During your visit please fill in a questionnaire andpost it in the box provided at Reception or the Refectory.

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Entry Ticket*Family ticket: 2 adults + up to 3 children (under 16) or 1 adult + up to 4 children (under 16)

Your Entry Ticket gives access to all Drop-in events. An additional FREE Event Ticket is required for the Bookable Events, available 20 mins before start of each event from Reception. (Tickets for the Medieval Construction Science Show at Elgin Cathedral will be available 30 mins before start of each talk from Moray College UHI.)

Party/group booking by prior arrangementIf you wish to take a large family, party or group please contact (by 16th March)

Samantha Bright, Festival Director 01343 576319 samantha.bright@moray.uhi.ac.uk

RefectoryThe College Refectory will be open 10am - 3.30pm, offering good, nutritious food to keep you going for the day: Morning Menu .........................10.15am - 11am Lunch Menu ..............................11am - 3pm Snacks, drinks & sweets ........10.30am - 3.30pm

AllergiesEvents marked ◆ have content that may trigger allergic reactions. Please ask at Reception for an Allergy List.

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Lab in a LorryA series of Science experiments will be delivered by the Institute of Physics to Keith Grammar

secondary pupils as part of the Moray Science Festival on 26th March 2012.

BookaBle events(Entry by ticket - available 20 mins.

before start of each event from Reception)

The College Refectory will be open from 10am - 3.30pm offering a morning menu, lunch menu and all-day snack menu.

Hairdressing, Beauty and Complementary Therapies

Drop-in Sessions Always popular - you may have to queue!(Donations appreciated for fund raising.)

Beauty Therapy 10am - 3pm Nail Painting. Electrotherapy demonstrations. Hairdressing 12noon - 2.30pm Curling, tonging and plaits. Complementary Therapy 12noon - 3.30pm Mini-treatments and demonstrations.Events marked ◆ have content that may trigger allergic reactions

Drop-in events for all the family, from 10am - 5pm (workshops and demonstrations will close for 30mins on a rotating basis for lunch)

From Atoms to MoleculesHow are molecules made up, try and put them together by building them with atoms.

Rise of the RobotsHow robots and computers are becoming a part of everyday life. Find out what an “embedded computer” is, control a Robot Arm, programme a robot vehicle and see how YOU will cope in the automated, mechatronic World of Tomorrow!

Fast and Slow Reptiles◆Get up close and personal with a variety of snakes and lizards and learn how they are adapted to move quickly or slowly in the wild.

Animal OlympicsWhat is the fastest animal? Be in a quiz game where you are the animal and discover the fascinating facts by becoming the animal.

Bird songFind ways to look at sounds as well as hear them:- find out what the pattern of your own voice looks like. See how artists and scientists work together to explore sounds in different ways.

Whale and Dolphin Amazing Adaptations Discover how whales and dolphins are adapted to life under water, how does blubber work? How do dolphins use echolocation to find their food? Which whale can dive the deepest? Find out in our fun interactive activities.

UHI BSc Marine ScienceInteractive games to discover more about our local marine environment.

Face Painting◆Want to look like a butterfly or a tiger - come and find the face painting lady.

PuzzleMania 1pm - 5pmCome along and challenge your brains with Maths and logic puzzles for all the family.

Maths Quiz Trail Follow the Maths Quiz Trail round the College. Quiz forms from Reception and PuzzleMania. Have them checked at PuzzleMania.

Institute of Physics ChallengesInteractive fun physic experiments.

See the LightFalconer Museum, ForresCome and look at the torch that was part of the Olympic flame event that ran through Moray. Make your own torch.

Football SkillsElgin City Football Club“Beat the Keeper” – a popular attraction for children and adults to beat an Elgin City goalkeeper then test your “Speed Agility & Quickness Circuit” by racing around a circuit with speed ladders and hurdles. Then finish with a “Speed Shot” how fast is your shot at goal.

Ready Steady GoHow do athletes measure their fitness and improve on it. Come and try for yourself and can you beat Usain Bolt.

