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Welcome! Pre-festival events, and calendar Things to look out for during the festival Trailblazers – pre-festival events What's on - festival week
Thank you Education programme Venues and map Get around, get involved and contact us
Welcome to Manchester Science Festival! After last year's big bang, we're back for more in 2008! The festival continues to aim to enthuse and inspire everyone about science, technology and engineering. There will be more than 100 events between 25 October and 2 November. You'll be able to talk to a futurologist, debate the impacts of ageing, spot our science buskers, hear the river Mersey's story, talk comic sci-fi heroes, use BSL signs for science, do chemistry with cabbage, be a bookworm with the Big Science Read, and more! Don't forget the latest info is on the website www.manchestersciencefestival.com Thank you to North West Development Agency and the Museum of Science and Industry for their continued support, financial and otherwise. Thanks also to all the partner organisations who've advised, and to those who are running and hosting events – you are too numerous to mention but no less important for it.
What's on and themes This year there are more than 100 events as part of the festival – here you can find out what's going on, when and where! All the events in the festival are related to four themes: Manchesticity - the city's endeavours, achievements, people, places and ideas Mind & Body - activities and topics about our brains and brawn
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Planet - exploring our impact on and use of the earth, and looking into space The Elements – atoms; earth, wind, water, fire; and of course, the weather!
TRAILBLAZERS Pre-festival warm up events Look out for trailblazer events during October, bringing a little bit of science to the museum, the cinema, the station, the library the city and the stars…
DISCLAIMER – all events are correct at time of going to print, but do check with venues or event organisers before setting off.
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Dates: Look out for... Page 3 Trailblazers Page 4 Saturday 25th Page 8 Sunday 26th Page 13 Monday 27th Page 15 Tuesday 28th Page 19 Wednesday 29th Page 22 Thursday 30th Page 26 Friday 31st Page 29 Saturday 1st Page 31 Sunday 2nd Page 31 All week Page 32
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Things to look out for during the festival Goodbye Liverpool, hello Manchester! The BA  Festival of Science might have finished but we're glad that our collaboration with them lives on 35 miles down the road and seven weeks later…  The festival logo is being projected on to the side of the Siemens building. Look out if you're on Princess Parkway!  Make a science helium balloon tag for the University of Bolton's competition  See the demos and displays and talk to experts at the Arndale market  The second annual Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Communication will be awarded  Fantastic science busking and tricks at a variety of locations  Updates, news and links galore on the blog – www.manchestersciencefestival.blogspot.com  Spot the science festival directors from across the world! We're proud to be hosting The British Council's International Science Festival Directors' colloquium  A downloadable science trail relating to Oxford Road and the story of Manchester  The Making of MOSI exhibition, celebrating the museum's 25th birthday on the Liverpool Road Station site, runs until 4 January 2009  Helen Clare's poetry project, Passing Down, explores the inheritance of narratives and genes  Big Science Read: it does what it says on the tin! See www.BigScienceRead.org to get reading and vote!  Blackwell's instore book display and activity to promote the Big Science Read list  Shows and hands-on activities in the Trafford Centre during the festival  A mix of special science work on the BBC Big Screen in Exchange Square  Take a walk at www.SciencePlaces.org  Download your city canal guide at www.HearManchester.com
For all of these and more check the festival website:
www.manchestersciencefestival.com
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“When I'm 164…”: a debate about the impacts of ageing The Manchester Museum Tuesday 14 October, 6.30pm Booking details: FREE. To book in advance or for more information, call 0161 275 2648
Suitable for: Adults A debate about the impacts of ageing populations, how our bodies age, and the need for lifetime homes and communities, all presented by an expert panel and debated by you. Supported by RCUK.
Yellow Trail [Walk/Tour]
CUBE Saturday 18 October, 10am Booking details: FREE. Book by emailing info@buildinginitiative.org
Suitable for: Families and adults (must be able to walk 2-3 hours) Yellow Trail is a critical walking trail that explores Manchester's contemporary zones of transition, creating an opportunity to reflect on public life in the city. Join the trail at CUBE to explore the role of the built environment in enabling and constructing different forms of public life. This tour is part of Building Initiative’s exhibition at CUBE. Please note that this event is a walking tour and participants should be able to walk for a few (2-3) hours. More information can be found at www.buildinginitiative.org
Blade Runner [Film]
Cornerhouse Wednesday 22 October, 6pm Booking details: £5.70 full / £4.00 concessions. Call 0161 200 1500
Certificate 15 Watch this classic in the comfort of the Cornerhouse and with the big screen and sound it deserves. The screening will be introduced by Jackie Potter CEO of Manchester City South Partnership and a special guest.
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Science busking at Piccadilly Station [Interactive Demo]
Piccadilly Station Thursday 23 – Friday 24 October, 8am – 2pm Monday 27 – Tuesday 28 October, 8am – 2pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Spot our buskers at the station on mornings during the festival. Be amazed at their tricks and learn some to impress your mates!
The Planet-Box [Show]
Manchester Central Library, Great Hall Friday 24 October, 8pm Booking details: FREE. Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Everyone Planet-Box is the culmination of a three-year partnership between two acclaimed artists from diametrically opposing fields: contemporary art and poetry. It began with a residency at Yorkshire's amateur space observatories and ended in a unique multidisciplinary publication and this one-off event. Syder and Daly's work takes us, visually and poetically, into the dark matter of one woman's inner life, projecting her thoughts and images out into the cosmos as she blocks out the everyday and makes a pinhole camera of her own isolation. There will also be an accompanying exhibition of The Planet-Box art work displayed in the library throughout October.
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Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November, 10am – 12 noon Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by Suitable for: Everyone How can you balance a cork on the end of your nose? What are the secret sounds of the oven shelf? What happens when you put mint mentos in a bottle of coke? Come and find out this and more in interactive and fun science demonstrations.
Under 5s Storytime and craft Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November, 10.30am Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Children Under 5 and their families A fun, interactive storytelling session for under fives and their carers. Props include puppets, toys and musical instruments – singing will also take place within the session.
Planetarium Show - The Night Sky [Show]
MOSI Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November, 2pm and 3.30pm Booking details: Adults £1.50, Concessions £1.00. Limited to 30 places. Book via information desk on the ground floor
Suitable for: Everyone aged 5 and over A fascinating seasonal view of the stars and planets as seen from the North West of England. There is strictly no late admission, no under 5s and if people need to leave for any reason during the show there is no readmittance to the planetarium.
