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SHARKLAB ‘14’ Welcome message from Mayor Dave Cull Your guide The NZ International Science Festival plays a very special role in The Dunedin City Council is proud to support this event, alongside our community, bringing together many different organisations to the many other generous sponsors, volunteers, organising celebrate something that is at the core of our everyday committees and the wider community that get in behind the festival. to this programme lives – science. From the smallest kindergarten to large organisations, I am excited The ninth festival will again be hosted in Dunedin, and we are proud when I see the promotion and celebration of science and education of its status as the only science festival in New Zealand. We are a in our city in so many different ways, and I encourage everyone to city of science and education, and the perfect place for a celebration look for an event to be a part of this year. of science, innovation and technology is here in Dunedin. Sharklab ’14: I extend a warm welcome to our international and national guests and trust that you enjoy your stay in Dunedin and leave inspired by Why Sharks Matter the support for science and excellence demonstrated by For those of you who picked up a copy of this programme early: our competition residents here. “Sharklab ’14: Why Sharks Matter” runs until June 22nd! Dave Cull Get your thinking caps on and your creative juices flowing, and be in to win a Mayor of Dunedin GoPro outdoor camera kit - Thanks to The Photo Warehouse. And if you’re reading this after the deadline: don’t worry, there’s much more sharky-ness awaiting you during the festival. Visit www.scifest.org.nz/sharks to see some of the entries, and get yourself in the mood for your big Marine Science

Welcome message from the President Day on July 13th. Read more on page 24 Ayerst Fiona PHOTO: The New Zealand International Science Festival in 2014 will be a Our thanks also to the British High Commission, the South African Science Festival Guests The festival highlights you community celebration of global science, innovation and Commission, the Otago Museum, Cooke Howlison Toyota, and Mitre10 technology. We know our local and national communities look Mega for their support in bringing our guests to Dunedin; to our presenters Pg 4 don’t want to miss: Pg 5 forward to the festival and we know that they will be deeply and contributing organisations that collectively make up an exciting engaged by the excellent global and local science that is on offer. programme of events; and to our volunteers who have donated their time to This festival is for our communities - those with no previous help us out. knowledge or experience of science and also those who have On a personal note, I would like to thank all members of the How to book been developing a taste for what the festival has to offer. People Executive for their dedicated enthusiasm, ideas, advice, and encouragement. It has been fantastic to work with you. Dunedin is fortunate You can buy tickets for all paid events from www.ticketdirect.co.nz of all ages experience science through hands-on activity, colourful Children’s tickets for 15 years and under. Hint: use the self-print option to save some $$. demonstrations, entertaining talks and educational workshops. to have people with such passion to promote science and technology. The complex ideas within science, technology and the Finally, a very special thank you to our Festival Director, Chris Green and Many of our free events have limited numbers, so follow the booking environment are turned into appealing subjects that people can his team for their outstanding efforts in putting together such a diverse and instructions detailed for each event. Door sales will be available if events talk about without feeling intimidated. Very importantly, focus interesting programme of events that will both entertain and educate. There are not sold out. Check out our website www.scifest.org.nz for all the information. is placed on activities for children, to excite them early about is something for everyone, from the very young to the everyday person. Come and enjoy the many rewarding events that the festival offers. Tickets for all kids’ events at Workshop Central must be picked up by July 4th. science. See details on page 14. On behalf of the Executive I offer sincere thanks to our major funders, the University of Otago, the Dunedin City Council and the Otago Community Trust. Without your support this festival would not be possible. Our thanks also to the many organisations that have provided grants and sponsorships. Your Michele Coleman generous contributions are gratefully acknowledged. President, New Zealand International Science Festival Ward Brook Flickr, PHOTO: All events Science Festival venues Getting there Pg 6-13 & 16-25 Pg 11

Most venues are centrally located and accessible by foot or by bus. We encourage The biggest thank you to all Science Festival visitors to use public transport. To find your way around, see page 11. Our major sponsors: Major Funding partner:

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We want every visitor to have the best possible Science Festival experence. That’s why most of our events carry a minimum age recommendation. We ask parents to bear these in mind when booking events for their children.

