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#be curious Rediscover your inner science! PAGE 2 Welcome www.scifest.org.nz
Welcome from Welcome from Mayor Dave Cull President Michele Coleman
In 1996, the Dunedin City Council was presented with an The New Zealand International Science Festival is a community On a personal note, I would like to thank the members of the opportunity by a group of people that had a vision to inspire the celebration of global and local science, technology and Executive for their passion, ideas, advice and encouragement. next generation of science leaders by holding a unique event – innovation. With an eagerly awaited line-up of over 170 engaging It has been a great pleasure to work with you and be an an event that would bring the city’s schools, businesses, tertiary events and activities throughout the week, there’s something for ambassador for such an inspiring landmark in New Zealand’s institutions and individuals together to promote science and all of the family. This year we are encouraging you to be curious calendar. learning, and to position Dunedin as a city of science and a city about the world; to ask questions; to challenge and get excited Finally, a very special thank you to our Festival Director, of education. They saw the value in a community based festival about science in its many forms. Chris Green and to Associate Director Jen Smith for their of science, and in a week of hands-on science based activities The festival is about promoting interesting, important and outstanding efforts in putting together such a diverse and for all ages. relevant science and highlighting the countless ways in which it interesting programme of events - a programme that reflects the Fast forward 20 years, and the NZ International Science Festival affects our lives through inspiring activities, tours, talks, films, outstanding science that is taking place within our community. celebrates its 10th event. It has grown into one of the city’s music, food and much more. The 2016 offering is set to be our A warm welcome to both locals and those who have travelled far premier events, with local, national and international scientists most impressive yet as we celebrate our 10th festival, giving to be here and celebrate with us, including our special guests. I working together with groups from around the city to hold an us all an opportunity to look back at the developments and encourage you all to get involved, learn something new – and event that we are all proud to be associated with. The festival is discoveries within science since the festival began in 1997, find something that captures your curiosity. still the only one of its kind in New Zealand, and is a testament and to look forward to the future. We are also thrilled to be to the way in which our community comes together to develop hosting the very first Otago Daily Times Community Science a collection of activities that celebrate science and innovation in Awards where we will be showcasing local science heroes and Dunedin, and challenge us to think more about the world celebrating Otago’s incredible and diverse talent. Michele Coleman around us. On behalf of the Executive, I offer our sincere thanks to our core President, NZ International Science Festival I look forward to being involved in this year’s festival, and on funders, the Dunedin City Council, the Otago Community Trust behalf of the Council and of the many sponsors, volunteers and the University of Otago. Without your support this festival and organisations involved in this year’s event, I encourage will not be possible. Our thanks also to the many organisations you to participate in some of the many events on offer. There is that have provided grants and sponsorships - your generous something for everyone, from science demonstrations through contributions are gratefully acknowledged. Thank you also to to discussions on some of the issues facing our society. So take our international embassy supporters for your contribution; The some time to go through the programme, and challenge yourself British High Commission, the US Embassy and the Australian to “be curious” this July. High Commission. A special thanks and acknowledgement should also go to our presenters and contributing organisations that collectively make up an exciting programme of events; and to our volunteers who have donated their time to help make the Dave Cull festival happen. Mayor of Dunedin
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Name: Peter FitzSimons Occupation: Guest Speaker Name: Professor Corey Name: Lucy Collins J. A. Bradshaw Country: Australia Occupation: Naval Architect, Occupation: Sir Hubert Almost as well known in New Zealand as University College London Chair Of Climate Change, across the ditch, Peter FitzSimons is a Name: David Rattenborough Country: UK well-respected columnist for The Sydney Name: Albert Manero University Of Adelaide Lucy studied maths, physics, chemistry Occupation: ZooMoologist, Morning Herald and Sun-Herald, speaks Occupation: Executive Country: Australi and history at A-Level before attending NHNZ Kids 4 languages, has played test rugby for Director, Limbitless the University of Sheffield, where she Corey’s raison d’être is to demonstrate Australia and written 25 best-selling books. Country: New Zealand Solutions obtained a first class Masters degree in to human society that we can no longer He is also Australia’s most popular after- ZooMoo Live brings the spirit of the Country: USA Civil and Structural Engineering. Lucy was ignore the impacts of deforestation, dinner speaker, and his interview credits ZooMoo television channel to the subsequently employed by the Ministry of pollution, disease, habitat loss, extinctions, include ex-president George Bush, Sir Coming to NZ from the USA, Limbitless stage for a one off Live puppet show Defence as a Naval Architect (a designer of over-grazing, over-fishing or warming Edmund Hillary, Jodie Foster, Nicki Lauda, Solutions is a non-profit organization extravaganza! ships and submarines for the Royal Navy). climates on human wealth, health and Joe Montana and Carl Lewis as well as all devoted to building a generation of David Rattenborough goes on safari For 2.5 years, Lucy worked all over the wellbeing. Scientists must not only present major Australian sporting figures. innovators who use their skills and passion looking for the world’s cuddliest, UK and overseas and completed a second the empirical evidence underlying these At the moment Peter FitzSimons is to improve the world around them. “We craziest animals from ZooMoo - an Masters degree in Naval Architecture at relationships, they should also excel championing the cause of head injuries and use additive manufacturing to advance international children’s television University College London, graduating with in telling their stories and advocating the effects they have in the long term. “It personalized bionics and solutions for channel filmed right here in Dunedin and distinction and the award for Best Ship for positive change. Corey’s aim is to only takes one knock to damage a brain. disabilities. We believe that no family should broadcast in over 20 countries all around Design. Lucy is currently on secondment provide irrefutable evidence to influence We accepted the risks of getting knocked have to pay for their child to receive an the world. He meets an enormous to University College London where she government policy and private behaviour out on a field in the days I played because arm. Now we want to lead by example and Gorilla with unique ninja skills; a dog helps to run the MSc in Naval Architecture, for the preservation of our planet’s we didn’t know any better. We do now, and encourage communities to innovate with who’s an intrepid wildlife photographer, manages the experimental tank facilities biowealth. we need to educate, starting at junior level, compassion.” a piggie inventor, an artistic lemur, and and is also undertaking a PhD in the field of Corey has published over 250 articles, the effects of concussion.” Limbitless Solutions are proudly sponsored many more animals from the zany submarine design. As part of her role within 9 book chapters and 2 books. He is a Peter is coming to the festival to share by the Otago Polytechnic. Funding support cast of ZooMoo! Come along for this the Ministry of Defence, Lucy is a Lieutenant member of the Faculty of 1000 and Fellow his insights into this growing issue of the from the US Embassy is also appreciated. unique opportunity to meet the loveable in the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors of the Royal Society of South Australia. impacts of contact sport on the brain, characters, as they take us