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Our Kid: Medical Manchester | 1948 - 2008 Manchester Central Library foyer Saturday 25 October – Saturday 1 November Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 9am – 8pm, Friday and Saturday 9 – 5pm, NOT ON SUNDAYS Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone This multimedia exhibition reflects changes in healthcare over 60 years, marking the anniversary of the announcement in Manchester of the founding of the NHS. It includes the story, told through a new graphic novel, of the life of a young woman with a genetic condition. Look out, too, for young people’s films exploring the future of healthcare. This event is part of the Our Kid project funded by Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Science Show – Supermarkets to Sewers MOSI Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November, 2.30pm Booking details: FREE. Limited to 60 places. Book via Information Desk on the ground floor
Suitable for: Everyone aged 5 and over Find out about the food we eat, why we need it and where it goes. Join us in the process where participation produces poo!
Festival schools poster display [Exhibition]
MOSI Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November, 10am – 5pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Exciting posters based upon recent scientific articles, in newspapers and on TV, made by Y9 students from across Greater Manchester. The Greater Manchester Science Network Group is made up of representatives from The Greater Manchester STEM Centre (formerly SETPOINT Greater Manchester), STEMNET, MOSI, The BA, Healthcare Science Network, AAE, University of Manchester, Manchester Museum, University of Salford, Manchester Metropolitan University, Nowgen, ASE and IOP. The Greater Manchester
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The Arndale Market [Display]
Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November, all day Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Displays, stands and activities every day in the market. Come along and see what's on today!
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Vvoorp Vvoorp! Comic Book Adventures in Time and Space The Lass O'Gowrie Saturday 25 October, 9.30am – 5pm Booking details: £9 / £6.50 concs. Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults Arranged in conjunction with Engine Comics and the team behind Redeye, one of the UK's most influential comics fanzines, this mini conference will explore the highs, lows, challenges and pitfalls of creating comics based on well known franchises and characters. Guest speakers include writers Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Wisdom, Benny Summerfield) and Ian Edginton (2000AD, Marvel, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Planet of the Apes, Predator, Aliens, Torchwood), plus artist Adrian Salmon (Doctor Who, the Cybermen, Power Rangers, 2000AD). For full programme details please visit: www.thelass.co.uk
Protect Our Planet [Workshop]
MOSI Saturday 25, Monday 27, Thursday 30, Friday 31 October, 10am – 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Families and young people aged 5-19 We will offer a range of drop-in activities demonstrating fun and easy things people can do at home to help protect their environment. Visitors can make envelopes out of old magazines/ calendars, make plant pots out of newspaper and see if they can beat the high on the recycling sort-it game.
Family Telecommunications Day [Exhibition]
MOSI Saturday 25 October, 10.30am – 3.30pm and Sunday 26 October, 10.30am – 3.30pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Explore how communications technology has changed over the years and how it works through amazing experiments and demonstrations. Come and enjoy an exhibition of over 170 years of telecommunications - from semaphore flags to the evolution of the mobile phone - it's all there for you to experience.
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Science Butlers [Interactive Demo]
Around the festival Saturday 25 October, all day Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Impeccably dressed and wheeling their trolleys full of surprises, look out for the Science Butlers and their unique blend of street theatre, science and good old-fashioned service.
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Manchester Science and Industry Walk The Manchester Museum Saturday 25 October, 11am – 1pm and Sunday 26 October, 11am – 1pm Booking details: FREE. Call 0161 275 2648
Suitable for: Young people and adults A guided walk by historians from CHSTM at the University of Manchester will reveal Manchester's global role in the history of science, engineering and healthcare. Starts: The Manchester Museum. Ends: MOSI.
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The Life and Language of Science – an introduction for fiction writers MOSI Saturday 25 October, 11am – 1pm Booking details: £6 / £3 concs. Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults Ann Lingard and Jennifer Rohn will talk about the joys and challenges of putting modern science into fiction – and, with the help of a variety of scientific objects and images, will run a 'hands-on' workshop to give writers the courage to do so. Ann Lingard is a freelance writer and former scientist who (as Dr Ann Lackie) is also the founder and editor of SciTalk (www.scitalk.org.uk), the free resource that helps fiction-writers meet and talk to scientists. Her fifth novel, The Embalmer's Book of Recipes, will be published this autumn. Dr Jennifer Rohn is Wellcome Trust fellow at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at University College London. In her spare time she is a freelance writer and the founder and editor of LabLit.com (www.lablit.com), a magazine devoted to illuminating the world of scientists. Her novel, Experimental Heart, will be published later this year.
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Noisy Toys [Workshop]
Trafford Centre bandstand Saturday 25 October and Wednesday 29 October, 11am – 4pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Come and make some noise and have fun learning about how sound works. Use your voice, your hands and your body to play on the Noisy Toys - make them screech and bleep while watching the sound waves on a screen. Warning: this event is NOISY! www.TheScienceofMusic.co.uk
After the Cloud – Urbis Walking Tour [Walk]
Urbis Saturday 25 October (11am), Saturday 1 November (11am), Monday 27 October (3pm) and Wednesday 29 October (11am) Booking details: £3. Call 0161 605 8200 or email tours@urbis.org.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults After the Cloud is walk examining the redevelopment of Manchester City centre after the 1996 bomb, including the vision behind the regeneration and the changes that have taken place. The walk visits buildings old and new and is a thought provoking look at urban design and redevelopment.
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BSL signs for science – chemistry show MOSI Saturday 25 October, 11am -12pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Dr Audrey Cameron and Gary Quinn will demonstrate science experiments using British Sign Language. The event will be interpreted so it is accessible for everyone, deaf and hearing. Come and see how to make elephant's toothpaste and what happens when hydrogen and oxygen explode!
A Rough Guide to Engineering [Show]
Trafford Centre stage in the Orient Saturday 25 October, 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Families and young people aged 11 and over Discover how engineers design cars that go hundreds of miles an hours, build structures that can survive earthquakes, and cook food by using only Mirrors! “A Rough Guide” can show you how engineering has changed our lives.
