Galway Science and Technology Festival
Magic Mathworks is a travelling hands-on maths exhibition for schools, museums and discovery centres. This touring maths lab demonstrates and explores a multisensory approach to the learning of mathematics based on the Multiple Embodiment Principle of Z P Dienes. The Magic Mathworks Travelling Circus Old Coach House, Penypwllau, Holywell, Flintshire, CH8 8HB T: 01352 713014 or 07774 … [Read more...]
Galway's own Mad Scientist brings you his Air Blast Show. Learn about air & air pressure. How strong is a vaccuum? Learn how to fly! See the Mad Science Air Blast Machine & some GIANT smoke rings! Chief Mad Scientist Mad Science Ireland Phone: 091 768557 Mobile: 086 9870077 Web: www.madscience.org/ie School Information Suitable for: Primary School Available: 21st … [Read more...]
Stevel Allman and his colleagues believe that any learning experience should be fun, hands-on and engaging, which is why their shows and workshops are full of fantastic experiments, activities and humour. Over 45 mins they investigate the science behind soap films by blowing bubbles of all shapes and sizes, filling them with smoke and magically getting them to hover in mid air. The … [Read more...]
Snakes, Stick Insects, Cockroaches, Snails, Millipedes, Tarantulas, Scorpions and lizards are among the visitors Mr Bug brings with him for his shows. Mr Bug believes that, "Meeting animals at close quarters is a great way to start understanding them. Combine this with a show that provides interesting information in a fun way, and you have a great way for audience members to have fun … [Read more...]
Often called ‘Galway’s Hidden Museum’, the James Mitchell Museum is located in the south-east corner of the Main Quadrangle of NUI, Galway. The museum was established in 1852 with the bulk of the rock, mineral and fossil collections assembled by the first professor of Geology in Galway, William King D.SC. It was formally designated the James Mithcell Museum in 1977 in … [Read more...]
Housed in the Martin Ryan Building the museum contains an eclectic mix of specimens ranging across the full spectrum of Zoological interest. Amongst these are the immensely valuable Blaschka collection of mainly marine invertebrates, reproduced in glass by German father and son Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, and four specimens from Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle. The Museum … [Read more...]
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