Discover Science DaySaturday 7 March 201510am-4pmDiscover and be inspired by Science at Royal Holloway, University of London

royalholloway.ac.uk/sciencefestival

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Principal’s welcome

Science at Royal Holloway

Welcome to Royal Holloway Science Festival. We have run our hugely popular annual Science Open Day for over 20 years, celebrating science and attracting large audiences each year.We have a thriving science community here at Royal Holloway, with world-class pioneering research, so this is a great opportunity for everyone to come along and discover some of the exciting things that we are up to. As early assessment for science is made more demanding, it’s important that we continue to engage the next generation in these subjects and make it fun. Through the range of activities at Royal Holloway Science Festival, we can demonstrate the wide-ranging impact of science and explore the latest technological advances together. Professor Paul Layzell

Royal Holloway is one of the UK’s leading universities. We have a distinguished history of internationally excellent research in areas from particle physics and dark matter in space, to cyber security, the decline of bees and the communities that live in the Amazon rainforest. Royal Holloway Science Festival invites you to be inspired by the wonder of science and experience some of our world-changing research first hand. Royal Holloway co-ordinates a broad range of outreach activities for local primary and secondary schools, and sixth form and FE colleges as well as the wider public, presenting a varied programme of talks, demonstrations, visits, and hands-on workshops. We also provide a point of contact and resource for anyone working in education to support the teaching of science to all ages.

For more details visit our website: royalholloway.ac.uk/discoverscienceContact scienceoutreach@royalholloway.ac.uk

Follow us on Twitter @RHULScience

National Science & Engineering Week Practical applications of Quantum Theory Dr Phil Meeson, Physics Thursday 19 March 2015 6.30pm, Windsor Building Contact: physics.outreach@rhul.ac.uk

Great Charter FestivalSunday 14 June 2015, 10am-5pmJoin in our exciting celebrations to mark 800 years of Magna Carta.Find out more at royalholloway.ac.uk/magnacarta

Coming soon

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Science Festival Passport A treasure trail for younger visitorsHunt for a letter at each main venue to complete your science passport then find the hidden word. Bring your completed passport back to the Windsor Building information desk to collect a prize.Good Luck!

Fossil Trail Explore the inner workings of our Dynamic Planet! Follow the geological fossil trail from outside of the Windsor Building to the Department of Earth Sciences and discover the powerful natural forces that shape Earth, Life and our Natural Resources.

Discover science at today’s special talks and activitiesTalks and activities timetable

Geography Great Explorer Talk 11.00 – 12.00 Q

Picture Gallery Art Alive 11.00 – 11.30 F

Computer Science – Lego Robots (ages 12+)

11.00 – 12.00 M

Science Museum Talk 11.30 – 12.30 W

Computer Science – Human Internet (ages13+)

12.00 – 1.00 M

Picture Gallery Art Alive 12.00 – 12.30 F

Picture Gallery Art Alive 1.45 – 2.15 F

Bloodhound SSC Talk 1.30 – 2.30 W

Computer Science- Lego Robots (ages 12+)

2.00 – 3.00 M

Earth Sciences Methane Gas Talk 2.30 – 3.30 Q

Picture Gallery Art Alive 2.30 – 3.00 F

Computer Science – Human Internet (ages13+)

3.00 – 4.00 M

Royal Holloway Parfumerie at Bourne Building

10.30, 11.30, 12.30, 2.30 and 3.30 B

These events require tickets – see p5 for details. All tickets are free and activities are suitable for all ages unless stated.

Welcome to Discover Science Day

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Refreshments A wide range of food and drink will be available throughout the day

Windsor Building Windsor Building

An information desk is located in the foyer of the Windsor Building, including the following:

• Campus guides to assist you

• Lost property

• Lost children meeting point

• St John Ambulance

Toilets (and baby changing facilities) are located in each building

There is a second information and ticket point at the Boilerhouse BH

General information

Please note that professional filming and photography will be taking place throughout the day on Saturday 7 March. Footage and images will be used as part of Royal Holloway promotional materials including our website and social media channels. For children under 16, we endeavour to seek permission from parents or guardians wherever possible. Programme correct at time of publication 02/15.

Hub Open 11.30am – 2.30pmSandwiches, snacks, hot and cold drinks. Seating is available for visitors who bring their own lunch.

Crosslands Open 10am – 4pm Sandwiches, snacks, hot and cold drinks.