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Window for a Small Blue Child [Talk]
Manchester Central Library, Reception Room Saturday 25 October, 1pm Booking details: FREE. Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults Gerrie Fellows reads from her new Carcanet poetry collection, which charts her personal experience of conceiving a child through IVF. Gerrie Fellows was born in New Zealand and now lives in Scotland. Her first collection, Technologies and other poems, was published by Polygon in 1990, followed ten years later by The Powerlines, and The Duntroon Toponymy in 2001. She will be joined by Dr Daniel R Brison, Scientific Director of the Department of Reproductive Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital, who will take part in a post reading discussion about the future of fertility treatment and issues relating to the Human Tissue and Embryo Bill currently passing through parliament. The event will be chaired by poet Helen Clare.
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BA Award lectures - Evolutionary colour: understanding nature's use of light The Manchester Museum Saturday 25 October, 2pm – 3pm Booking details: FREE. To book in advance or for more information, please ring 0161 275 2648
Suitable for: Young people and adults What can scientists and engineers learn from fish scales and peacock feathers? From cosmetics to camouflage, scientists have been learning the tricks of Mother Nature's trade to copy the naturally evolved nano-structures that actively manipulate light and colour and generate important optical functionality in the living world. Join Dr Pete Vukusic from the University of Exeter to discover the scientific elegance and design ingenuity of nature's use and production of colour and how technology is benefiting from it.
BSL signs for science – presentation [Talk]
MOSI Saturday 25 October, 2.30pm - 3.30pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Young people and adults Gary Quinn from Heriot Watt University and Rachel O'Neill from the University of Edinburgh will discuss the process of finding and agreeing new signs for science terms in British Sign Language (BSL). They raise issues of language planning, deaf children's rights and explore the differences between BSL and English.
Dystopian Novel Debate [Debate]
Cornerhouse Saturday 25 October, 3pm – 4pm Booking details: £5 / £3 concs (joint tickets for Dystopian Novel Debate and Feeling the Pressure are available for £7 / £4 concs). Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: 16 + Everyone Regarded as prophetic or scaremongering, dystopian fiction has long provided a context for exploring the ethical issues surrounding scientific and political developments. Our panel of leading novelists will be talking about their recent work and discussing the function of dystopian fiction in this fascinating debate chaired by Professor Trevor Cox. Sarah Hall's most recent novel, The Carhullan Army (Faber), weaves related threads of environmentalism, feminism and fanaticism. Her first novel, Haweswater, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and her second, The Electric Michelangelo, was shortlisted for the MAN Booker Prize. Martyn Bedford is a fiction critic for the Literary Review. His latest novel, The Island of Lost Souls (Bloomsbury) is set in a country at international war. Maggie Gee has published many novels to great acclaim, including My Cleaner and The White Family, which was shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes. Her novel, The Ice People (Telegram), is set in a futuristic Ice Age.
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Feeling the Pressure [Talk/ Debate]
Cornerhouse Saturday 25 October, 4.30pm – 5.30pm Booking details: £5 / £3 concs (joint tickets for Dystopian Novel Debate and Feeling the Pressure are available for £7 / £4 concs). Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Everyone Paul Munden is the editor of Feeling the Pressure (British Council), in which some of the UK's best contemporary poets respond to the threat of climate change, and scientists provide the background to this potential global catastrophe. He will be joined by fellow contributors Michael Symmons Roberts, Jean Sprackland and Richard Dawson for an afternoon session of readings and discussion. Michael Symmons Roberts has won the Whitbread Poetry Award, and been shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize, the Forward Prize, and twice for the TS Eliot Prize. Jean Sprackland is the author of three books of poetry, including Tilt, which won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award. Richard Dawson is a senior research associate at the Earth Systems Engineering Group at Newcastle University and with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
The Behaviour of Moths [Talk]
The Manchester Museum Saturday 25 October, 6.30pm Booking details: £5 / £3 concs Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults Poppy Adams talks about her hit debut novel, The Behaviour of Moths, which was serialised on Radio 4's Book at Bedtime earlier this year. It is a dark, compelling story which cleverly combines an intriguing family mystery with fascinating insights into the world of lepidoptery. She will be joined by one of the Museum's entomologists, Phil Rispin, who will introduce readers to some of the fine specimens that feature in Adams' novel. The event will be chaired by Time to Read coordinator, Jane Mathieson.
Also on Sat 25th Some events happen EVERY day during the festival, so to see what's on in addition to the things above, see page (6-7). And some things you can download or pop by whenever, so those are listed on page 32.
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CSI Manchester [Workshop and Talk]
MOSI Sunday 26 October, workshop 11am, discussion 1pm Booking details: £6 workshop & discussion, £3 discussion only. Places for the workshop are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults In a practical workshop for budding crime writers, Dr Rachel Crossley, a Science and Engineering Ambassador from Stemnet, will highlight some of the basic scientific methods often used in analysis of evidence found at a crime scene. She will then be joined by leading crime writers Barbara Nadel and Chris Simms who will be discussing their latest works and research methods. Barbara Nadel is the author of two series of novels, one featuring the Turkish detective, Cetin Ikmen, and the other featuring London undertaker, Francis Hancock. She received the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Award for her novel Deadly Web in 2005. Chris Simms is the author of six acclaimed novels the last four of which are set in Manchester. The discussion will be chaired by local crime fiction aficionado Jude Davies.
John Dalton - Costumed Character [Show]
MOSI Sunday 26 – Wednesday 29 October, 1.30pm Booking details: FREE. Limited to 20 people, on a first come basis
Suitable for: Everyone aged 8 and over Meet the man whose atomic theory gave birth to modern chemistry. Born into a modest Quaker family, John Dalton rose to become one of the most influential scientists in the world. He is best known for his groundbreaking work on atomic theory.
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It looks like you're writing a letter & Zeroes and Ones MOSI Sunday 26 October, 2pm Booking details: £5 / £3 concs. Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults Ross Sutherland and Tim Clare give a lively and stimulating lecture on the relationship between the imagination, language and mathematics. In part one, they provide a history of language games based on their encounters with the experimental French writing movement OULIPO (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle). In part two, Sutherland tells the story of his attempts to create computergenerated poetry and how he eventually discovers that his artificial co-author is plotting to destroy him. Both Ross Sutherland and Tim Clare regularly read their work on BBC Radio. Ross Sutherland was included in The Times's list of Top 10 Literary Stars of 2008. The lecture will be followed by a performance of Tony Walsh's Zeroes and Ones, which cleverly compresses 14 billion years of science and philosophy into one byte-sized poem.
