Thursday, 10 May 2012

The Joy of Science



Well, the 3rd annual Dumfries & Galloway Science Festival electrified the region all the way from Stranraer to Langholm during the first week of May.  Almost 2000 schoolchildren took part in science workshops, demonstrations and hands-on activities provided to 15 primary schools and 7 secondaries.   

And on Saturday 5th May Wild Science Family Mayhem! Day drew 620 avid young scientists and their families to the Crichton Campus in Dumfries to experience a real extravaganza of free science workshops, interactive displays and (actually) explosive demonstrations for a public audience.


Wearing my other hat, I had a great time being Writer in Residence, making nanoBOOKS and Poetry Postcards with lots of lively-minded children.  Here's Luke with his Science Fiction in a Flash thriller, 'Steamworks'.





This little girl was 6 years old, working with English as her 2nd language.  She wrote:

The salmon dreams in the stream.
I saw the fish in my sleep.

 

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