The Store on CampusOpen 10am – 4pm

Bedford Library caféOpen 11am – 9pm Sandwiches and drinks

Catering kiosks Pop up catering points at Windsor (cakes, sandwiches, coffee open 10am-4pm) and at the Boilerhouse (hot drinks and soup) open 12-3pm

Picnic areas are at the Windsor Building terrace and in the Founder’s Building south quad.

Follow us on Twitter @RHULScience #RHSF15

royalholloway.ac.uk/sciencefestival

Free WiFi is available throughout campus. Network name: ScienceFestivalWiFi

Listen out for updates on Insanity 103.2 FM our student run radio station broadcasting live all day.

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Some of today’s activities have limited spaces and require tickets for entry. Tickets are free and are available from the information points in the Windsor Building Foyer and the Boilerhouse (see map on page 10). Talks are suitable for all ages.

Highlights

Ticketed eventsPunk Science: The Game Showby Jon Milton and Sam Furniss from the Science Museum

Featuring Punk Science’s trademark blend of science, comedy and music, the show where no-one goes away empty headed!

Windsor Building Auditorium 11.30am-12.30pm

Tickets released at 10.30am

Bloodhound Supersonic Car Inspiring a generation. Ian Glover, from the Bloodhound SSC project reveals exciting progress with the development of Bloodhound SSC. Will it be ready to take to South Africa to set the 1,000mph world land speed record by the end of the year?

Windsor Building Auditorium 1.30-2.30pm

Tickets released at 10.30am

Visit the Bloodhound SSC exhibition in Windsor Building

Lego Robots and Human Internet Interactive 1 hour sessions. See Computer Science on p6

Art Alive! Discover the links between art and science at the Picture Gallery, p9

How Steam Railways work Live steam engines presented by the Gauge 1 Model Railway Association, Surrey and Royal Holloway’s Computer Scientists.

BH Boilerhouse Theatre

Birds of Prey Your chance to meet some of the stunning giants of our skies.

Costa Book of the Year-winning book ‘H is for Hawk’, has sparked renewed interest in these remarkable creatures.

Located outside Windsor Building

All day activities – no tickets required

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Computer Science • Computing Society students present

a range of activities with image and music files

Upstairs in Windsor Building

• All day activities to drop in and try – Guide the robot, Build your own DNA, The Internet of things and Maze solving.

In McCrea Building

Ticketed activities• Human Internet - humans acting as the routing

machines on a network with linked terminals. How fast can you get a message across? Can you avoid eavesdroppers? (booked event suitable for ages 13-16 - this activity takes 1 hour)

• Search and Rescue Robots - Programming with a simple Lego Mindstorms NXT robot. The kit is an innovation tool and you will have to add behaviour to this lump of hardware. How cool is that? (booked event suitable for age 12+ - this activity takes 1 hour)

In McCrea Building – tickets from information points (W and BH on map)

Biological Sciences • How do we measure antibiotic resistance?• Mendel’s discovery of the laws of genetic

inheritance• Beat the bacteria: infections that glow in

the dark• The Monster We’re Making – what are

disposable plastics doing to the environment? Find out in our interactive zone with EcoTales and Thames waterways

• Institute of Cancer Research - DNA Detectives Help us break the code, find the clues, and reveal cancer’s secrets

• Biochemical society - Medicine Makers- learn how medicines work and make your own!

Ticketed activitiesRoyal Holloway Parfumerie Hands-on experiments in small groupsTimes are 10.30, 11.30, 12.30, 2.30 and 3.30 pmTickets available from Bourne reception

All in Bourne Building

Faculty of Science

Don’t miss the Birds of Prey Located outside Windsor Building

Steam Trains – learn about mechanical computing at the Boilerhouse (map BH)

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Geography• Exploration through the mapping world • Discover the real ice age • Mammoth and stone tool activities• Learn about discovery in the Arctic and why the

search for the Northwest Passage fascinated scientists and politicians alike

• See how the Arctic was represented to a curious public in maps, illustrations, paintings, and panoramas

• CGG - Introduction to the exciting and ever evolving world of Geoscience … given by Geoscientists

Ticketed activitiesDiscovery at the top of the world: John Franklin and the nineteenth-century’s fatal obsession with the Northwest Passage - Dr Innes M. Keighren

Hear the story of the ambitious career, mysterious disappearance, and recent rediscovery of the legendary nineteenth-century explorer John Franklin11.00-12.00 in Queen’s Building Lecture Theatre – tickets from information points (W and BH on map)

All in Queen’s Building

Earth Sciences • Volcano erupts: Eghafjallajökull

• Earthquake demo: the great flourshake

• Discover your inner cow• Gold panning - the Englefield Klondyke

Ticketed activitiesMethane - the little gas that saved the world.Professor Euan Nisbet, Greenhouse gas lab, Earth Sciences

Methane is a gas we think of as coming from cows, swamps, as well as gas leaks, landfills and sewage. Find out about its very long history in the air and why it’s an obvious target to reduce human-caused global warming.