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BA Award Lecture - Climate change: what space can teach us about planet Earth The Manchester Museum Sunday 26 October, 2pm – 3pm Booking details: FREE. To book in advance or for more information, please ring 0161 275 2648
Suitable for: Young people and adults Look at global warming from a whole new angle and learn how space scientists make science count in the battle against climate change. Looking down onto the Earth, special instruments are providing scientists and climatologists with data ranging from the CO2 uptake of plants to the movement of the wind. Find out also how looking out into space can help our understanding of our own planet. Sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Stephen Baxter [Show and Talk]
MOSI Sunday 26 October, 4pm Booking details: £5 / £3 concs. Call 0870 428 0785 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults To round off our Big Science Read Weekend, we are thrilled to host a reading by one of the UK's leading science-fiction writers, Stephen Baxter. Baxter has published some forty books and over a hundred short stories. His most recent novel was Flood (Gollancz, 2008). He has won several awards including the Philip K Dick Award, the John W Campbell Memorial Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Kurd Lasswitz Award (Germany) and the Seiun Award (Japan). His novel Voyage was dramatised by Audio Movies for BBC Radio and broadcast in 1999. Baxter worked as a teacher of maths and physics for several years then applied to become a cosmonaut but fell at an early hurdle. He isVice-President of the British Science Fiction Association and a Vice-President of the HG Wells Society.
Also on Sun 26th Some events happen EVERY day during the festival, so to see what's on in addition to the things above, see page (6-7). And some things you can download or pop by whenever, so those are listed on page 32. Repeated today... Manchester Science and Industry Walk page 9 Family Telecommunications Day page 8 John Dalton - costumed interpretation page 13
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Monday 27 October at MOSI, 10am – 5pm Thursday 30 October at the Trafford Centre bandstand, 11m - 4pm Balloon release at the Bolton University's Design Centre on Friday 31 October, from 11.30am Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Create a balloon tag with an amazing science fact ready for launch! The balloons will be released at Bolton University on Friday 31st October and there will be a prize for the both the finder and the writer of the science fact that travels the furthest!
Lindow Man [Workshop /Talk]
The Manchester Museum Bog SOS - Monday 27 October, 11am – 4pm, FREE
Suitable for: Everyone aged 5 and over Forensic science: a bog body mystery Monday 27, Wednesday 29 & Friday 31 October 1pm – 3.30pm, £1.50 Limited to 14 places Booking details: Call 0161 275 2648
Suitable for: Everyone aged 10 and over Become scientists for the day and try to unravel some of the mystery surrounding Lindow Man. Bog SOS: Peatlands and bogs are threatened habitats. Find out more about bogs, Lindow Moss and how Lindow Man was preserved. Make your own mini-bog to take home. Forensic science: a bog body mystery: Become a forensic scientist using DNA analysis and archaeological evidence to unravel the puzzle of the mysterious find in Lindow Moss.
Art, craft and object handling [Workshop]
The Manchester Museum Monday 27 – Friday 31 October, 11am – 4 pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Come along for a week of science related art and craft, object handling and Iron Age dressing up throughout the half-term holiday.
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Radical City Walk Urbis walking tour Urbis Monday 27 October, 11am Booking details: £3. Call 0161 605 8200 or email tours@urbis.org.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults The Radical City Walk delves into the radical and innovative ideas and actions that have developed in Manchester. The topics range from Marx and Engels, to the Anti-Corn Law league and more recent ideas.
Bend it like Sparky! [Workshop]
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Monday 27 – Friday 31 October, 11.30am – 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Young people aged 5-19 and families Bending a free kick can be a footballer's most potent weapon, but how do they do it? Obviously skill and technique are involved, but even your club hero couldn't bend it without science! Coaches from Manchester City Football Club will help you bend your own free kick and understand the science behind it.
60 Years of Progress: Leukaemia Monday 27 October, 12.15pm – 1.30pm Booking details: FREE. Bookings strongly recommended, as places limited. Call 0161 276 5956, or bookings@nowgen.org.uk
Suitable for: Teenagers and adults There have been dramatic improvements in the treatment of leukaemia over the last 60 years. Manchester researchers have played a pivotal role in making this happen. Expert speakers will describe the key achievements from the past and show why Manchester remains at the forefront of cancer research. Free lunch provided. This event is part of the Our Kid project funded by Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Martin Rowson - Cartoons, Offence and the Human Odyssey MOSI Monday 27 October, 1pm – 3pm (families) and 7pm – 8pm (adults only) Booking details: FREE. No need to book for the family event; to book for the adult event, call 0161 606 0156
Suitable for: Families and adults Martin Rowson is an award-winning political cartoonist whose work appears regularly in the Guardian, The Times, the Independent on Sunday, the Daily Mirror, the Scotsman, Tribune, Index on Censorship and Granta. His previous publications include comic book adaptations of The Waste Land and Tristram Shandy, a novel, Snatches, and a memoir, Stuff. He lives with his wife and their two teenage children in south-east London.
Trevor Baylis - Why Invent? [Talk]
MOSI Monday 27 October, 2pm Booking details: FREE. Book on the day at the ground floor information desk
Suitable for: Everyone Trevor Baylis tells us all a thing or two about invention! He discusses the difficulties of taking a product to market, the history of inventing and the obstacles he had to overcome to get his now famous Clockwork Radio to the market.
Fears and Phobias [Talk/Discussion]
The Manchester Museum Monday 27 October, 6.30pm – 8pm Booking details: FREE. To book in advance or for more information, please ring 0161 275 2648
Suitable for: Young people and adults Learn about what causes fears and phobias, how to face them and how to start liking the creatures you are afraid of. With Dr Warren Mansell, author of Facing Your Fears and Phobias, and Dr Dmitri Logunov of The Manchester Museum.
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Didsbury Sci Bar - Alien Hunting with Ian Morrison The Pitcher and Piano, Didsbury Monday 27 October, 6.30pm - 8pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Adults Have you ever seen an alien? Do aliens exist? If they do, how would we know? Join Prof Ian Morrison from Jodrell Bank Observatory as he PITCHER searches the universe for aliens, but & PIANO still has time for a beer and a chat!
