
fifty inspirational women who of astronomers from the in nearby planets and distant Learn how rockets work and a strange noise, what will we pulsars as a graduate
have been fundamental to University of Hertfordshire, in galaxies. make your own ‘moon-shot’ discover, and where will our student in radio astronomy
the story of humans in space their state-of-the-art, mobile in this exciting hands-on adventure take us? in Cambridge, opening up a
Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
– from Ada Lovelace to the planetarium. Shows every workshop. Learn about Venue: Sir Isaac Newton new branch of astrophysics
Cost: £6
women behind the Apollo hour, on the hour, lasting aerodynamics and rocket- Sixth Form – work recognised by the
AGE: 7+
missions, from the astronauts 45 mins. flight from a real rocket- Cost: £5.50 award of a Nobel Prize to
Book:
breaking records on the norwichsciencefestival.co.uk scientist and then build your AGE: 3–5 her supervisor. This talk
Venue: Norwich Cathedral, own custom air-powered
International Space Station to Book: will describe how pulsars
Cathedral Close rocket to try and launch to
those blazing the way in the norwichsciencefestival.co.uk (pulsating radio stars)
Cost: £5 our indoor ‘moon’.
race to get to Mars. came to be discovered and
AGE: 5+
Venue: The Forum, Gallery introduce some of the bizarre
Venue: Norwich School, Book:
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Cost: £5 properties of these extreme
Blake Studio
AGE: 5+ objects.
Cost: £5
AGE: 7+ Book: Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Cost: £6
Book:
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk AGE: 12+
Book:
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28 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 29Astronomy
BRECKLAND
ASTRONOMICAL
SOCIETY
25TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION
Fri 26 Oct
2pm–6pm
Photo: NASA/JPL
Breckland Astronomical
Society celebrate their 25th
Anniversary in conjunction
Once Explorers, A Whistle-Stop Catching Stardust Exploring The Head in the Stars with the Teacher Scientist
Network. Peer through solar
Always Explorers Tour of the Planets REVEALING THE Solar System HOW I BECAME AN
and astronomical telescopes
SECRETS OF COMETS ASTROPHYSICIST
WITH PROF MARK WITH WILLIAM JOYCE AND ASTEROIDS through a and see simulations of the
MCCAUGHREAN Microscope night sky, astro-images,
Mon 22 Oct
Mon 22 Oct Thu 25 Oct equipment and artefacts.
WORK 11am–12pm
Mon 22 Oct 7.30pm–8.30pm 1.30pm–2.30pm MON 22 Oct Plus lectures from: Dr Helen
5pm–6pm 12pm–1pm SHOP In this fascinating talk,
A Whistle-Stop Tour of the Mason OBE, on solar physics
Discover how our mysterious UEA astrophysicist Robert
Join Prof Mark McCaughrean Planets will guide you on an When and how were Earth at 2.30pm; David Bryant
cosmic neighbours, the Ferdman will speak about
for an insight into the interplanetary trip around and our Solar System on meteorite collecting at
comets and asteroids, have the influences behind
European Space Agency’s our Solar System, presenting formed? What do meteorites 4pm; Prof Gerry Gilmore on
acted to shape our past, his career choice and
missions, their challenges, the layout and sizes of many teach us about volcanoes the Milky Way at 6pm and
possibly delivering key fascination with astronomy.
and their successes (as well fascinating objects within on other planets? How can Prof Carolin Crawford on
ingredients to Earth for life He will tell the story of how
as the almost-successes), it, and visiting each major space rocks tell us about cosmology at 7.45pm.
to begin. Natalie Starkey, he became an astrophysicist,
including the Gaia Milky Way planet in turn, including geologist and cosmochemist, the interior of our planet Venue: John Innes Centre
surveyor, LISA Pathfinder plus the research and other
spectacular images and will also explore how these and water on Mars? Explore Cost: Free, drop-in; Talks: £2;
gravitational wave detection exciting opportunities that
stories direct from the space icy, dusty space farers may four billion years of Solar free to TSN-school groups by
technology, the ExoMars he’s encountered on his
exploration experts. play an important role in System history through the arrangement
Trace Gas Orbiter and career path.