on amazing and was the first female civilian to do He is regularly featured in Australian and together with Prof Damian Bailey and Dr journey around the animal kingdom. time at sea in a submarine. Lucy is also a international media for his research. His John Sullivan. member of the inaugural Women in Science Book tickets to ‘ZooMoo Live’ on blog, ConservationBytes.com, has been Peter FitzSimons is proudly sponsored by and Engineering’s (WISE) Young Women’s Saturday July 16 at 3.30pm. visited over 1.5 million times. ADInstruments. Board, one of ten young professionals Go to page 22 Corey Bradshaw is proudly sponsored by helping to bridge the gap between the Centre for Science Communication at Come and hear their inspirational story of classroom and boardroom. the University of Otago. their focus and vision to help others and how Book tickets to see Lucy at: we can play our part in making a difference • ‘Women in Science Breakfast’ on Tuesday Book tickets to ‘Sport and Concussion – Big in our local, national and global community July 12 - go to page 14 Issue or Should We Just Shake it Off?’ on at their event ‘Making a Difference - Using • ‘What Inspires Me’ - 2 Minute Talks from Wednesday July 13 at 7.30pm. 3D Technology to Change Lives’ on Friday our local, national and international science Go to page 16 July 15 at 7:30pm. community on Wednesday July 13 - go to Go to page 20 page 17 Book tickets to see him talk on ‘How • ‘How Unique is My Job’ on Monday July Climate Change is Degrading My 11 - go to page 11 Daughter’s Future: From Epidemiology to Economics’ on Tuesday July 12 at 7.30pm. 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Name: Professor Name: Nigel Latta ONZM Damian Bailey Occupation: Psychologist Occupation: Physiologist, & Author University Of South Wales PHOTO: NASA Country: NZ Name: Dr Graham Walker Country: UK Name: Dr Dava Newman Name: Claire Beynon Born and raised in Oamaru, Nigel first and DJ Sixfootsix Former international sportsman, freediver Occupation: Artist Occupation: Deputy attended Otago University, where he Occupation: Science and Everest mountaineer Professor Administrator, NASA completed an MSc in Marine Science. He Country: South Africa/ Communicators Damian Bailey is drawing upon his love of Country: USA then moved to Auckland where he trained New Zealand high performance and endurance sports Country: Australia to help the rest of us with every day life. Dr. Dava Newman will share NASA’s as a Clinical Psychologist and graduated Born and educated in South Africa, Claire It all started late one night in the garage- As a physiologist at the University of vision for space exploration and with a Master of Philosophy with 1st class Beynon is a writer, artist and independent lab… Sounds Like Science is the mutant South Wales, Pontypridd, in the United climate change research, and discuss honors in Psychology and a Postgraduate researcher who immigrated to Dunedin probably-cloned offspring of science Kingdom, Bailey’s research has lead to progress in the Journey to Mars. Diploma in Clinical Psychology. In 2012 from Cape Town in November 1994. communicator Dr Graham Walker and insights into how the brain ages as well as Encouraging women and girls to play Nigel was made an Officer of the New Two research seasons in Antarctica DJ Chris Foster, aka. Sixfootsix. Dr practical changes in the management of a central role in this journey is vital Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services (2005 & 2008) led to a period of Graham from Science ShowOffs and the concussion for rugby players and boxers. to NASA’s mission – Dr. Newman to Psychology as part of the Diamond intensive interdisciplinary work and the Australian National University has been will discuss ways that the agency is establishment of valued collaborative Professor Damian Bailey is proudly Jubilee Queen’s Birthday Honours List. performing science shows for 16 years. sponsored by ADInstruments. promoting STEM careers for women. partnerships in NZ and abroad. Well known to Kiwi audiences, his most He’s one of two people in the world with Join us to hear more about Where to Claire continues to draw inspiration from recent project, a six part popular science a PhD in science show performance. From Here? her time ‘on ice’. Her painting - Song His unique brand of enthusiastic delivery primetime series titled ‘Nigel Latta Blows for a Unified World - was prompted and amazing science regularly thrills Stuff Up’, was screened in 2015 by TVNZ. by the DNA sequences of uni-cellular audiences around the world. Armed This year, he brings his humour and real aquatic organisms encountered whilst Book tickets to see Professor Bailey with more digital wizardry than Merlin’s world pragmatism to the festival with his in Antarctica and will be on exhibition at ‘Sport and Concussion – Big Issue finger, Sixfootsix’s box of bells and special one-off ‘Why Science is Cool’ during the Festival. or Should We Just Shake it Off?’ on whistles provides a dynamic, DJ mixed with the Otago Museum team. This show Claire will be inviting the Dunedin Wednesday July 13 at 7.30pm. soundtrack of soungs that hint and giggle is perfect for families, as Nigel shows public to contribute to a collaborative towards the science. From explosive Go to page 16 everyone why science is the coolest thing honeycomb artwork titled ‘The Hum funky hip hop, to fiery psychadelic 60s going in the world right now. of the Parts’, a cross-section of life as rock, and even the nitrogen-cool Frozen observed and experienced in countries Nigel Latta is proudly sponsored by theme song, DJ Sixfootix will prove that around the globe. The honeycomb Otago Museum. sounds do indeed like science. weaves together diverse languages, Dr Graham Walker and DJ Sixfootsix are disciplines and ways of seeing. It proudly sponsored by The Hits. celebrates science alongside poetry, places the UN’s Goals for Sustainable Living beside amoebas and octopi, sets Come and see ‘Exploring Together - music in dialogue with mathematical with NASA Deputy Administrator Dr Book tickets to ‘Why Science is Cool’ on theorems. Dava Newman’ on Thursday July 14 at Friday July 15 at 1:00pm. Join Claire at the Community Gallery 7:30pm. Go to page 20 during your lunch break, after school, before going home from work Book tickets to ‘Sounds like Science with Go to page 18 Saturday July 9 - Friday July 15 at Dr Graham Walker and DJ Sixfootsix’ on 11:00am - 3:00pm. Saturday July 9 at 7.30pm. Go to page 6 Go to page 8 PAGE 6 Saturday July 9 www.scifest.org.nz
ALL AGES ALL AGES University of Otago Science Tracking Blue Penguins Festival Expo Pukekura Exhibit St David Complex, St David Street Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula BEST 9:00am - 4:00pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
BITS! The SciFest Expo grabs the best, quirkiest, coolest, weirdest and most The exhibit will highlight the Tracking Pukekura Blue Penguin project helpful science from around the university and packs it all into the and how the community can get involved with the penguin monitoring ground floor of the St David Complex. and research programme planned for 2016. Science and Superfoods: Free Booking not required Free Booking not required An Evening at Technique Restaurant Technique Restaurant, Otago Polytechnic, Harbour Terrace ALL AGES ALL AGES Forest Forensics: 7:30pm - 9:30pm Cautious Curiosity; Sea Who Killed The Kiwi? Lions in the Mall Superfoods. Fact or fiction? Enjoy a meal made up of superfoods Lab in a Box @ Science Festival Expo, Wall Street Mall, 211 George St and be challenged by Food Science’s Phil Bremer and the team St David Complex, St David Street at Technique as to what super foods really are and what really can make a difference to our brain and body. This 3 course meal 10:00am - 11:30am 12:00noon - 1:00pm includes a glass of beer, wine or juice. Cash bar also available. Be part of another unique “science of” event that have fast become Super sleuth scientists at Orokonui Ecosanctuary need you! Help When does curiosity become risky? Sea lions and humans; when two festival favorites. us solve a murder mystery using cutting edge genetic analysis curious species meet. Examining the interactions between sea lions Booking essential technology! Learn how scientists use animal DNA to make sense of Adults only and humans from the perspective of a curious sea lion. www.ticketdirect.co.nz patterns in nature and protect endangered species. $50 Free Booking not required 0800 TICKETDIRECT & at outlets Free Booking not required