Also on Mon 27th Some events happen EVERY day during the festival, so to see what's on in addition to the things above, see page (6-7). And some things you can download or pop by whenever, so those are listed on page 32. Repeated today... Science busking at Piccadilly station page 15 Protect Our Planet page 8 After the Cloud â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Urbis Walking Tour page 10 John Dalton - costumed interpretation page 13 Art, craft and object handling page 15 Bend it like Sparky! page 16 Forensic science: a bog body mystery page 15 Science Balloons page 15
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Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU campus Tuesday 28 – Friday 31 October, 10am – 6pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Young people and adults An interactive exhibition focussing on sustainability and carbon reduction, featuring both current and concept exhibits and complemented by guest speaker presentations on specialist topics. Find out how small changes in behaviour can bring about great differences in energy efficiency. Discover the huge part played by office design and construction to reduce energy consumption. Visit www.mmu.ac.uk/zerocarbon for further details or call 0161 247 3429
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Not so fantastic plastic: design and decorate your own fabric bag MOSI Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 October, 10am – 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Families and young people The workshop will highlight the negative aspects of plastic, including our excessive use of plastic bags. Display boards will illustrate the impacts imposed on our environment/wildlife by looking at plastics creation & disposal problems. Visitors will have the opportunity to design their own fabric bag incorporating their own environmental message.
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The story of transatlantic communications MOSI Tuesday 28 October, 10.30am – 4pm Booking details: FREE. E-mail alocker@theiet.org, or check www.iet.org for booking details
Suitable for: Adults A one-day seminar looking at the exciting story of transatlantic communications. From the projects that enabled the first attempt to lay a telegraph cable across the Atlantic in 1858 to Telstar and modern communications, engineers and academics will examine the technologies and the people that made these links possible.
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Rocks and minerals [Workshop/Talk]
The Manchester Museum Tuesday 28 October
Magic Minerals: 11am - 12.30pm Crystal Quest of Dr Fitches and the Time-traveling Aliens: 1pm – 3pm Booking details: FREE. For Magic Minerals, just drop by. For Crystal Quest call 0161 275 2648.
Suitable for: Everyone for Magic Minerals; for Crystal Quest those aged 8 and over. Magic minerals: Discover hidden, sparkling gemstones and investigate the unexpected powers and natural beauty of some of the Earth's marvelous minerals. "Crystal Quest of Dr Fitches and the Timetraveling Aliens" - your mission is to help Dr Fitches and the friendly alien time-travelers discover which of our amazing Earth minerals will power the spacecraft.
Mosaic Making [Workshop]
Trafford Centre bandstand Tuesday 28 October, 11am - 4pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: All ages Come along and make a science-y mosaic with Monkey Business Artists! Drop in and do one tile, or stay all day to finish the image.
Manchester: Giving Birth to IVF [Talk]
The Manchester Museum Tuesday 28 October, 12.15pm – 1.30pm Booking details: FREE. Bookings strongly recommended, as places limited. Call 0161 276 5956 or bookings@nowgen.org.uk
Suitable for: Teenagers and adults Manchester medics were the pioneers of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). The first test-tube baby was born here and Manchester had the first fully funded NHS IVF clinic in the UK. Expert speakers will describe the development of the technology over the years and present the latest IVF research. Lunch is provided. This event is part of the Our Kid project funded by Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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150th anniversary lecture: “Trans-Atlantic Telegraph – the Birth of Global Communications” MOSI Tuesday 28 October, 6pm Booking details: FREE. Book on 0161 606 0156 or on the day at the ground floor information desk
Suitable for: Families This free lecture is aimed at a family audience and will tell the story of the 1858 Trans-Atlantic Cable and how this laid the foundations of today's internet, world wide web and global communications.
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The Nowgen Debate 2008 – No Jab, No School: When should the state dictate our health decisions? Urbis Tuesday 28 October, 6pm - 8.30pm (drinks and light refreshments from 6pm, bar open from 8.30pm) Booking details: FREE. Bookings strongly recommended, as places limited. Call 0161 276 5956 or bookings@nowgen.org.uk
Suitable for: Teenagers and adults Radio 4 presenter Quentin Cooper will chair this topical event amidst the continuing debate surrounding the MMR vaccine. What influences our choices in agreeing to vaccination and other health choices? To what extent should the state make choices on our behalf? Hear from different experts drawn from science, health psychology and the media and have your say. This event is part of the Our Kid project funded by Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Also on Tue 28th Some events happen EVERY day during the festival, so to see what's on in addition to the things above, see page (6-7). And some things you can download or pop by whenever, so those are listed on page 32. Repeated today... Science busking at Piccadilly station page 15 John Dalton - costumed interpretation page 13 Art, craft and object handling page 15 Bend it like Sparky! page 16 Zero Carbon Offices page 19 Not so fantastic plastic: design and decorate your own fabric bag page 19
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MOSI Wednesday 29 – Friday 31 October, 10am – 4pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: All ages Making and playing musical instruments from recycled objects. Fun creative activity which promotes innovative sustainability. Hand held instruments such as pan pipes and maracas will be constructed and can be taken home. Larger scale stage instruments will be available to try, and there will be an opportunity to learn some world styles of music!
Cartoon Science [Show]
Trafford Centre stage in the Orient Wednesday 29 October, 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Children aged 5 and over and their families The laws of cartoon science state that nothing falls faster than an anvil! Is this true? How does gravity really affect things with different weights? Join your favourite cartoon characters on a journey to discover the difference between cartoon science and real science.
Tuberculosis: Unwelcome Return [Talk]
Nowgen Centre Wednesday 29 October, 12.15pm – 1.30pm Booking details: FREE. Bookings strongly recommended, as places limited. Call 0161 276 5956 or bookings@nowgen.org.uk
Suitable for: Teenagers and adults TB was one of the most common diseases 100 years ago. Research breakthroughs made TB a rarity in the UK, but still it has not been eradicated. Expert speakers will describe the latest research in Manchester aimed at tackling the re-emergence of the disease. Lunch is provided. This event is part of the Our Kid project funded by Central Manchester & Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Dinosaur Detectives [Workshop/Talk]
The Manchester Museum Wednesday 29 October, 1pm – 4pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Meet the scientists who are working on the latest dinosaur research.