Venue: The Forum, Auditorium our future. microscopic view of science AGE: 10+
Schiaparelli lander, and and hand samples. Venue: The Forum, Auditorium Book:
Cost: £6 Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
the Rosetta comet-chasing Cost: Free, booking required norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
AGE: 10+ Cost: £6 Venue: Sir Isaac Newton
spacecraft. Plus new AGE: All ages
Book: AGE: 12+ Cost: Free, booking required
missions to study the Sun, norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Book:
Mercury, Moon, Mars, and Book: AGE: 10+ norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Book:
the wider Universe.
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
Cost: £6
AGE: 12+
Book:
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30 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 31Engineering
Engineering
BUILDING
A BETTER FAMILY
EVENT FAMILY
EVENT
FAMILY
EVENT
WORLD
With the appliance of science
and maths, we can engineer amazing
things – from toys to robots, bridges
to buildings, and planes to rockets.
Sponsored by
Engineering Day Robot Rumpus It’s All Done
with Mirrors
Big Lego Build
WORK
TUE 23 Oct TUE 23 Oct
WITH DR KEN FARQUHAR SHOP
11am–3pm 11.30am–3.30pm
FAMILY Join the Kastle Kids team for TUE 23 Oct Supported by:
TUE 23 OCT EVENT a day packed full of robot 12pm–1pm
10am–4pm fun! Robot stories, robot Dr Ken blends spectacular
Head over to the EEEGR Skills for Energy stand for crafts, robot testing and you The Big LEGO Build is
magic tricks, illusions and
some interactive, STEM-based games. Visit the Learning can even meet Ro:Bot, the all about creating and
stunts with extraordinary
Resources® showcase to play with toys that help develop life-size robot! Plus a prize for connecting! Come along to
science and engineering.
engineering skills. Join KLM UK Engineering to test your Bakineering the best robot fancy dress! Is it done with mirrors,
take part in fun challenges
hand skills on various aviation tasks and to find out more in Space Visit castlemallnorwich.co.uk with others or design and
trapped doors, or camera
about aircraft engineering. Plus RAF Air Defence Radar WITH ANDREW SMYTH for more information. build your own exciting
effects? Everyone can
Museum; Easton & Otley College; Network Rail; Hethel Venue: Castle Mall models with LEGO. We’ll
have their own theory.
Engineering Centre; EDF Energy and UEA Engineering. We Cost: Free, drop-in also be asking everyone
TUE 23 Oct Quirky stunts and illusions
look forward to meeting all the budding engineers out there! 2pm–3pm AGE: 3+ to add some pieces to our
performed. Science
Venue: The Forum’s Explorium collaborative creation – who
How can a retro dessert discovered. Engineering
Cost: Free, drop-in knows what we’ll create!
explain how astronauts safely explored.
AGE: All ages Places limited – first come,
return to earth? Expect to Venue: Sir Isaac Newton first served.
have your curiosity stirred Sixth Form
in this interactive talk where Venue: Sir Isaac Newton
Cost: £5
Andrew Smyth, from The Sixth Form
AGE: 10+
Great British Bake Off, Cost: Free, drop-in
Book:
will explore the surprising norwichsciencefestival.co.uk AGE: All ages
connections between
everyday bakes and the
extraordinary engineering that
keeps astronauts alive.
Venue: Sir Isaac Newton
Sixth Form
Cost: £6
AGE: 12+
Book:
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FAMILY
EVENT
FAMILY FAMILY STEM
EVENT EVENT MadLab Soldering
Workshops Gamechangers
TUE 23 Oct WORK Thu 25–Fri 26 Oct WORK
10am–11am, SHOP 10am–4pm SHOP
11.30am–12.30pm, Work with STEM businesses
1.30pm–2.30pm, 3pm–4pm to create new ideas, develop
A unique, hands-on new technologies and solve
electronics workshop for real problems. The two-day
both children and adults from bootcamp will end with a
Science Made Simple and Dragons’ Den competition,
MadLab. You’ll get to solder where you will pitch your
KLM UK Engineering Robot Coding Drone solution to real industry
The Importance of electronic components from
Activities & WORK Racing start to finish, onto specially- experts. Students will need
Careers Event TUE 23 Oct Learning from
10am–11am, SHOP WORK designed circuit boards. to bring their own lunch.