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Orokonui at the Science Expo Creatures of the Night St David Complex, St David Street Dunedin Botanic Garden, 12 Opoho Road Have you signed up to our mailing list yet? 10:00am - 4:00pm 5:00pm - 7:00pm Go to www.scifest.org.nz Orokonui Ecosanctuary is an amazing living laboratory! Come and learn Night-time guided walking tours around the Botanic Gardens and moth all about the fascinating research going on inside the fence! trap workshops where you might just catch a glimpse of Dunedin’s nocturnal wildlife. You’ll be amazed at the critters that live in our own Free Booking essential back yard! [email protected] 03 4821755 Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690
YEARS8+ ALL AGES ALL AGES ‘Sonic Sea’ Super Inventions Discovery Trail A Science Festival Experiment Exclusive Film Screening All Dunedin Public Libraries Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon University of Otago College of Education Auditorium, 145 Union St 9:30am - 8:00pm 10:00am - 5:00pm 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Uncover the story of New Zealand’s science heroes. Pick up a trail Come in to the Yayoi Kusama exhibition ‘The Obliteration Room’ and see Oceans are a sonic symphony. Sound is essential to the prosperity of guide any time during NZ International Science Festival week and follow how many coloured dots are in the room (and add some yourself). Visit marine life, but man-made ocean noise is threatening this fragile world. the clues in your local library. as often as you can and see how the room changes over the week of Dive deep to listen to the symphony and find out how to protect life in Free Booking not required the NZ International Science Festival. our waters. Free Booking not required Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690
ALL AGES YEARS4+ ADULTS W.D. Trotter Anatomy Great Big Dino Hunt Museum: Guided Tours Green Bike Discovery Ride All Dunedin Public Libraries Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Lindo Ferguson Building, Otago Peninsula 9:30am - 8:00pm 270 Great King Street 10:30am - 12:00noon and 9:00am - 3:30pm 1:00pm - 2:30pm Help! There are dinosaurs on the loose. Join the hunt by following their Take a ride on the wild side and discover nature on our green bikes. Have you ever seen the smallest bone in the human body? A tour tracks, then discover the science in a dinosaur footprint. Cycle famous wildlife sanctuary Otago Peninsula, spot shoreside birds around the W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum brings to life the wonders of on our list and enter a prize draw. Free Booking not required the human body... Free Booking essential Adults from $20 Booking essential 03 4761775 [email protected] [email protected] 03 479 7361 03 4797361 for one hour www.glenfalloch.co.nz/green-bikes
14-18 ALL AGES YEARS Hackathon for Charity The Hum of the Parts | Hatch Education, 291 King Edward Court, A Global Honeycomb Artwork Stuart St Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street 10:00am - 3:00pm 11:00am - 3:00pm BEST The Hatch Hackathon offers an opportunity for talented teens to work in Bee architecture is at once simple and sophisticated. We have much to BITS! teams to create software and/or hardware solutions for charities. The learn from these industrious creatures. They are a model for successful Sounds like Science with solutions will be presented to charity representatives on Thursday July collaborative community. Join me in the creation of a giant communal Dr Graham Walker and DJ Sixfootsix 14th in combination with a presentation from Limbitless Solutions. honeycomb. Draw. Stitch. Hum while you work! St David Lecture Theatre, St David Street FREE Booking essential 021 259 6971 Free Booking not required 7:30pm - 8:30pm YEARS4+ ALL AGES A Science Festival A strange experiment is afoot in Dunedin… DJs and science Art Exhibition ‘Bone of our performers are hybridising to let music enlighten science, and Activity in Playspace Bones’ science light up song. Combining Dr Graham’s thrilling science with DJ Sixfootsix’s tunes, this show will amuse, intrigue and astonish as Dunedin Public Art Gallery Playspace, Robert Piggott Gallery, 8 Jetty Street 30 The Octagon fireballs, explosions, marshmallow cannons, massive liquid nitrogen 11:00am 2:00pm clouds and more get mashed-up to music. 10:00am - 4:30pm All ages Booking essential Kids $5 Using the template provided, create a fun ‘DNA’ profile for yourself. Join us for the opening of an art exhibition exploring ideas around www.ticketdirect.co.nz cloning, seeds and ‘other worlds’. Visitors can produce their own Adults $10 0800 TICKETDIRECT / at outlets There are some samples for you to look at, so that you can make up a Family (2+2) $20 profile that you would like for yourself! art-print and add it to the artwork. Exhibition continues through the Limited door sales may be available week. Free Booking not required Free Booking not required PAGE 7 www.scifest.org.nz PAGE 8 Sunday July 10 www.scifest.org.nz
ALL AGES ALL AGES Tracking Blue Penguins Pukekura Exhibit University of Otago Science Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula Festival Expo 11:00am - 5:00pm St David Complex, St David Street Free Booking not required See page 6 9:00am - 4:00pm BEST ALL AGES The SciFest Expo grabs the best, quirkiest, coolest, weirdest and most helpful science from around the university and packs it all into the Meet the Wild Things on Your BITS! ground floor of the St David Complex. Local Shore Our Living World Free Booking not required Deborah Bay, Port Chalmers Dunedin Botanic Garden, 12 Opoho Rd 1:00pm - 3:00pm
1:00pm - 4:00pm ALL AGES A Science Festival Experiment Join a Marine Scientist for a walk on your local shore to discover and A family day packed with fun activities exploring the world around us! Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon record what lives there. Find out about issues that may put it under threat. • A Walk on the Wild Side • Bird Watching Walks Park near the orange flag at Deborah Bay, just past Carey’s Bay. 10:00am - 5:00pm • Dunnock Diaries • Mysterious Mistletoes Free Booking essential • Pop-up Library • Shedding Light on the Night Display Free Booking not required See page 6 [email protected] 03 4795826 • Stream Health • Weedy Dunedin • Wild Nightlife in the Garden ALL AGES W.D. Trotter Anatomy All ages Booking essential Museum: Guided Tours Free [email protected] Lindo Ferguson Building, BEST 270 Great King Street 10:30am - 12:00noon and BITS! 1:00pm - 2:30pm YEARS8+ Super Inventions Discovery Trail Have you ever seen the smallest bone in the human body? A tour All Dunedin Public Libraries around the W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum brings to life the wonders of the human body... 9:30am - 8:00pm Free Booking essential The Science of Wall Street Mall See page 6 [email protected] [email protected] 03 479 7361 03 4797361 Free Booking not required Wall Street Mall, 211 George Street, Dunedin ALL AGES Great Big Dino Hunt YEARS4+ The Hum of the Parts | A Global Honeycomb 11:00am - 3:00pm All Dunedin Public Libraries Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street 9:30am - 8:00pm 11:00am - 3:00pm Join us on the hour by LOL Cafe for live interactive demos from stores within Wall Street Mall including the science of cheese, Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 6 how LUSH products are made, jewellery making & the science behind running. ALL AGES A Science Festival Activity in Playspace YEARS4+ Art Exhibition ‘Bone of our Bones’ Dunedin Public Art Gallery Playspace, 30 The Octagon Robert Piggott Gallery, 8 Jetty Street All ages Booking not required Free 10:00am - 4:30pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 6 PAGE 9 Sunday July 10 www.scifest.org.nz ALL AGES Green Bike Discovery Ride ADULTS ‘Seabird Genius – The Life and Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula Legacy of Dr Lance Richdale’ 9:00am - 3:30pm Talk by Neville Peat Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, Adults from $20 Booking essential 03 4761775 230 Moray Place for one hour www.glenfalloch.co.nz/green-bikes See page 6 2:00pm - 3:00pm BEST Dunedin biographer Neville Peat will present an illustrated talk about the life of the science teacher who established Dunedin’s royal albatross colony BITS! and became a world authority on albatrosses and penguins. Free Booking not required Super Science Mash Up Family Quiz Night University Union Hall, 640 Cumberland Street (through archway)
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Nature at Night Join the festival team and festival guests Dr Graham Walker and Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd Chris Foster in a science game show mash up where Family Feud meets Iron Chef meets Face Off. A good old fashioned 4:00pm - 6:00pm slice of science fun for the whole family to get into.
