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20th January 2016

2nd Northern Ireland Science Festival

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2nd Northern Ireland Science Festival – it’s an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The festival will present a various range of workshops, talks and interactive activities for young people, parents and schools. The dates are from 18 – 28 February 2016.

With support from BDA Northern Ireland, we have two BSL events:

“Elephant’s Toothpaste Show” in BSL with Dr Audrey Cameron (Brainy) and Gary Quinn (Brawny) will demonstrate science experiments in BSL – join them to discover exploding pop rockets, how to make elephant’s toothpaste and other magic – it is accessible to everyone!

“Deaf Scientists of the Past” – A BSL interpreted event where all will be invited to go a time machine to meet famous scientist of the past! Exploding rockets and comets will be included!

 

When:

1) For public: Sunday 21st February at 2pm & 4pm – ALL AGES – you will need to book online on www.nisciencefestival.com

2) For schools: Monday, 22nd February at 11am & 1pm – ALL AGES – Schools will need to book via BDA Northern Ireland – email: admin.drp@bda.org.uk / tel: 02890 437483

 

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