2.30-3.30pm in Queen’s Building Lecture Theatre, tickets from information points (W and BH on map)

All in Queen’s Building

Follow the fossil trail: The Trilo-Dino-Ammoni-Trail from Windsor Building to Queen’s Building

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Physics• The Dark Matter Machine – dark matter

makes up nearly a quarter of our universe, find out how it distorts space

• Ultracold – discover what cold really is. When you can liquefy air strange things start to happen…

• How did we find the Higgs? – an interactive activity to discover the Higgs. (Nobel prize not guaranteed!)

• National Physical Laboratory - holograms, micro and liquid lenses, a Brownian motion demonstration

Tolansky Building

Mathematics • Games and puzzles

Discover the mathematics behind some fun games

• Number guessing We can discover your secret number, even when you lie

• Harmonograph and Galton Board Discover the beautiful patterns created by random processes

See an exhibition of cryptography machines, including the Enigma machine beaten by Alan Turing and others at Bletchley Park

Windsor Building

Look out for…Chelsea Physic Garden - Inspiration from nature See some amazing examples of ideas borrowed from nature, from Velcro and light bulbs to parachutes, medicines and more. Plant some seeds to take home with you.

Sphere Science - What makes a high flyer? Design your own investigation into the hoopster that flies the furthest. Think about how the jumping bean works and make your own.

Guess the Engineer A guessing game based on clue cards as you move around the board. Civil engineer, electrical, or mechanical? Use the clues to solve the puzzle and win.

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Wonderful Wool! Discovery in simple materials, their properties and modern uses.

All in the Windsor Building Foyer

We would like to thank all our Science Festival partners for their generous support

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Picture Gallery Discover new lands through arts and science

Stop off at the Picture Gallery to discover the links between art and science. Join in one of our art activities and make something to take home or come to an Art Alive performance and meet Lady Jane Franklin. Her husband set off to discover the North-west Passage in 1845 but vanished in the Arctic. Watch out-she’s quite a character!

Performance times are at 11-11.30am, 12-12.30, 1.45-2.15 and 2.30-3pm

(NB Advanced tickets are available to book seats but are not essential – see information points)

Founder’s Building West

Library Have a go at book-making and take part in a knowledge quest to become a nurse

A joint exhibition with College Archives

L Bedford Library

Psychology• Discover how to read Hungarian Runes

• Discover the rules for stressing English words

• Discover the science of sleep

• Discovering new words

• Can you see through your palm? Do you know where your nose is? Are you sure that’s your hand? Try our body illusions and find out the truth about how our brains can get it strangely wrong. You can also take part in a live experiment and contribute your data to science. We look forward to fooling you!

All in Windsor Building

• Can you identify the perp? Take part in a real experiment to experience what an eyewitness may experience. Your help will aid in understanding how we can improve an eyewitness’s ability to pick the real suspect, not the innocent suspect, from a lineup.

WS taking place in Wolfson

Listen out for updates throughout the day on our student run radio station Insanity 103.2 FM broadcasting live at the Windsor Building

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Sportsfields

To Sports Centreby car

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Information and ticket points

KeyCampus buildings

Car parks

Gravel car parks

Accessible route

Gradient direction

Zebra crossing

Accessible parking space

Information

Deliveries

Pedestrian access only

Bike rack – internal

Bike rack – covered

Bike rack – uncovered

Refreshments

Locations Windsor Building

McCrea Building

Tolansky Laboratory

Queen’s Building

Bourne Building/Laboratories

Founder’s Building Picture Gallery

BH Boilerhouse

WS Wolfson

L Library

Crosslands

The Store on Campus

The Hub

Catering kiosk

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Steam Trains

Birds of prey

Picture Gallery

Open DaysAn Open Day at Royal Holloway offers a unique opportunity to come and meet our students and staff, and get a taste of what university life is really like.

Open Day dates for 2015 are:

• Wednesday 17 June• Saturday 20 June• Saturday 3 October• Saturday 24 October

You are welcome to bring a parent or friend with you.

Find out more and register to attend at royalholloway.ac.uk/opendaysT: +44 (0) 1784 414944E: royalholloway.ac.uk/enquiry

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