Gold coin Booking not required Breakfast at midnight? Dinner at dawn? Why does that seem wrong to donation most human brains? Learn about different animals that have very strange bedtimes! Workshop includes twilight walk to viewing platform inside Orokonui Ecosanctuary. Kids $5 Adults $10 Bookings essential [email protected]
ALL AGES World Premiere of Science Films by Queen’s High School St David Lecture Theatre, St David Street
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The premiere of short films on climate change and conservation made by Year 10 Queen’s High School students in association with the University of Otago’s Centre for Science Communication. Includes a presentation for the best film, a Coffee & Cake just $8! talk from one of the girls, and a special piece of entertainment. *Offer valid only during New Zealand International Science Week 2016 Free Booking not required Marbecks Foodstore | Wall Street Mall
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YEARS7+ YEARS8+ Dental Detectives Fight Like a Physicist Downes Room, Mosgiel Public Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave 230 Moray Place
10:00am - 11:00am and 11:30am - 12:30pm 11:30am - 12:30pm BEST Practical and interactive workshop where concepts of centre of mass, gravity Put on your dental detective hats and try out the four interactive dental activities from the Dental School. Learn how to use mirrors to look in the and equilibrium are developed using stances, and basic foot movements. mouth, place a sealant on a tooth, experiment with pH, and learn all about Learn how a small person can “win” against a bigger opponent through From the Lab to the StageBITS! Workshops different types of teeth! physics. Force, momentum and torque concepts are explored using basic striking and fighting techniques. Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 9:00am - 11:00am: Physics 11:00am - 1:00pm: Chemistry 4+ YEARS8+ 1:00pm - 3:00pm: Zoology A Science Festival Activity in Playspace YEARS Mapping the Universe 3:00pm - 5:00pm: Geology Dunedin Public Art Gallery Playspace, 30 The Octagon Workshop Become a science communicator making your own science show 10:00am - 4:30pm Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, along with scientists of the University of Otago and the Science 230 Moray Place Free Booking not required Communicators of the Otago Museum! Sign up for one of our See page 6 1:00pm - 2:00pm masterclasses. 10-17 Free Booking essential Paws for Cause YEARS Let’s map the universe starting with the nearest stars and ending with the 8-12 03 4747474 (4 Part Workshop) furthest galaxies visible with the naked eye! Make your own planisphere years and learn to find things in a clear night sky! Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Place Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690
10:00am - 11:00am 8+ 15-17 YEARS YEARS How are animals used in science? Why do we use some animals and not The Science of Swimming: Play Safe with Structures others? What are the benefits and problems with using animals in science? You will explore these questions with others, and decide: Is it appropriate to Biology Otago Polytechnic, Block L, use animals in science? Workshop continues on Tue, Wed & Thu. Moana Pool, 60 Littlebourne Rd 100 Anzac Avenue Free Booking essential www.nzcsc.org 9:00am - 4:00pm 5:30pm - 6:30pm 6-12 YEARS Otago Polytechnic invites you to an opportunity to see how physics Edwardian Innovation Tour Take part in this fun session of science in the pool! Today the session and geometry go into the design of bridges beams and towers. Design will focus in biology. From swimming like a dolphin to singing like a Olveston, 42 Royal Terrace and build your own structure using different techniques then load it to whale underwater! Get ready to splash! destruction to see how strong you have made it. 10:30am - 12noon Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4719780 Free Booking essential [email protected]
ALL AGES YEARS2-5 Join our Edwardian Innovation Tour and experience the technological marvels the Theomin family enjoyed at their home. Afterwards, create Your Slice of Life Young Children Being Curious some delicious treats using Edwardian methods in our ‘Drying Room’. with Science Toitu Otago Settlers Museum NZR Foyer, Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4713320 31 Queens Gardens Helen Deem Kindergarten, 81 Forbury Rd, www.olveston.co.nz St Clair 10:00am - 2:00pm
13-17 9:00am - 12:30pm YEARS Science and the Criminal Mind Find out more about how your mind and body work. Inspired by the A range of hands on science experiences for young hands and museum exhibition Slice of Life. Take part in a circuit of psychological and minds to meddle with. (4 Part Workshop) physiological tests used by scientists in the Dunedin Study. Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, Free Booking not required 230 Moray Place Free Booking not required 11:30am - 12:30pm ALL AGES YEARS8+ How has science changed our understanding of criminals? Can science Super Inventions Discovery Trail help predict criminal behaviour? Should science determine our response A Science Festival Experiment All Dunedin Public Libraries to criminal activity? You will explore these questions with others, and Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon decide: Is science helpful in understanding and responding to criminals? 10:00am - 5:00pm 9:30am - 8:00pm Workshop continues on Tue, Wed & Thu. See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking essential www.nzcsc.org Free Booking not required
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ALL AGES ALL AGES Tracking Blue Penguins Pukekura Exhibit Skeleton Alive! Building a Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula Body with Dr. Baillie Wall Street Mall, 211 George St 11:00am - 5:00pm Free Booking not required See page 6 10:30am - 3:00pm BEST ALL AGES As you watch, Dr. Baillie will model muscles onto a skeleton. Learn Adventure of a Lifetime BITS! what you have under your own skin, and how these muscles move your Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, How Unique is My Job! With Special Guest Submarine bones so that you can run, jump, climb... or pick up that dropped dollar! 230 Moray Place Designer Lucy Collins (UK) Free Booking not required 6:00pm - 7:00pm Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street
7:30pm - 8:30pm ALL AGES The Hum of the Parts | A Global Honeycomb Hear about Aidan Braid’s adventures on the Sir Peter Blake Trust Lucy Collins’ job is one of the most unique we have ever had at voyage to the Sub-Antarctic in January 2016. Travelling on HMNZS Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street the festival. With a first class Masters degree in Civil and Structural Otago, he experienced life onboard a naval ship and then explored and 11:00am - 3:00pm carried out research on the remote and biodiverse Auckland Islands. Engineering, Lucy worked for the Ministry of Defence as a Naval Architect (a designer of ships and submarines for the Royal Navy) and is now Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 Free Booking not required See page 6 helping run an MSc in Naval Architecture, as well as undertaking a PhD in submarine design. Join Lucy as she shares some of her ALL AGES ALL AGES Art Exhibition ‘Bone of our Bones’ insights from this unique role, and her work in encouraging young women into science careers. Robert Piggott Gallery, 8 Jetty Street Observatory Open Nights Beverly-Begg Observatory, All ages No booking 11:00am - 3:00pm Gold coin donation 1A City Rd, Belleknowes required Free Booking not required See page 6 7:00pm - 9:30pm ALL AGES Blue Penguins Pukekura Discover the Dunedin Observatory and all the amazing science that Community Art Day takes place there, whether it’s cloudy or clear there are always heaps of things to be enjoyed! Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula Gold coin donation Booking not required
11:00am - 3.00pm Green Bike Discovery Ride ADULTS Blue Penguin art activities will allow young and old to contribute to , the blue penguin exhibit which will be on display all week at the Royal Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula Albatross Centre. It s our birthday! 9:00am - 3:30pm The first NZ International Science Festival was back Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4780499 Adults from $20 Booking essential 03 4761775 in 1997 and this is our 10th festival! for one hour www.glenfalloch.co.nz/green-bikes See page 6
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7-12 ALL AGES YEARS Magical Colour with Valspar, Your Slice of Life Cryptic Clues, Treasure Hunt and Toitu Otago Settlers Museum NZR Foyer, 31 Queens Gardens Experimenting with pH 10:00am - 2:00pm Mitre 10 MEGA, 350 Andersons Bay Road Free Booking not required See page 10 BEST 11:00am - 11:45am and 2:00pm - 2:45pm ALL AGES Learn about pH levels in garden soil; use Litmus paper to change the colour of plants in your garden! Wear something bright, learn how to Frogs Forever! BITS! colour match and discover how colour changes when you paint onto Downes Room, Mosgiel Public Back to the Future: An Intergenerational Food Journey different surfaces! Do our colour quiz and be in to win a MEGA prize! Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave Like No Other Free Booking essential www.mitre10.co.nz/local/MegaDunedin 11:00am - 12noon Technique Restaurant, Otago Polytechnic, Harbour Terrace