Ouch That Hurt!Become a boxer and try out some exercises and learn how footballers and boxers deal with injuries? How do muscles work with bones?

Bendy Bones◆What are bones made up of? Find out by making your own bone and see how they move?

Save a Life - 5 Easy Steps to Saving a Life 10am - 4pmCome and try CPR on life-like dummies.

Understanding LifeScan Scotland’s Products in an Interactive and Fun WayLifeScan ScotlandCome and play the Sugar strip game and test the glucose tubes with an enzyme to see the reaction.

RAF Lossiemouth Motorcycle ClubCome along and sit on the race bike and see the difference between a trail bike and a pit bike.

RAF Lossiemouth – RescueLook at the rescue equipment and sit in the ejector seat from RAF Lossiemouth.

What a Messy Business◆DiageoCome and look at, touch and smell the products produced from whisky, Scotland’s famous drink.

The Owl and the PussycatAre you an owl, pussycat or the next Steve Redgrave? Design the best boat by discovering which material floats and avoid becoming the Titanic and discover what materials sink!

Is it Hot in Here?◆Looking at exothermic and endothermic reactions. Do a series of mini chemical experiments to produce heat.

Yummy Scrummy◆Taste the unexpected from around the world. How do your senses confuse you?

Screaming Jelly Babies◆How is energy released from food? Can you bear to watch a jelly baby scream? Find out which foods produce energy.

Hold Your Breath◆When you exercise what happens to your lungs? Marvel at the structure of a set of real lungs then you can measure your own lung capacity and try not to get too wet!

STEM North of Scotland StandProviding info on where science, technology, engineering and maths can take you. Also on how to become an ambassador for STEM. Freebies available too!

The Space Race 35 minsSIGMA, Moray’s Astronomy ClubA short 15min talk on the race for space with video footage, followed by rocket making and launching.Shows at: 10.15am 11am 11.45am

1.30pm 2.15pm 3pm 3.45pm

Scottish Exotic Animal Rescue◆ 45 minsCome and meet Sam the gentle giant Burmese Python, Rosie the Tarantula and lots of other beasties.Shows at: 10am 11am 12noon

1.50pm 3.10pm 4.10pm

K’NEX 45 minsCan you built a helmet out of K’Nex strong enough to withstand a crash?Shows at: 10.20am 11.25am 1.10pm

2.15pm 3.15pm 4.15pm

Electronics in Action! 45 minsUse our unique Magtronics kit to learn some simple electronics and do some problem solving. Then try out some electronic systems for recording athletic performances. (Suitable for ages 8 and over.)Shows at: 10.15am 11.15am 12.15pm

2pm 3pm 4pm

Art Workshop 40 minsWe will be creating/drawing/colouring body parts and dressing a skeleton called Freda.Shows at: 10.30am 11.30am 12.30pm

2pm 3pm 4pm

The Appliance of Science 30 minsElgin Judo ClubWatch the demonstrations, see the moves, take part and dress up and be a Ninja warrior.Shows at: 12noon 1pm 2pm

Medieval Construction Science Show at Elgin Cathedral 70minsHistoric Scotland Discover science and technology in context as you follow the journey of a block of stone from a quarry to the top of an arch in a medieval building, overcoming forces and gravity along the way! Volunteers from the audience required to demonstrate construction! Tickets from Moray College UHI 30 mins before start.

Shows at: 1pm 3pm

Edinburgh University - Stem Cell Research Film6pm, Lecture Theatre, Moray College UHI

Film screening (70 mins) followed by discussion/Q&A with a leading Stem Cell scientist from Edinburgh University

(Suitable for ages 14+/adults)

tuesday 20th

march

Space Lecture 20124.30pm - 6.30pm, The Mansefield Hotel, Elgin

Prof. George Fraser, Space Research Centre, Leicester UniversityOrganised by Moray Chamber of Commerce.

For more information contact info@moraychamber.co.ukor telephone 01340 881226

thursday 22nd

march