Sat 25 October and 8 more
Exhibition - part of Manchesticity
The winning posters by Year 9 students across the ten Greater Manchester boroughs based on science articles in newspapers and on TV.
Sat 25 October 10.00 - 15.00 and 3 more
Workshop / Demonstration - part of Planet
We will offer a range of drop-in activities demonstrating fun and easy things people can do at home to help protect their environment.
Sat 25 October 10.00 - 12.00 and 8 more
Interactive Demo - part of The Elements
How can you balance a cork on the end of your nose? What are the secret sounds of the oven shelf? What happens when you put mint mentos in a bottle of coke? Come and find out this and more in interactive and fun science demonstrations.
Sat 25 October 10.30 and 8 more
Talk - part of Mind & Body
A fun, interactive storytelling session for under fives and their carers. Props include puppets, toys and musical instruments – singing will also take place within the session.
Sat 25 October & Sun 26 October at 10.30 - 15.30
Exhibition - part of Manchesticity
Explore how communications technology has changed over the years and how it works through amazing experiments and demonstrations.
Sat 25 October 11.00 - 12.00
Show - part of The Elements
Dr Audrey Cameron and Gary Quinn will demonstrate science experiments using British Sign Language.
Sat 25 October 11.00 - 13.00
Workshop / Demonstration - part of Mind & Body
Ann Lingard and Jennifer Rohn will talk about the joys and challenges of putting modern science into fiction.
Sat 25 October 14.00 and 17 more
Show - part of Planet
A fascinating seasonal view of the stars and planets as seen from the North West of England.
Sat 25 October 14.30 and 8 more
Show - part of Mind & Body
Find out about the food we eat, why we need it and where it goes. Join us in the process where participation produces poo!
Sat 25 October 14.30 - 15.30
Talk - part of Mind & Body
Gary Quinn from Heriot Watt University and Rachel O’Neill from the University of Edinburgh will discuss the process of finding and agreeing new signs for science terms in British Sign Language (BSL).
Sun 26 October 11.00, 13.00
Talk, Workshop / Demonstration - part of Manchesticity
In a practical workshop for budding crime writers, use some of the basic scientific methods often used in analysis of evidence found at a crime scene, and then hear novelists talking about their work and research.
Sun 26 October 13.30 and 3 more
Show - part of The Elements
Meet the man who’s atomic theory gave birth to modern chemistry.
Sun 26 October 14.00
Show, Talk - part of Mind & Body
Ross Sutherland and Tim Clare give a lively and stimulating lecture on the relationship between the imagination, language and mathematics.
Sun 26 October 16.00
Show, Talk - part of Mind & Body
To round off our Big Science Read weekend, we are thrilled to host a reading by one of the UK’s leading science-fiction writers, Stephen Baxter.
Mon 27 October 11.30 - 15.00 and 4 more
Workshop / Demonstration - part of Mind & Body
Bending a free kick can be a footballer’s most potent weapon, but how do they do it?
Mon 27 October 13.00 - 15.00, 19.00 - 20.00
Talk, Workshop / Demonstration - part of Planet
Martin Rowson is an award-winning political cartoonist.
Mon 27 October 14.00
Talk - part of Mind & Body
Discussing the difficulties of taking a product to market, the history of inventing and the obstacles he had to overcome to get his now famous Clockwork Radio to the market.
Tue 28 October & Wed 29 October at 10.00 - 15.00
Workshop / Demonstration - part of Planet
The workshop will highlight the negative aspects of plastic, including our excessive use of plastic bags.
Tue 28 October 10.30 - 16.00
Talk - part of Manchesticity
A one day seminar looking at the exciting story of transatlantic communications.
Tue 28 October 18.00
Talk - part of Manchesticity
This free lecture is aimed at a family audience and will tell the story of the 1858 Trans-Atlantic Cable and how this laid the foundations of today’s internet, world wide web and global communications.
Wed 29 October, Thu 30 October & Fri 31 October at 10.00 - 16.00
Interactive Demo, Workshop / Demonstration - part of Mind & Body
Making and playing musical instruments from recycled objects.
Wed 29 October 15.00 - 16.30, 18.00 - 19.30
Debate - part of Mind & Body
Light-hearted adult debate on topic of “soundscapes”.
Wed 29 October 19.00 - 20.00
Talk - part of Mind & Body
This talk will raise issues about how we might most usefully conceive of "The Mind" by examining the question of just where it might be located.
Thu 30 October 13.30
Talk - part of Planet
Demonstrations and activities will show how seismologists use the waves that earthquakes produce to learn about our dynamic planet.
Thu 30 October 14.30
Workshop / Demonstration - part of Mind & Body
A demonstration of exciting chemistry that you can do at home using household chemicals.
Thu 30 October 15.00 - 16.00
Interactive Demo - part of Manchesticity
Presentation of the Joshua Phillips (or Josh) Award for Innovation in Science Engagement to this year’s winner.
Thu 30 October 15.30 - 16.30
Workshop / Demonstration - part of Mind & Body
How can you make your own plastic out of glue that bounces? Come along and try it yourself in this exciting hands-on class.
Thu 30 October 19.00 - 20.00
Talk - part of Planet
This talk will describe how various astronomical phenomena may pose a threat to life on Earth and discuss the likelihood that human civilisation could be destroyed by a cosmic catastrophe.
Fri 31 October 10.30 - 15.30
Workshop / Demonstration - part of Mind & Body
Come along to a workshop with interactive activities to learn more about why and how we communicate with our hands when we speak.
Fri 31 October 11.30, 14.30
Show - part of The Elements
This show is all about forces and moving, with rockets, exploding balloons, flaming hands and many more amazing and intriguing demonstrations.
Fri 31 October 19.00 - 20.00
Talk - part of Planet
The talk will explore the science behind alternatives to oil and the ethical issues raised.
Sat 1 November 13.30 - 14.30
Talk - part of Mind & Body
A look at the history of science words and scientists in the Oxford English Dictionary, and at the process by which new words enter the language and the dictionary.