7:00pm - 9:00pm YEARS8+ Dive into the slimy world of amazing amphibians! Meet frog scientists and the frogs they study! Discover how the survival of the planet depends on frogs! Dunedin’s multi-generational study began 40 years ago. Be part of this Rainbows from the Stars Transform into a frog with our frogmagician and froggy facepainting! special meal with a menu made up of 5 courses from throughout the Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, decades, beginning in the 70s, and throughout the night hear from Prof 230 Moray Place Free Booking essential 03 4821755 Richie Poulton has he explores some of the findings over the years from www.orokonui.nz [email protected] this world leading study. Get a group together, pick a decade, and get into 1:00pm - 2:00pm the swing of things. There will be prizes for best (and possibly the worst) dressed and spot prizes. ALL AGES Turn a cereal box into a spectrometer and discover with it the amazing 03 4749256 18 years + rainbows made by all the different lights around us. That is precisely how Otago School of Medical $60 www.ticketdirect.co.nz we know what stars are made up of! Enjoy using it with any light apart Sciences Photo Exhibition 0800 TICKETDIRECT & at outlets Booking essential from the sun! Art Society Rooms, Dunedin Railway Station Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 22 Anzac Ave 11:00am - 3:00pm 15-17 YEARS KIDS Nature Challenge at The images submitted by staff and students of the OSMS include Crumple My Car microscopic images of viruses, neurones firing in the brain, wildlife, Otago Polytechnic, L Block, Glenfalloch Garden scenery, people and places.....they’re all curious! 100 Anzac Avenue Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula Free Booking not required 9:00am -4:00pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm ALL AGES Learn how crumple zones affect safety for passengers in cars. You will The Hum of the Parts | A Global Honeycomb Come and explore the garden and take part in a series of nature design and build your own “crumple zone” to protect the “egg head” and challenges to learn about local birds, plants and the world around Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street test it to see if it what works best. 11:00am - 3:00pm Kids $3 or Booking essential Free Booking essential [email protected] 4 kids for $10 [email protected] Free Booking not required See page 6
ALL AGES 8+ 6-10 Super Inventions Discovery Trail YEARS YEARS Art Exhibition ‘Bone of our Bones’ Robert Piggott Gallery, 8 Jetty Street All Dunedin Public Libraries About the Heart! 9:30am - 8:00pm Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, 11:00am - 3:00pm 230 Moray Place Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 6 2:30pm - 3:30pm ALL AGES Great Big Dino Hunt YEARS4+ Tracking Blue Penguins Pukekura Exhibit All Dunedin Public Libraries A hands-on demonstration that will give interesting insights into how Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula your heart works! 9:30am - 8:00pm 11:00am - 5:00pm Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 Free Booking not required See page 6
YEARS4+ A Science Festival Activity in Playspace YEARS8+ Dunedin Public Art Gallery Playspace, 30 The Octagon Science of Swimming: Geology 10:00am - 4:30pm Moana Pool, 60 Littlebourne Rd Free Booking not required See page 6 5:30pm - 6.30pm BEST YEARS7+ BITS! Dental Detectives Get ready to rumble as we simulate plate tectonics in action, Downes Room, Mosgiel Public submarine volcanoes and making a tsumani right in the pool! Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave 10:00am - 11:00am and Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4719780 11:30am - 12:30pm Women In Science Breakfast with Lucy Collins Put on your dental detective hats and try out the four interactive dental 13+ Technique Restaurant, Otago Polytechnic, Harbour Terrace YEARS activities from the Dental School. Learn how to use mirrors to look in the mouth, place a sealant on a tooth, experiment with pH, and learn all about CSI: Forensic Science Workshop 8:30am - 9:30am different types of teeth! Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, Join special guest Naval Architect Lucy Collins over breakfast as 230 Moray Place Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 she shares her science journey in the specialist field of submarine 6:30pm - 8:30pm design. With one of the most unique job descriptions of any festival guest, Lucy is passionate about inspiring young women into 6-12 YEARS science. Sponsored by the British High Commission. Have you ever wanted to investigate a crime? This is your chance! You Edwardian Innovation Tour will explore a mock crime scene, using real forensic techniques and Booking essential equipment to collect and analyse evidence. Are you ready to uncover the Women Olveston, 42 Royal Terrace www.ticketdirect.co.nz mystery and find out who committed the crime? 14 years + $20 0800 TICKETDIRECT & at outlets 10:30am - 12noon Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690
ALL AGES Join our Edwardian Innovation Tour and experience the technological A Science Festival Experiment marvels the Theomin family enjoyed at their home. Afterwards, create Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon some delicious treats using Edwardian methods in our ‘Drying Room’. 10:00am - 5:00pm Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4713320 www.olveston.co.nz Free Booking not required See page 6 PAGE 15 Tuesday July 12 www.scifest.org.nz
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Toitu Otago Settlers Museum NZR Foyer, 31 Queens Gardens Otago Polytechnic Seven Climates in One Day Experimental Fun Propagation Building, Upper Wall Street Mall, 211 George Street Lovelock Avenue
11:30am - 2:30pm 1:00pm - 3:00pm BEST
Share in a host of innovative science displays and demonstrations including micro power generation, civil engineering equipment, high-tech robotic Come see the amazing plants grown in climates ranging from alpine to BITS! controls, and 3D printing for product design. See science that is shaping the tropical in the new propagation building at the botanic garden. How Climate Change is Degrading My Daughter’s world and take the first step in gaining your dream career. Future: From Epidemiology to Economics Free No booking required Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 University of Otago College of Education Auditorium, 145 Union St ALL AGES ALL AGES 7:30pm - 9:00pm The Power of Poo! BEE Curious! Nearly all predicted rates of climate disruption have been Downes Room, Mosgiel Public Downes Room, Mosgiel Public exceeded in the last five years, meaning that a number of worst- Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave case scenarios are being realised much earlier than expected. Join Prof Bradshaw as he looks at the future of our children and 12:00pm - 1:00pm 2:00pm - 3:00pm the impacts on their generation.
Become emPOOwered to make POOsitive change to save our POOlanet by All ages Journey into a BEEautiful world and find out what it takes to be a bee! harnessing the endless POOsibilties of POO! This hands on workshop includes Free Booking not required poo identification and making your own pretend seed ball or ‘poo bomb’. This hands on workshop includes bee displays and honey tasting. Free Booking essential 03 4821755 Free Booking essential 03 4821755 www.orokonui.nz [email protected] www.orokonui.nz [email protected]
ALL AGES ALL AGES ALL AGES Observatory Open Nights Cafe Sci: Forget it! Take Bird Brains Beverly-Begg Observatory, 1A City Rd, Belleknowes Another Look at ... Memory Downes Room, Mosgiel Public 7:00pm - 9:30pm Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave 419 Great King Street 3:00pm - 4:00pm Gold coin donation Booking not required See page 11 12:15pm - 12:45pm Join Owen Jones and Rachel Zajac from Otago University’s Brain Health Green Bike Discovery Ride ADULTS Curiosity may have killed the cat but it definitely benefits birds! Examine Research Centre as we discuss memory - from understanding the accuracy both human and bird brain structures to find out who is the brainiest Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula of memory recall to explanations of how the cells in the brain create, store, native bird! Take the Bird Brain challenge and win yourself a yummy prize! reassemble and retrieve memories, this is an opportunity to take another 9:00am - 3:30pm look at one of the brain’s incredible functions. Booking essential 03 4821755 Free Adults from $20 Booking essential 03 4761775 Free Booking not required www.orokonui.nz [email protected] for one hour www.glenfalloch.co.nz/green-bikes See page 6
