Posts Tagged ‘fun physics’
Sights & Sounds of Physics in Dorset
With another summer drawing to an end, the first weekend of September heralded the Dorset Show and for the third year running, the Institute of Physics and Thomas Hardye School Science Department collaborated to bring physics to the public. Over 2 days in Dorchester the sun shone (intermittently), the rain stayed away and over 600 people [...]
Galaxies & Rockets star at Astro Fair
The annual Astronomy Fair at the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth, Devon, on Saturday 6th August 2011 was a great success once again. Flying a Jolly Roger flag, the IOP tent entertained visitors young and old, with the biggest variety yet of hands-on science activities for them to try. Despite the odd downpour during the day, almost 200 people [...]
New Science at the Devon County Show
This year it was all change for Science at the 2011 Devon County Show. After many years as ‘Science WithIntent’, the hands-on science activities moved to a bigger Marquee in collaboration with Exeter City of Science. The organisations taking part included Devon EBP, North Wyke Research, Exeter Science Park, The MET Office and the Peninsula Medical School. The very [...]
Physics gets creative at Bath Taps
With National Science & Engineering Week in full swing, the annual Bath Taps Into Science Fair once again attracted crowds of children and adults keen to have some science fun! This year the Institute of Physics stand was a little different, with some new ‘Creative Physics’ activities making their debut. Aided by some very enthusiastic [...]
All the fun of the Astro Fair
There was much science to see and do at the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth on Saturday, 7 August where the IOP-SW was once again invited to run a hands-on physics stand at their annual Astronomy Fair. Situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the South Coast, this event attracts several hundred visitors each year. [...]
