DROP IN Events for all the Family,
from 10am - 4pm
(workshops & demonstrations will close for 30mins on a rotating basis for lunch) |
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| Face Painting |
Want to look like a butterfly or an animal? |
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| Beauty Therapy | Come and be pampered. Mini-treatments and demonstrations. Demonstrations of various techniques. Donations appreciated for fund raising. |
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Hairdressing
12pm - 3pm only |
Come and get your hair put up or curled. Donations appreciated for fund raising. |
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A Little Geology.
Rock Formation. |
Come and find out what rocks really look like using a microscope. |
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| Volcanoes | There are many different types of volcanoes. Some explode, some produce slow moving lava that you can outrun – why are there different types? |
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| Pulleys | It is possible that Archimedes built his first elevator powered by pulleys in about 236BC. Can you lift your own body weight using a pulley? |
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| Moon Craters | Why does the moon have big craters on it? Are all the impact craters round? |
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| Solar Panels | How does a solar powered grasshopper work? |
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| Planets | Build your own solar system. Can we do this to scale? |
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| Meteorology | From where do the weather readers on the TV get their information? How can you predict the weather - apart from using Granny’s bunions. |
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| Sparking Thumbtacks | Find out how to give your friends a little electric shock. |
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| Bag of Nails | Just how clever are you? Can you balance 16 nails on the head of one nail? |
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| See, Smell, Taste, Hear | How we can use our senses during experiments. |
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| The Flying Factory | An introduction to the physics of flight, propulsion and stability. |
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| Fraserburgh Lighthouse | Build a model light house and find out how prisms work. |
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| Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society - Spey Bay |
The Moray Firth is home to a population of around 130 bottlenose dolphins as well as lots of other animals such as seabirds, otters, ospreys, seals, harbour porpoises, basking sharks, minke whales. Come along and find out what the WDCS does. |
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| Scottish Association for Marine Sciences (SAMS) |
Come along and find out all about the Marine life on the West coast of Scotland by doing lots of fun games to find out where and how they survive. |
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| Rockets, Skateboards and Newton’s Third Law |
Use a water powered rocket and a skateboard to show that “to every action there is an opposite reaction” |
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| Backwoods Survival | How to live from the wild. How to make a bow and arrows and a food bowl. |
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| EcoWarriors | How can we reduce, reuse and recycle. Hands on activities from the Eco Team of The Moray Council. |
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| Recycling | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – the three Rs. Find out how to make a boat from old rubbish. |
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| Robots | Guide your robot around an obstacle course. |
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| Maths Workshop | Not as scary as it sounds. Some of the applications of maths in everyday life. |
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| Screaming Balloons |
How to really annoy your parents and also learn about friction. Friction causes loss of energy in systems. |
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| Felt Making | Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by pressing woollen fibres. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. |
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| Thermal Imaging | This technique can be used to show blood flow to various body areas. Can you tell the difference between the hand of a smoker and a non-smoker? |
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| Scanning Electron Microscope | Connect to a scanning electron microscope and see life in very fine detail. |
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| Biodiversity. What is it? Why should I Care? | An interactive board game to discover what eats what and shows how energy flows through living systems. Even bacteria have their place. |
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| Highland Gliding Club | Sit in a glider and find out how to fly without an engine. |
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| Elgin City Football Club | Are you the next Beckham or Ronaldinho? Try out your football skills and beat the goalie. |
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| Book and Game Swap | Bring along any games or books to swap for something you’d like. |
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| Grampian Police | Display & information on how to keep safe. |
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| RAF Lossiemouth | Have a look at some RAF equipment! |
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| Her Majesty’s Coastguard | Come and see the Coastguard vehicle and boat and find out what the Coastguard does. |
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| Health Bus | Information on various health issues.
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