FAMILY EVENTS
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WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE
SATURDAY 12 JUNE
THE REAL SCIENCE OF THE CIRCUS
WORKSHOP: WATER ROCKETS
SF1 Town Hall 6.30 – 7.30pm All ages £6 Juggling Guinness World Record holder James Soper joins us to show off some of his most amazing circus skills. With his unicycle and juggling balls and plenty of audience participation, discover the science behind some spectacular circus tricks.
FRIDAY 11 JUNE WORKSHOP: WATER ROCKETS
SF2 Cheltenham College Sports Centre, Thirlestaine Road 5 – 6.30pm Age 8 upwards £7 Have you ever wanted to become a rocket scientist? Now is your chance! With some help from the National Physical Laboratory, come and design your very own water rocket. Test it at our launch site and make modifications to improve its flight. Whose rocket will hit the target? These workshops will be outside
DR HAL
Cheltenham College Sports Centre, Thirlestaine Road SF3 10 – 11.30am SF4 12 – 1.30pm Age 8 upwards £7 See event SF2 for details
INTELLIGENT MACHINES
SF5 Town Hall 10 – 11am Age 10 upwards £5 Computers are capable of incredible tasks that no human can compete with, but can we build a computer that can learn like us? With spectacular demonstrations and lots of audience participation, including a computer racing game which is controlled by movements of the entire audience, Chris Bishop, from Microsoft Research and presenter of The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2008, explores the surprising science of uncertainty to find the answer.
THE BIGGER BANG
SF6 Town Hall 10 – 11am Age 6 upwards £6 Dr Hal brings his giant chemistry set to Cheltenham to show off the incredible colourful and explosive power of chemistry! From hot ice to exploding ostrich eggs, join him for a unique blend of spectacular science demonstrations and audience interaction.
WORKSHOP: HOT AIR BALLOON
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Town Hall SF7 10 – 11am SF8 11.30am – 12.30pm SF9 1 – 2pm SF10 2.30 – 3.30pm Age 7 upwards £6 Travel back to 18th century France and find out how the Montgolfier brothers and their farmyard friends flew into the history books. Discover the science behind hot air balloons with the team from the Science Museum and make your very own to test and fly. How high will yours go?
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GASTRONUTS
SF11 Town Hall 12 – 1pm Age 5 upwards £6 Back by popular demand, food fanatic and CBBC presenter Stefan Gates and gastronutty chemist Andrea Sella take you on a wild culinary adventure. Join them as they indulge in harebrained experiments, crazy cooking and eat the world’s weirdest food. Who said we shouldn’t play with our food?
SKY AT NIGHT
Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Porter’s Lodge entrance, St George’s Road SF12 1 – 2pm SF13 2.30 – 3.30pm SF14 4 – 5pm Age 8 upwards £6 Crawl inside the Cheltenham Ladies’ College inflatable STARLAB to explore the beautiful night sky and the wonders of space. Discover star constellations and spot hidden characters from Greek and Roman mythology before making your very own planisphere to take home. Developed by Cheltenham Ladies’ College
ROBERT WINSTON: WHAT GOES ON IN MY HEAD?
SF15 Town Hall 2 – 3pm Age 8 upwards £6 Join Robert Winston for a mindbending trip into the most amazing and powerful computer that exists – your brain. Learn how your brain works and how it will change as you grow up. Discover why we all need to sleep and what makes us yawn. Packed with fascinating facts and fun brainteasers!
DO TRY THIS AT HOME
SF16 Town Hall 4.30 – 5.30 pm Age 6 upwards £5 The Punk Science team from the Science Museum love doing experiments and they want to show you how to do them! Join them for explosions, jokes, fizz, bubbles and much more. Amaze your friends and try some out at home. Mess likely, fun guaranteed!