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6-12 ALL AGES YEARS Edwardian Innovation Tour Health Science in Action Olveston, 42 Royal Terrace Wall Street Mall, 211 George St 10:30am - 12noon BEST 10:00am - 3:00pm Join our Edwardian Innovation Tour and experience the technological Explore the science behind health, demystify the procedures and gadgets marvels the Theomin family enjoyed at their home. Afterwards, create used in a range of situations. some delicious treats using Edwardian methods in our ‘Drying Room’. BITS! Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4719780 Concussion in Sport - Big Issue or Should We Just www.olveston.co.nz Free Booking not required Shake it Off? St David Lecture Theatre, St David Street 7-12 ALL AGES YEARS Magical Colour with Valspar, A Science Festival Experiment 7:30pm - 9:00pm Cryptic Clues, Treasure Hunt and Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon Experimenting with pH 10:00am - 5:00pm From international level through to junior levels, concussion is one of Mitre 10 MEGA, 350 Andersons Bay Road See page 6 the biggest issues facing sport today. Join one of Australia’s foremost Free Booking not required 11:00am - 11:45am and authors and speakers Peter Fitzsimons (yes the ex Wallaby), Prof. 2:00pm - 2:45pm Damien Bailey (Wales) and Prof. John Sullivan (Otago) as they give ALL AGES their different perspectives on the impact of sport on brain health and Learn about pH levels in garden soil; use Litmus paper to change the Your Slice of Life colour of plants in your garden! Wear something bright, learn how to challenge us to think about what can (or should) be done. Toitu Otago Settlers Museum NZR Foyer, 31 Queens Gardens colour match and discover how colour changes when you paint onto different surfaces! Do our colour quiz and be in to win a MEGA prize! 10:00am - 2:00pm Kids $5 Booking essential Free Booking essential www.mitre10.co.nz/local/MegaDunedin Free Booking not required See page10 Adults $10 www.ticketdirect.co.nz Families (2+2) $20 0800 TICKETDIRECT / at outlets ALL AGES Limited door sales may be available YEARS7+ Life of an Aluminium Can Frogs Forever! Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, Downes Room, Mosgiel Public 230 Moray Place Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave
1:00pm - 2:00pm 11:00am - 12noon
15-17 Dive into the slimy world of amazing amphibians! Meet frog scientists and the YEARS Curious about the life of every day things we use? Learn about the life frogs they study! Discover how the survival of the planet depends on frogs! Automation Rules Our Lives of an aluminium can through this interactive activity that will show you Transform into a frog with our frogmagician and froggy facepainting! Otago Polytechnic, L Block, 100 where it’s come from and what happens to it. Open your eyes to costs Anzac Avenue of production, embodied energy and our relationship to things. Free Booking essential 03 4821755
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ALL AGES YEARS8+ Learn about robots and automated machinery and how this will impact Royal Albatross Express! on the jobs people will have in the future. Understand how you can be Science of Swimming: Astronomy part of the changing world, not surprised by it. Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Moana Pool, 60 Littlebourne Rd Point Road, Otago Peninsula Free Booking essential [email protected] 5:30pm - 6:30pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
YEARS4+ How heavy can a chick actually be? What do they eat? What’s the Great Big Dino Hunt Get ready to train like an astronaut to go to space! Experience the neutral wingspan of the biggest seabird? Discover huge Royal Albatross chicks at buoyancy astronauts train in pools to go to space. Get in a floating zorb All Dunedin Public Libraries the world’s only mainland Royal Albatross breeding colony. ball to explore what it is like to be thrown around like in a rocket launcher. 9:30am - 8:00pm Kids $3 Booking essential 03 4780499 Kids $5 Booking essential Adult $15 [email protected] Free Booking not required See page 6
13+ ALL AGES YEARS Super Inventions Discovery Trail YEARS8+ Tracking Blue Penguins Pukekura Exhibit Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula All Dunedin Public Libraries CSI: Forensic Science Workshop 9:30am - 8:00pm Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library, 11:00am - 5:00pm 230 Moray Place See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking not required 6:30pm - 8:30pm ALL AGES A Science Festival Activity in Playspace YEARS4+ Have you ever wanted to investigate a crime? This is your chance! You Art Exhibition ‘Bone of our Bones’ will explore a mock crime scene, using real forensic techniques and Robert Piggott Gallery, 8 Jetty Street Dunedin Public Art Gallery Playspace, 30 The Octagon equipment to collect and analyse evidence. Are you ready to uncover the mystery and find out who committed the crime? 10:00am - 4:30pm 11:00am - 3:00pm Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 6 PAGE 17 Wednesday July 13 www.scifest.org.nz
ALL AGES ALL AGES Otago School of Medical Sciences Photo Exhibition Health Science in Action Art Society Rooms, Dunedin Railway Station, 22 Anzac Ave Observatory Open Nights Beverly-Begg Observatory, Wall Street Mall, 211 George St 11:00am 3:00pm 1A City Rd, Belleknowes Free Booking not required See page 14 BEST 7:00pm - 9:30pm ALL AGES The Power of Poo! Discover the Dunedin Observatory and all the amazing science that BITS! takes place there, whether it’s cloudy or clear there are always heaps Downes Room, Mosgiel Public of things to be enjoyed! What Inspires me: Women in Science 2 Minute Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave Talks Gold coin donation Booking not required Wall Street Mall, 211 George Street 12:00pm - 1:00pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm ADULTS Become emPOOwered to make POOsitive change to save our POOlanet by harnessing the endless POOsibilties of POO! This hands on workshop includes Café Sci: From Zika to Measles, Take Be part of this inspirational evening with some of our special guests poo identification and making your own pretend seed ball or ‘poo bomb’. Another Look at… Infectious Diseases and women from our science community as they share what inspires Free Booking essential 03 4821755 Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, them in just two minutes. Women from all walks of life and backgrounds www.orokonui.nz [email protected] 419 Great King Street share their science stories. Two slides, two props, two minutes.
12:15pm - 1:15pm ALL AGES Gold coin Join Prof Kurt Krause (Director of the Webster Centre for Research on Booking not required donation BEE Curious! Infectious Diseases) and some of the University team as they look at issues Toitu Otago Settlers Museum NZR Foyer, 31 Queens Gardens facing us from a local, national, and international perspective. Hear from Downes Room, Mosgiel Public the panel and ask them some of the burning questions you may have on Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave infectious diseases. Free Booking not required 2:00pm - 3:00pm Green Bike Discovery Ride ADULTS Journey into a BEEautiful world and find out what it takes to be a bee! Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula This hands on workshop includes bee displays and honey tasting. 9:00am - 3:30pm Free Booking essential 03 4821755 www.orokonui.nz [email protected] Adults from $20 Booking essential 03 4761775 for one hour www.glenfalloch.co.nz/green-bikes See page 6
I can think of no other professions which contribute more to society than those within science, technology and engineering. These professions change the world. These professions shape society.× Lucy Collins
ALL AGES The Hum of the Parts | A Global Honeycomb Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street 11:00am - 3:00pm
