I'm volunteering for one of the science days and thought that this may be of interest to thoose who are local to Cheshire/Manchester.
Don't let the kids get bored over the half-term holidays – there are plenty of family-friendly activities to suit teenagers and youngsters alike as part of the Bollington Festival – many of which are free!
There’s a 4-day Fab Lab – a free mini science festival with plenty of hands-on activities with a biomedical theme (Sat 24, Sun 25, Mon 26 and Tues 27 May). Come along and feel a real heart, measure your blood oxygen levels before and after exercise, and find out about DNA and fingerprints.
There’s also a unique vegetable orchestra making music on homemade vegetable instruments, with science explanations thrown in. Audience participation essential! (31 May).
For teenagers (and adults!) we have the following:
• 21 May -Gaming in the real world – how are computer games helping patients and bomb disposal experts alike?
• 23 May- “Seeing the skies with other eyes” – what would we see if we had infrared or X-ray eyes? ()
• 25 May- A night with the stars, organised with Macclesfield Astronomical Society
•28 May- An evening with Lord Robert Winston (SOLD OUT)
• 29 May- A whistle-stop tour of some of the most exciting new dinosaur finds in the past 12 months from expert Phil Manning.
A Scarecrow science trail will be running throughout the Festival with biomedical discoveries depicted by scarecrows in public spaces and gardens throughout the town.
More information about the 17-day Bollington Festival can be found at which has many other activities www.bollingtonfestival.org.uk/
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