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Education, excitement, and entertainment will be on offer for all ages at Switch on to Science, Redland Museum’s celebration of National Science Week.
Science is fascinating – and it’s everywhere! A team of volunteers will introduce visitors to various scientific applications through demonstrations of vintage equipment. What does it do? How does it work? How and why has technology evolved?
Visitors will be encouraged to try their hand at various activities, such as spinning wool, churning cream into butter, communicating through amateur radio, exploring the workings of old switchboards and telephones, sending telegraphs, and discovering the mysteries of Morse code. There will also be microscopes, crystal set radios, and an old-fashioned lolly shop.
The Surfing Scientist, Ruben Meerman, will present two science shows and take visitors into the realms of dry ice and liquid nitrogen. Designed mainly for children with their grownups, the day will also provide nostalgic entertainment for parents and grandparents.
Ross Bower is the museum’s science coordinator, and he has a long view of science. “We’re not just looking at vintage technology but at the way it is evolving into the future with such applications as hydrogen fuel and new technology textiles,” he says.
Switch on to Science will be held from 10:00am to 2:00pm on Monday August 12, (the Redlands’ Ekka holiday). For more information, go to www.redlandmuseum.org.au.