Medicine Revealed [Display]
The Manchester Museum Wednesday 29 October, 1pm – 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone aged 8 and over Posters from medical students, our doctors of the future, about the medical conditions they study.
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Suffragette City Tour – Urbis walking tour Urbis Wednesday 29 October, 3pm Booking details: £3. Call 0161 605 8200 or email tours@urbis.org.uk
Suitable for: Young people and adults The Suffragette City tour explores the legacy of the suffragette movement while highlighting many contemporary examples of women's activism.
Sound Matters [Debate]
MOSI Wednesday 29 October, 3pm - 4.30pm and 6pm 7.30pm Booking details: FREE. Booking essential – call 0161 606 0117
Suitable for: Adults Light-hearted adult debate on topic of “soundscapes”. Go on a “sound-walk”: a walk with the sole purpose of listening to the sounds around you, create your own soundscapes using a computer simulated park and challenge your own perceptions about sound.
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National Science and Engineering Week Information Session The Manchester Museum Wednesday 29 October, 6pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Young people and adults National Science and Engineering Week 2009 is a huge celebration of science and engineering which occurs every year in March. Millions of people across the UK get involved with thousands of events and activities. Don't miss out! For more information come along to the information session and network with other organisers.
Cosmic Africa [Film and Discussion]
Zion Arts Centre Wednesday 29 October, 6pm – 9pm Booking details: FREE. Book on the website: http://cosmicafrica.eventbrite.com or by calling 0161 306 1776
Suitable for: Young people and adults Cosmic Africa is a unique documentary that sheds new light on traditional African astronomy and global understanding of the world's oldest science. Our panel of scientists will introduce the showing with a discussion exploring the significance behind some of the social and cultural aspects of African science portrayed in the film. The African film will be preceded by a Caribbean Network drinks reception. FOR SDIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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The Joule-Bronte-Chopin Effect: a study in connections The Portico Library & Gallery Wednesday 29 October, 6.30pm Booking details: FREE. Limited to 30 places. Email louise.butcher@iop.org or call 07919 035793 (please leave message), or places on the day on first come first served basis
Suitable for: Young people and adults The Joule-Kelvin effect is a physical phenomenon that depends upon direct interaction between particles. The “JouleBronte-Chopin” effect is a social phenomenon in which the 'particles' are people and the interaction is mediated via third parties. 19th century Manchester saw the necessary conditions for such an effect: a critical mass large enough to sustain a distribution of gifted individuals but not so large as to preclude mutual familiarity. In this talk we discover what brought two Bronte sisters and Frederic Chopin to the city in the 1840s (Joule was a resident) and the connections between them. Speaker: Dr Grenville The Portico Jones, University Library & Gallery of Salford.
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Open University lecture – Where is your mind? MOSI Wednesday 29 October, 7pm – 8pm Booking details: FREE. Places limited - call 0161 606 0156
Suitable for: Young people and adults Cognitive psychologists have struggled to incorporate the concept of mind and of mental activity into scientific accounts of brain processes and human behaviour. This talk will raise issues about how we might most usefully conceive of "The Mind" by examining the question of just where it might be located.
Also on Wed 29th Some events happen EVERY day during the festival, so to see what's on in addition to the things above, see page (6-7). And some things you can download or pop by whenever, so those are listed on page 32. Repeated today... Noisy Toys page 10 After the Cloud – Urbis Walking Tour page 10 John Dalton - costumed interpretation page 13 Art, craft and object handling page 15 Bend it like Sparky! page 16 Forensic science: a bog body mystery page 15 Zero Carbon Offices page 19 Not so fantastic plastic: design and decorate your own fabric bag page 19 Sustainable Sounds page 22
My People by Helen Clare I would know them at first by the way they know cloth, speak the language of selvage and warp and weft, their way of holding the fabric and letting it fall to check that the weave was true. And each would have their own body's measure – the turn of the head that gave them a yard from nose to thumb's end. Their eyes are sharp but the world fades away - beyond the street the edges are muted, birds disappear as they land in trees and trees themselves have no leaves until seen from beneath. I could walk amongst them, they'd be somewhere else, they would clutch at their chests at the sound of my words and even then they would look without seeing for a breath or two, always in aprons, interrupted, wiping their hands. But up close I'd see their hands are like mine, restless birds in a roomful of voice and wishes, finding their roost on the cloth, on the paper, on the wood, or the keys. Helen Clare's poetry project, Passing Down, explores the inheritance of narratives and genes. She's also working with textile artist Lynn Setterington.
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The Manchester Museum Thursday 30 October, 1pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2pm Booking details: FREE. Call 0161 275 2648.
Suitable for: Everyone aged 8 and over Have you ever thought of stepping into a plant's shoes (or should that be roots)? Then come along to this family friendly talk, with objects from the Museum's herbarium plant store. Find out what plants get up to, including the often evil and astonishing strategies they use to compete and survive in a hostile world.
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Science bits and busking at The Trafford Centre The Trafford Centre bandstand Thursday 30 October, 11am - 4pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Drop by for a range of exciting have-a-go activities to get you doing experiments and getting stuck in, including Bolton's helium science balloon tags and Siemens' Discovery Box.
On Your Marks, Get Set, Gold! [Interactive Demos]
Trafford Centre stage in the Orient Thursday 30 October, 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone aged 5 and over From the moment you leave the starting blocks, your sporting ability can be affected by science. How do people balance, and what makes them fall over? What happens when a ball bounces? How is friction useful in sport? Dare you sit on a seat of nails?!!
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Ancient Egypt science day [ WORKSHOP / TALK]
The Manchester Museum Thursday 30 October, 1pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Meet the Egyptologists who are working on ancient Egyptian medicine, mummification and much more.
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All Shook Up: The Science of Earthquakes MOSI Thursday 30 October, 1.30pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone aged 5 and over Earthquakes are amongst the most unpredictable and destructive of natural events, but they can also tell us a lot about the Earth. Demonstrations and activities will show how seismologists use the waves that earthquakes produce to learn about our dynamic planet.