TUE 23 Oct Engineering Don’t worry if you’ve not
Wed 24 Oct
11.30am–12.30pm, 10.30am–11.30pm, SHOP Failures Venue: Hethel
1pm–2pm, done this before – you’ll learn Engineering Centre
10am–12pm: Ages 7–12 12pm–1pm, 2pm–3pm
2.30pm–3.30pm how to use a soldering iron, Cost: £20
2pm–5pm: Ages 13+ Teams will code their drone TUE 23 Oct and actually make and take
Create a robot or two or AGE: 12+
Join KLM UK Engineering to so that it can automatically 1pm–2pm home your circuit board with
three! Programme bots Book: hethelcentre.
get hands-on with engineering navigate the drone Using a range of famous flashing lights. com/events/
to obey your commands! racecourse before examples – and some less
tasks (ages 7–12), or to Venue: UTCN
Code a robot’s path through competing against the well known – from the past
find out more information Cost: £6
on careers in aircraft
an assault course. Make clock and each other. 100 years, UEA Professor Building with
jumping robots, cardboard AGE: 7+
engineering (ages 13+) from Venue: UTCN of Engineering, Lawrence Book:
Biology
robots, rolling robots and Coates, will explain how
our experienced engineering Cost: £6 norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
mini robots. engineers learn from failure. TUE 23 Oct
team. We will be joined by AGE: 10+
Aviation Skills Partnership, Venue: UTCN 11am–12pm
Book: Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
City College Norwich and RAF Cost: £6 norwichsciencefestival.co.uk Cost: Free, booking required
RAF Marham FAMILY In this talk, Nicola Patron
Marham. Make sure you book AGE: 7+ AGE: 12+ Workshops EVENT from the Earlham Institute
to join us to see how you can Book: Book: will explain how advances
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk TUE 23 Oct WORK in biology are moving us
become an aviation engineer norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
10am–11am, SHOP into an exciting new era of
and work in the high-flying
world of aviation! 11.30am–12.30pm, biomanufacturing, in which
1.30pm–2.30pm, 3pm–4pm we use genetic information
Venue: International
Aviation Academy Norwich A one-hour interactive to program cells to produce
Cost: Free, booking required workshop for children and valuable molecules from
AGE: Sessions for 7–12 accompanying adults. simple inputs like sugar…
and 13+ Come along and try out your or even just water and light.
Book: From September, STEM skills using specialist Venue: The Forum, Auditorium
see www.facebook.com/ equipment to design and Cost: Free, booking required
klmukengineering build structures. AGE: 12+
Venue: UTCN Book:
Cost: £4 norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
AGE: All ages
Book:
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34 VISIT norwichsciencefestival.co.uk 35Technology
From coding to the future
of transport, find out how
technology can shape
our future world.
Sponsored by
Photo: Zak Ferris
FAMILY
EVENT
TECH DAY Down the Tubes! Technology: Smarter Travel
Redefining the HOW WILL TECH SHAPE
Data Science, the OUR FUTURE JOURNEYS?
Internet, and You Possible
WED 24 OCT
10am–4pm
Gallery WITH SIMON WHEATCROFT
Wed 24 Oct
Create a 3D model of
Stage Wed 24 Oct
10.30am–11.30am Wed 24 Oct 1pm–2pm
yourself, with the help of Code Club Volunteer 2.30pm–3.30pm As our cities’ populations
WED 24 Oct How is data generated on
staff and students from Training Session Sponsored by:
grow, the daily commute is a
See how technology is the cutting edge of science?
Norwich University of the battle for many, regardless of
influenced by nature, how What is it used for? How are
Arts (NUA). Learn about bio their choice of transport. But
it can help design the future
TUE 23 Oct you involved? Who owns it?
batteries with UEA, and DNA could we be moving towards
2pm–4pm, 5.30pm–7.30pm Bits and bytes, terabytes and
sequencing with the Earlham of food, and more, in our Technology redefines what is smarter and speedier travel?
free, drop-in technology talks Special sessions for any adults exabytes, churned in massive possible. Simon Wheatcroft
Institute. Visit the Learning Join ITV Anglia’s Jonathan
in the Gallery. First come, interested in developing their computers and transported has taken this philosophy
Resources® showcase to see Wills as he talks to AxonVibe
first served. own Code Club for their school around the internet at and literally run with it. Losing
toys that encourage a love of CTO and SyncNorwich
or community. Code Club is a lightning speeds is the new his sight at seventeen, Simon
technology. Plus activities from 11am–11.30am Bioinspired co-founder, John Fagan;
nationwide network of after- currency. With Rob Davey, has utilised technology to
sponsor Vattenfall; Network robots: how technology can Liftshare founder and CEO,
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