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ALL AGES YEARS7+ A Science Festival Experiment Dental Detectives Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon Downes Room, Mosgiel Public Library, 7 Hartstonge Ave 10:00am - 5:00pm 10:00am - 11:00am and Free Booking not required See page 6 11:30am - 12:30pm Put on your dental detective hats and try out the four interactive dental ALL AGES activities from the Dental School. Learn how to use mirrors to look in the Your Slice of Life BEST mouth, place a sealant on a tooth, experiment with pH, and learn all about Toitu Otago Settlers Museum NZR Foyer, 31 Queens Gardens different types of teeth! 10:00am - 2:00pm Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 BITS! Free Booking not required See page 10 Exploring Together - with NASA Deputy 6-12 ALL AGES Administrator Dr Dava Newman YEARS Art Exhibition ‘Bone of our Bones’ St David Lecture Theatre, St David Street Edwardian Innovation Tour Robert Piggott Gallery, 8 Jetty Street Olveston, 42 Royal Terrace 7:30pm - 9:30pm 11:00am - 3:00pm 10:30am - 12noon Free Booking not required See page 6 Come and hear Dr Newman as she outlines the vision of space travel. ‘I find that less often are folks asking, “Why aren’t you doing things ALL AGES Join our Edwardian Innovation Tour and experience the technological my way?” or “Is Mars the right destination?” Rather, they’re now Tracking Blue Penguins Pukekura Exhibit marvels the Theomin family enjoyed at their home. Afterwards, create Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula asking questions like, “How can we be a part of this?” and “What are some delicious treats using Edwardian methods in our ‘Drying Room’. some areas where we can work together?” Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4719780 11:00am - 5:00pm Kids $20 www.olveston.co.nz See page 6 Adults $30 Gold coin donation Free Booking not required Booking not required ALL AGES KIDS The Hum of the Parts | A Global Honeycomb Pesky Pests at Glenfalloch Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, 11:00am - 3:00pm Otago Peninsula Free Booking not required See page 6 11:00am - 2:00pm 15-17 ALL AGES YEARS Some animals and plants are nasty threats to our native wildlife and bush. Otago School of Medical Sciences Photo Exhibition 3D Printing - How Does It With a map find pesky pests hiding in our garden and receive a treat. Art Society Rooms, Dunedin Railway Station, 22 Anzac Ave Really Work? 11:00am - 3:00pm Otago Polytechnic, L Block, 100 Anzac Kids $3 Booking not required Avenue 3 kids for $10 Cash only please Free Booking not required See page 14 9:00am - 4:00pm 7-12 YEARS ALL AGES 3D printing is the new technology of the future! Understand how 3D Magical Colour with Valspar, printing can be used in all manner of ways in engineering to change how Cryptic Clues, Treasure Hunt and Good Vibrations - Sound Lab manufacturing occurs. Experimenting with pH Wall Street Mall, 211 George St Free Booking essential [email protected] Mitre 10 MEGA, 350 Andersons Bay Road 12noon - 1:30pm 11:00am - 11:45am and 2:00pm - 2:45pm YEARS4+ Great Big Dino Hunt Learn about pH levels in garden soil; use Litmus paper to change the The world that surrounds us is full of sound. But what exactly is sound? How is colour of plants in your garden! Wear something bright, learn how to All Dunedin Public Libraries it made? How does it travel? Join the Otago Museum team for some family fun colour match and discover how colour changes when you paint onto science explorations and discover the wonders of sound. 9:30am - 8:00pm different surfaces! Do our colour quiz and be in to win a MEGA prize! Free Booking not required Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking essential www.mitre10.co.nz/local/MegaDunedin
ALL AGES YEARS8+ Super Inventions Discovery Trail YEARS8+ Tools and Fieldwork in the Face All Dunedin Public Libraries Science of Swimming: Physics of Climate Change Moana Pool, 60 Littlebourne Rd Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, 9:30am - 8:00pm 419 Great King Street Free Booking not required See page 6 5.30pm - 6:30pm 12noon - 1:00pm
Introducing ‘Climate Kit’, brought to NZ by ZERO1 American Arts Incubator YEARS4+ A Science Festival Activity in Playspace Come and explore the amazing physical properties of water as we together with the U.S. Department of State. A climate change/art and Dunedin Public Art Gallery Playspace, 30 The Octagon experiment in the pool, from icebergs to clouds, and the supercold design/women in STEM program discussing solar energy & digital design temperature of the salty Antarctic waters! to create a cross disciplinarian workshop discussing raising awareness of 10:00am - 4:30pm resiliency on climate change. Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4719780 Free Booking not required See page 6 Gold coin donation Booking not required
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ALL AGES ALL AGES ADULTS Seven Climates in One Day True Crime and Crime Writing Observatory Open Nights – Bestselling Crime Writing Propagation Building, Upper Beverly-Begg Observatory, by Vanda Symon Lovelock Avenue 1A City Rd, Belleknowes Dunedin Former Prison, 2 Castle St 1:00pm - 3:00pm 7:00pm - 9:30pm 5.30pm - 7:00pm To miss this event would be a crime. A fascinating talk on crime and crime Come see the amazing plants grown in climates ranging from alpine to Discover the Dunedin Observatory and all the amazing science that writing with a Dunedin flavour, presented in the heart of the Dunedin Former Toitu Otago Settlers Museum NZR Foyer, 31 Queens Gardens tropical in the new propagation building at the botanic garden. takes place there, whether it’s cloudy or clear there are always heaps of things to be enjoyed! Prison. Warm dress recommended. Gold coin donation Booking not required $15 per person Booking essential Free Booking essential [email protected] 03 4743690 www.ticketdirect.co.nz / 0800 TICKETDIRECT
ALL AGES Green Bike Discovery Ride ADULTS Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula Afternoon Tea @ Olveston Olveston, 42 Royal Terrace 9:00am - 3:30pm Booking essential 03 4761775 2:00pm - 4:00pm Adults from $20 for one hour www.glenfalloch.co.nz/green-bikes See page 6 BEST Ever wondered how to make the perfect cup of tea? Join us at Olveston and learn ADULTS the art of Edwardian entertaining. Learn how to create different blends of tea and Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula Are You Your DNA? High create the perfect cup from instructions given in the family recipe books. Speed Pitches and a Hot Debate BITS! Colour to Enhance Your Home Inside & Out Kids $20 Bookings essential Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon Mitre 10 MEGA Dunedin, 350 Andersons Bay Road Adults $30 www.olveston.co.nz 03 4773320 5.30pm - 6:50pm 7:00pm - 9:30pm ALL AGES Tracking Blue Penguins Two teams from science, art and humanities argue different positions on Learn how to transform your home inside & out with colour! Pukekura how much our DNA drives who we are. Take part in question time, and Talk to our experts and learn the tips and tricks about the following: more, during informal refreshments and debrief. For further information and • Spraypainting • Colour consultant • Lighting • Tiling Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington credits, see the website. • Curtains & blinds • Flooring • Pots • Plants • Paving Point Road, Otago Peninsula Free Booking not required Drinks & nibbles provided! 4.30pm - 7:00pm Adults $5 Entry fee goes to charity Find out how to track a Blue Penguin, how microchips will help penguin incl goodie bags, population management at Pilots Beach and how you can get involved. Booking essential Art Society Rooms, Dunedin Railway Station, 22 Anzac Ave drinks & nibbles Then discover the world’s smallest penguin, in its natural habitat. www.mitre10.co.nz/local/MegaDunedin
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ALL AGES YEARS8+ Otago School of Medical Sciences Photo Exhibition Science of Swimming: Chemistry Art Society Rooms, Dunedin Railway Station, 22 Anzac Ave Moana Pool, 60 Littlebourne Rd 11:00am - 3:00pm BEST 5.30pm - 6:30pm Free Booking not required See page 14
ALL AGES Come and discover the amazing chemical properties of water as we BITS! experiment right in the pool! From the acidification of our oceans to the amazing chemistry of the primordial soup from which life rose! Science Academy Shows Why Science is Cool - with Nigel Latta Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4719780 419 Great King Street
1:00pm - 2:00pm 3:00pm - 5:00pm ALL AGES Nigel Latta loves science. He’s weighed penguins in the Antarctic, Come and enjoy 6 short science shows delivered by the 2016 been zapped with a million volts, jumped out of planes with fruit and Florokonui University Science Academy students. burned down an entire house. In this session he’ll show you why Wall Street Mall, 211 George St science is the coolest thing in the world right now. Be warned, stuff Free Booking not required may blow up! 9:00am - 5:00pm
Free ALL AGES Booking essential Wall Street Mall gets greener: Forest for a day with Orokonui. Join the team from Orokonui Ecosanctuary and explore the Forest! Including hands www.otagomuseum.nz Observatory Open Nights Otago Museum Info Desk on activities, live animal encounters, face painting, games, storytelling, competitions and prizes! Beverly-Begg Observatory, Free Booking not required 1A City Rd, Belleknowes
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ALL AGES Super Inventions Discovery Trail YEARS8+ Your Slice of Life Discover the Dunedin Observatory and all the amazing science that takes place there, whether it’s cloudy or clear there are always heaps All Dunedin Public Libraries Toitu Otago Settlers Museum NZR Foyer, 31 Queens Gardens of things to be enjoyed! 9:30am - 8:00pm 10:00am - 2:00pm Gold coin donation Booking not required Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 10
ALL AGES Great Big Dino Hunt YEARS4+ A Science Festival Experiment All Dunedin Public Libraries Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon 9:30am - 8:00pm 10:00am - 5:00pm Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 6