Chemistry with Cabbage [Demonstration]
MOSI Thursday 30 October, 2.30pm Booking details: FREE. Places are limited. Book on the day at the MOSI information desk
Suitable for: children aged 5 and over and their families A demonstration of exciting chemistry that you can do at home using household chemicals. All recipes for the experiments are on www.chemistrywithcabbage.co.uk
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Make bouncy plastic [Workshop]
MOSI Thursday 30 October, 3.30pm – 4.30 pm Booking details: FREE. Booking essential, places limited collect your tickets on the day from the ground floor information desk
Suitable for: Children aged 5 and over and their families How can you make your own plastic out of glue that bounces? Come along and try it yourself in this exciting hands-on class.
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Open University lecture – Cosmic catastrophes - the risk to human life from astronomical phenomena MOSI Thursday 30 October, 7 – 8 pm Booking details: FREE. Places limited - call 0161 606 0156
Suitable for: Young people and adults The idea that the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a meteorite impact warns us that the space environment may be a hazard to life on Earth. In this talk I will describe how various astronomical phenomena may pose a threat to life on Earth and discuss the likelihood that human civilisation could be destroyed by a cosmic catastrophe.
Also on Thurs 3oth Some events happen EVERY day during the festival, so to see what's on in addition to the things above, see page (6-7). And some things you can download or pop by whenever, so those are listed on page 32. Repeated today... Protect Our Planet page 8 Art, craft and object handling page 15 Bend it like Sparky! page 16 Science Balloons page 15 Zero Carbon Offices page 19 Sustainable Sounds page 22
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Speaking with and without your hands MOSI Friday 31 October, 10.30am – 3.30pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone aged 5 and over Humans use hand gestures to accompany what they are saying. This adds to the communication of information and enhances people's understanding. Come along to a workshop with interactive activities to learn more about why and how we communicate with our hands when we speak.
Magic Carpet [Workshop]
The Manchester Museum Friday 31 October, 11am – 12 noon Booking details: £1. To book in advance, call 0161 275 2648 (from 24 October)
Suitable for: Children under 5 and their families Big and small stories and activities for under 5s and their families.
Making Sense of your Brain [Workshop/Talk]
The Manchester Museum Friday 31 October, 11am – 3 pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone aged 5 and over Brain scientists and psychologists will help you fool your senses with hands-on activities.
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Fabulous Forces Show [Show]
MOSI Friday 31 October, 11.30am and 2.30 pm Booking details: FREE. Book on the day at the MOSI information desk
Suitable for: Everyone aged 8 and over How can you throw cup of water in the air without spilling any? Can things roll uphill? This show is all about forces and moving, with rockets, exploding balloons, flaming hands and many more amazing and intriguing demonstrations.
Science for the under 5s [Workshop]
The Manchester Museum Friday 31 October, 1pm – 3pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Children under 5 and their families Explore science with all your senses in this hands-on session for under 5s and their families.
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Open University lecture – Can we live without oil? MOSI Friday 31 October, 7pm – 8pm Booking details: FREE. Places limited - call 0161 606 0156
Suitable for: Young people and adults Oil is at the centre of modern life - fuelling transport and providing a huge variety of modern materials. Scientists are developing alternatives to oil products – but these bring their own problems, not least the prospect of turning over large areas of agricultural land to biofuel production. The talk will explore the science behind alternatives to oil and the ethical issues raised.
Also on Fri 31st Some events happen EVERY day during the festival, so to see what's on in addition to the things above, see page (6-7). And some things you can download or pop by whenever, so those are listed on page 32. Repeated today... Protect Our Planet page 8 Art, craft and object handling page 15 Bend it like Sparky! page 16 Forensic science: a bog body mystery page 15 Science Balloons page 15 Zero Carbon Offices page 19 Sustainable Sounds page 22
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Science and the Oxford English Dictionary MOSI Saturday 1 November, 1.30pm – 2.30pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Young people and adults A look at the history of science words and scientists in the Oxford English Dictionary, and at the process by which new words enter the language and the dictionary.
Also on Saturday & Sunday Some events happen EVERY day during the festival, so to see what's on in addition to the things above, see page (6-7). And some things you can download or pop by whenever, so those are listed on page 32. Also on...
SATURDAY 1st November After the Cloud – Urbis Walking Tour page 10 Ben Craven busking at MOSI 10.30am - 4.30pm
SUNDAY 2nd November MOSI Science Busking page 5 Under 5s story time and craft page 5 Planetarium Show page 5 Science Show – Supermarkets to Sewers page 6 Festival schools poster display page 6
Later in November... Why did it survive? [Talk/Discussion]
The Manchester Museum Monday 3 November, 6.30pm – 8pm Booking details: FREE. Call 0161 275 2648
Suitable for: Young people and adults Why has an oak shovel from the Bronze Age survived in such good condition that it could still be used? Unravel the mystery using 21st century science. With Daresbury Laboratory.
Stick Insect Day [Workshop/Talk]
The Manchester Museum Sunday 9 November, 11am – 4pm Booking details: FREE. No need to book, just drop by
Suitable for: Everyone Stick insects (phasmids) are masters of camouflage. Explore our amazing stick insect world and take the stick insect challenge. With experts from the Phasmid Study Group you can find out everything you want to know about stick insects. Make your own cardboard stick insect and join us for some bug storytelling.
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HearManchester.com - audio guide [Walk & Website]
Along the Rochdale Canal from Canal Street to Castlefield Download it and do it in your own time
Suitable for: Everyone Listen to John Robb and special guests – from councillors to bodypoppers, psychogeographers to popstars – explore the Rochdale Canal and Petersfield. Towpath waymarkers link to 10 audio programmes for your iPod or mobile, each introducing an unexpected theme in the city's heritage, accompanied by maps suggesting destinations to discover around town.
SciencePlaces.org [Walk & Website]
Download it and do it in your own time Suitable for: Everyone Bring the city's scientific past to life with this downloadable walking tour of central Manchester, with a new interactive map for 2008. Listen to it on your computer, or put it on your MP3 player and walk it yourself! See www.SciencePlaces.org for further details.
Passing Down [Workshop]
What makes you, you? Is it your genes? Your environment? Do you chose? How much does what you are told about your forebears matter? Is blood really thicker than water? Passing Down is a project that explores the role of genetics and of family stories in making us what we are. Poet Helen Clare and artist Lynn Setterington are working together to find out what people think and feel about inheritance and their identity and embroidering their testimony into a piece of art. We're also taking to scientists who work in the field. The final art work will be launched as part of the Big Science Read. We'd like as many people as possible to get involved, so if you are interested in making a contribution or finding out more take a look at the project blog at http://genesandstories.blogspot.com or e-mail us at genesandstories@gmail.com This project is run in collaboration with Manchester Literature Festival and Manchester Science Festival and is funded by Arts Council England.