ALL AGES A Science Festival Activity in Playspace YEARS4+ Art Exhibition ‘Bone of our Bones’ Dunedin Public Art Gallery Playspace, 30 The Octagon Robert Piggott Gallery, 8 Jetty Street
10:00am - 4:30pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
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6-12 YEARS Royal Albatross Express! ALL AGES Tahu Mackenzie Edwardian Innovation Tour Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula Olveston, 42 Royal Terrace 11:00am - 3:00pm 10:30am - 12noon Kids $3 Booking essential 03 4780499 Adult $15 [email protected] See page 16 × t×s so i portant to ha e nat re ed cation eca se ALL AGES Join our Edwardian Innovation Tour and experience the technological The Hum of the Parts | A Global Honeycomb we want to eep the planet marvels the Theomin family enjoyed at their home. Afterwards, create some delicious treats using Edwardian methods in our ‘Drying Room’. Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street ali e. e want to sa e what Children $5 Booking essential 03 4719780 11:00am - 3:00pm we ha e left and in order www.olveston.co.nz Free Booking not required See page 6 to do that thin people need to connect e otionally ALL AGES Pesky Pests at Glenfalloch KIDS Tracking Blue Penguins Pukekura Exhibit with nat re Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula 11:00am - 2:00pm 11:00am - 5:00pm Kids $3 or 3 for $10 Booking not required See page 18 Free Booking not required See page 6 PAGE 21 Friday July 15 www.scifest.org.nz
Green Bike Discovery Ride ADULTS Art Society Rooms, Dunedin Railway Station, 22 Anzac Ave Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula 9:00am - 3:30pm Adults from $20 Booking essential 03 4761775 for one hour www.glenfalloch.co.nz/green-bikes See page 6 BEST 16+ YEARS BITS! Improsaurus Presents: A Special Making a Difference - Using 3D Technology Improvised Scientific* Extravaganza! to Change Lives Fortune Theatre, 231 Stuart St University of Otago College of Education Auditorium, 145 Union St 10.30pm - 12midnight 7:30pm - 9:00pm MAKE YOUR Join Improsaurus, Dunedin’s critically-acclaimed Improvised Theatre Troupe, as they explore the real life of scientists, doctors, professors and lecturers in Limbitless Solutions help innovators to use their skills and passion OWN VOLCANO! a hilarious evening made up entirely on the spot based on your suggestions! to improve the world around them using personalized bionics and To make your volcano, To make your lava, *Content may not be scientific at all solutions for disabilities. Hear their story about how they are looking to you will need: you will need: • s uare of cardboard Adults $10 Booking not required assist communities to innovate with compassion and how they use 3D • inegar • L plastic bottle • Washing up li uid printing to create an arm specifically for a local young man. • Strips of ne spaper • ed food colouring Limbitless Solutions are proudly sponsored by the Otago Polytechnic. Free • large bo l • Baking soda FundingAge 7-14 support from the US Embassy is also appreciated • Flour & ater mi ed • A teaspoon • Tape Paint & brushes Kids $5 Booking essential To make your volcano: Adults $10 www.ticketdirect.co.nz Family (2+2) $20 Place the bottle in the centre of the cardboard 0800 TICKETDIRECT / at outlets Stick strips of tape from the top of the bottle to points near the Limited door sales may be available edge of the cardboard so it stays still Dip strips of the ne spaper into the flour mi ture Drape the strips bet een the masking tape strips Cover the hole thing in these strips Let it dry overnight nce it s dry paint it To make your volcano erupt: • Carefully pour vinegar red food Albert Manero colouring & a fe drops of ashing up li uid in to the bottle We have a responsibility to do this. With these degrees • Put a spoonful of baking po der in the in engineering×if we can×t e helping others with bottle and stand back the ×then what are they worth et×s show st dents that engineering is a tool to help change the world.× Upload your volcano pics online & tag us on: Facebook @nzscifest PAGE 22 Saturday July 16 www.scifest.org.nz
ALL AGES A Science Festival Activity in Playspace YEARS4+ Otago School of Medical Sciences Photo Exhibition Dunedin Public Art Gallery Playspace, 30 The Octagon Art Society Rooms, Dunedin Railway Station, 22 Anzac Ave 10:00am - 4:30pm 11:00am - 3:00pm BEST Free Booking not required See page 6 Free Booking not required See page 14 10+ YEARS Green Bike Discovery Ride ADULTS A Science Festival Chemistry Glenfalloch Garden, 430 Portobello Rd, Otago Peninsula Event: Kids T-shirt Sun BITS! 9:00am - 3:30pm Print Workshop Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon Adults from $20 Booking essential 03 4761775 ZooMoo Live for one hour www.glenfalloch.co.nz/green-bikes See page 6 University of Otago College of Education Auditorium, 145 Union St 2:00pm - 4:00pm
3:30pm - 5:00pm Using the inks and materials provided, learn how to screen print an image of the sun onto a t-shirt. Our tutor is Fieke Neumann. Parent help ZooMoo Live is a unique opportunity to meet the loveable characters welcomed. of ZooMoo - an international children’s television channel filmed right Kids $5 Booking essential 03 4743249 here in Dunedin and broadcast in over 20 countries around the world! www.dunedin.art.museum BEST Age 4-8 Booking essential ALL AGES Kids $5 www.ticketdirect.co.nz A Science Festival Experiment Adults $7 0800 TICKETDIRECT Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 30 The Octagon BITS! Family (2+2) $20 At outlets 10:00am - 5:00pm The Curious Case of Science Family Fun Day Free Booking not required See page 6 Otago Museum, 419 Great King St
8-12+ ALL AGES 10:00am - 3:00pm From Lab to Stage Children’s YEARS Art Exhibition ‘Bone of our Bones’ Robert Piggott Gallery, 8 Jetty Street Meet scientists from around Otago as they explore the Museum’s Science Show collection in our galleries. They will shine a light on physics, help Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum 11:00am - 3:00pm you make your own robotic insect and take you to other planets with 419 Great King St Free Booking not required See page 6 virtual reality. Don’t forget to bring your curiosity to our explosive free 10.00am - 12noon science show. ALL AGES Come and enjoy 4 amazing science shows that will bring on to the stage Tracking Blue Penguins Pukekura Exhibit All ages Booking not required some of the amazing things scientists are doing at the University of Otago! Free The shows are delivered by children that have been following scientists at Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Road, Otago Peninsula work earlier in the week studying the latest research. 11:00am - 5:00pm Free Booking essential 03 4747474 Free Booking not required See page 6 PAGE 23 Our thanks www.scifest.org.nz
Art Society Rooms, Dunedin Railway Station, 22 Anzac Ave
NZ International Science Festival
A huge thank you to all of the sponsors who supported the first Otago Daily Times Otago Daily Times Community Science Awards this year. The range of skills and passion throughout Otago is and inspiring - we are so proud to represent and showcase such a diverse range of talent throughout the region. COMMUNITY Nominations have now closed but go to www.odt.co.nz/odtcommunityscience on See page 6 SCIENCE AWARDS Saturday July 9 to find out who the winners are! BEST
BITS! The festival happens due to the support of many people, and we are grateful for the many hours that go into developing, planning and bringing together the events. From staff through to supporters and volunteers, we would like to say a huge thank you for your Our thanks contribution to making this festival happen. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the fantastic contribution of the following people: Festival Team Publicity Festival Guide Design Ticketing Partner Chris Green | Director Amie Richardson | Profile Media Glen Ross | Otago Daily Times www.ticketdirect.co.nz Jen Smith | Associate Director Brydie Meinung | Profile Media Creative Services
Treasurer Festival Website Design Festival Patrons Professor Harlene Hayne, ONZM, PhD, FRSNZ, Vice Chancellor University of Otago Wai Piggott | Dunedin City Council Phillip Rasmussen | Webolution Dave Cull, Mayor of Dunedin
Executive Committee Dr Michele Coleman, (President) Director Research & Development, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago Rosie Clark, (Vice President) LLB/BCom (Otago), Senior Solicitor, Gallaway Cook Allan Dr Pete Jones, BSc(Hons) PhD, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago Dame Elizabeth Hanan DNZM, CRSNZ, BSc Professor Keith Hunter, MSc (Hons), PhD, FNZIC, FRSNZ. Pro Vice Chancellor of Sciences, University of Otago Deputy Mayor Chris Staynes, Dunedin City Council Mike Harte FIITP, CITPNZ, Director of Information Technology Services, University of Otago Professor Vernon K. Ward BSc(Hons), PhD Dr Angela Clark Professor Nancy Longnecker , BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, MRSNZ, Professor of Science Communication, University of Otago