BBC Big Screen [Films/Workshop ]
Ongoing for the whole festival Pop down and see what's showing on the Big Screen – there'll be information, short films, and possibly even an interactive garden! For detailed listings see www.manchestersciencefestival.com
Suitable for: Everyone
DISCLAIMER – all events are correct at time of going to print, but do check with venues or event organisers before setting off.
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Thanks to these partners who have also supported the festival
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Explore, rediscover and get excited about science-theme books: read, discuss, and vote! www.BigScienceRead.org
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Manchester Science Festival – Education Programme There will be a range of activities for schools taking place during September, October, and November as part of the education programme for the Manchester Science Festival.
Free Education Resource This will be a collection of easy-to-do experiments for Key Stages 3-5, and the resource will be distributed to every secondary school in Greater Manchester during October. The resource will also include a list of useful contacts for support with the curriculum and enrichment and enhancement activities. There will also be a collection of experiments for all Key Stages (1-5) on Promethean World (www.prometheanworld.com/uk) which will be free to download from October 2008.
“How Science Works” – a series of activity-packed days for Year 9 In the period leading up to the festival, the Greater Manchester Science Network Group will hold major one-day events in each Greater Manchester local authority comprising: Ã Interactive, demonstration-packed lecture by a
high-profile scientist à Carousel of interactive activities from the Universities of
Bolton, Manchester, and Salford; The Life Science Centre; Healthcare Scientist Network; and the Greater Manchester STEM Centre à Hands-on “hot news” workshop held by the Manchester Museum These events will be hosted by the following schools: ? 25th September - Royton and Crompton School, Oldham ? 30th September - Hawkley Hall High School, Wigan ? 1st October - Ladybridge High School, Bolton ? 2nd October - St Gabriel's High School, Bury ? 7th October - Wardle High School, Rochdale ? 8th October - West Hill High School, Tameside ? 9th October - Reddish Vale High School, Stockport ? 14th October - North Manchester High School for Girls ? 15th October - Loreto Grammar School, Trafford ? 16th October - Moorside High School, Salford Each event is open to all secondary schools in the relevant authorities, and attendance is being managed locally by the host schools. Please contact us using the details below for further information.
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During the workshop part of the “How Science Works” events, groups of students will produce exhibits based on a hot science topic which is in the news. The best of these will receive a prize for their school (kindly provided by Phillip Harris) and the chance to have their work exhibited at Museum of Science and Industry during the Festival. See the listings section in this programme or on the website for further details.
Podcasting for Teachers This activity will be open to all teachers participating in the schools tour above, and any additional teachers will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Teachers will hear presentations from staff at Jodrell Bank observatory (The University of Manchester) who prepare regular podcasts (“The Jodcast”), and will then learn how to prepare their own in school. All attendees will have the opportunity to enter a competition to win prizes including a podcasting kit for their school. This will be held at the Science Learning Centre (part of MMU's Institute of Education).
Things for young people to do during the festival There are lots of other exciting events as part of the festival that can be accessed by schools, education groups, or individual students. Check the listings in this programme and on the festival website for ideas and information about hands-on activities for every age group.
Education partners The education programme would not be possible without its contributors, so a big thank you goes to: STEMNET; the Universities of Bolton, Manchester, and Salford; the Manchester Museum; the Royal Institution; the Museum of Science and Industry; The BA; the Healthcare Scientist Network; and The Greater Manchester STEM Centre.
Contacts For more details on any aspect of the education programme, please contact the following: * STEMNET - 0161 247 2246 or nwadmin@stemnet.org.uk * The Greater Manchester STEM Centre - 0161 295 2602 or stemsalford@aol.com
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Venues Most of the venues are a short walk from each other or an even shorter bus ride away. A. MOSI
J. Zion Arts
Liverpool Road, Castlefield, M3 4FP Tel: 0161 832 2244 www.mosi.org.uk
335 Stretford Road, M15 5ZA Tel: 0161 226 1912 www.zionarts.com
B. The Manchester Museum
K. The Portico
Oxford Road, M13 9PL Tel: 0161 275 2634 www.manchester.ac.uk/museum
57 Mosley Street, M2 3HY Tel: 0161 236 6785 www.theportico.org.uk
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L. Central Library
113 - 115 Portland Street, M1 6FB Tel: 0161 237 5525 www.cube.org.uk
St Peter’s Square, M2 5PD Tel: 0161 234 1900 www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries
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M. Cornerhouse
Cathedral Gardens, M4 3BG Tel: 0161 605 8200 www.urbis.org.uk
Oxford Street, M1 5NH Tel: 0161 200 1500 www.cornerhouse.org
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University of Bolton, Deane Road, BL3 5AB Tel: 01204 900600 www.bolton.ac.uk
School Lane, M20 6SA Tel: 0161 448 9326 www.pitcherandpiano.com
F. The Nowgen Centre
O. The Lass O’Gowrie
29 Grafton Street, M13 9WU Tel: 0161 276 5956 www.nowgen.org.uk
36 Charles St, M1 7DB Tel: 0161 273 6932 www.thelass.co.uk
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Manchester Metropolitan University
M17 8AA Tel: 0161 749 1717 www.traffordcentre.co.uk
Oxford Road, M15 6BH Tel: 0161 247 2000 www.mmu.ac.uk
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Station Approach, M1 2PZ www.nationalrail.co.uk
Exchange Square www.bbc.co.uk/bigscreens
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Get around Please see the map for details of venues, and each individual event listing for booking and other details relevant to the event. There are some great transport links to help make getting to and from the festival and between venues easier. Three routes of free buses operate through Manchester city centre - see www.gmpte.com for details. They go close to or connect many main venues, stations, tram stops and car parks. For details of trains into central Manchester stations, please use National Rail Enquiries www.nationalrail.co.uk Trams info can be found here www.metrolink.co.uk Other transport information can be found on the GMPTE website - www.gmpte.com Parking information can also be found on the city council website - www.manchester.gov.uk
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