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Dr Bunhead Ryan Johnson Tom Pringle (otherwise known as Dr Bunhead) is a zany Edinburgh Kiwi expat Ryan Johnson is a marine explorer, shark scientist and The shows you can’t miss based science educator bringing audiences face to face with the silly, wildlife documentary film-maker for the National Geographic channel. crazy, dirty, dangerous and magnificent side of science. He has been researching and tracking great white sharks around the Tom has been a globe-trotting freelance science communicator for world for the past 15 years. almost 20 years. He has an international reputation as a pioneer of Based in South Africa, Ryan aims to give an unprecedented insight performance-science shows and immersive training programmes in into the work and discoveries of marine science through initiatives science communication and professional development for like real-time animal-tracking websites and television series such as school teachers. Tom previously attended the New Zealand Shark Wranglers, thus educating and inspiring a new generation of International Science Festival in 2000, and this time, he is supported marine scientists. by Mitre 10 MEGA. Come to see Ryan Johnson’s presentation on July 10th, and watch Don’t miss Dr Bunhead’s shows on July 9th and 12th! him in action on July 13th! PHOTO: Fiona Ayerst Fiona PHOTO: Prof Terrence J. Collins James Piercy Prof Collins, PhD, Hon FRSNZ, is the Teresa Heinz Professor James Piercy is a UK-based science communicator with ‘Science of Green Chemistry and the Director of the Institute for Green Made Simple’. He has a degree in chemistry and MSc in science Different BANGS Dr Bunhead’s Mitre 10 MEGA Grown-ups: Science of Whisky Dr Bunhead’s Blast Off Science (IGS) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, communication and has been involved in writing, producing and · Mitre 10 “DIY Family Edi- DIY Family Edition and Great Fermentations Pennsylvania. delivering science shows, workshops and dialogue events for He was born and raised in Auckland and is a citizen of both wide-ranging audiences since 1995. New Zealand and the United States. During his presentation In 2011, James suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. on Tuesday July 8th, Terry Collins will share overarching Having made a ‘phenomenal’ recovery, he now shares his concepts that help us all to think how we must adapt to deal with extraordinary journey to recovery, exploring what we know about the sustainability. Terry Collins has been funded to New Zealand brain and uncovering the ‘hidden disability’ which is head injury. by the Science Divisions of the University of Otago and the James Piercy’s visit to the New Zealand International Science Festival Big Days Out University of Auckland. has been made possible with the generous support of the Otago Museum. Catch James’ shows at the Otago Museum on July 7th! Dr Graham Walker Dr Graham Walker is a research fellow at the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University. Dr Graham has been performing science shows for the past 13 years and is one of two people in the world with a PhD in science show performance. Dr Graham’s ‘Big Science ShowOff’ on July 6th promises lots of audience involvement, laughs, learning, liquid nitrogen and exciting You can buy tickets for all paid events from www.ticketdirect.co.nz Door sales will PHOTO: Flickr, UK Ministry of Defence Flickr, PHOTO: PHOTO: Fiona Ayerst Fiona PHOTO: experiments. His action-packed show is a celebration of science. be available if events are not sold out. Dr Graham Walker’s visit to the New Zealand International Science Many of our free events have limited numbers, so follow the booking Fish & Ships BioBlitz Emergency Services Day Science Expo Festival has been made possible with the generous support of Cooke instructions detailed for each event. Check out our website Howlison Toyota. www.scifest.org.nz for all the information. Marine Science Day Exploring Dunedin’s wild side @ Otago Museum @ University of Otago

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Big Night In The Big Dining in the Dark Shark Night at the Movies Family Quiz Night Science of Sport Night for the whole family From St Clair to South Africa

Page 6 Saturday, July 5th www.scifest.org.nz KIDS Just Like Magic! Orokonui @ the Octagon: Creatures of the Night Pinhole camera and simple cyanotype Pest Fest Join us for a night-time wander through photographic workshop with tutor Rachel Meet passionate conservationists and the Botanic Garden and Water of Leith to Allan. In association with the Laurence interpret prints in tracker tunnels. catch a glimpse of Dunedin’s nocturnal Aberhart ANZAC photographic exhibition How does our perception of these wildlife. From owls to eels, you’ll be and the Science Festival. animals’ behaviour affect how we amazed at what critters live in our own 1pm-3pm choose to eradicate them? Learn how backyard! Children under 15 must be Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon each trap is designed with specific supervised by an adult. Limited numbers $5 cash only pest psychology in mind. Suitable for Make sure you wear sufficient warm (no Eftpos). all ages. clothing and appropriate footwear for walking along the river bank. Bring you Suitable for 9-year-olds and over. Children under 6 yrs must be (head) torches along, too. accompanied by an adult. 6pm-7pm Super Inventions 10am-12noon Discovery Trail Meet at the Gore Place gates, The Octagon Uncover the history of the world’s science off Dundas Street, Botanic Garden heroes on our Super Inventions Discovery Free, no bookings required. Free, bookings essential. Trail. Suitable for primary school children. E: [email protected] or Ph: 03 477 4000 Open during library opening hours to book. from July 5th-12th All Dunedin Public Libraries Orokonui @ the Octagon: The Power of Poo Leave Boring Behind Free, no bookings required. The grossest with the mostest! How does Photo Competition poo support life on Earth and how can A returning festival favourite. View the ALL AGES we use it better? Discover how poo helps artwork from the Otago School of to save endangered species and how Medical Sciences photographic ‘Leave Fight Like a Physicist you can become a poo detective. Learn Boring Behind’ competition. See @ Festival HQ how poo makes things grow and make photographs from staff and students What do karate and physics have in and find out for yourself that science is your own pretend poo bomb full of native common? A lot more than you think! Let exciting. some Queen’s High School girls and their seeds to take home. enthusiastic teacher show you why the Suitable for all ages. Children under 6 yrs 10am-4pm laws of physics are so much easier to need to be accompanied by an adult. (every day of the festival) learn through karate. Have a go yourself, 1pm-3pm Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, and you might just take home the key to a Dunedin Railway Station The Octagon career as a ninja! Free, no bookings required. 12:30pm-1:15pm Free, no bookings required. Wall Street Mall, George Street LEGO Free, no bookings required. Thousands of white LEGO bricks await Different BANGS an audience to transform them into art. EUREKA! Chemistry Show That means YOU! The Gallery brings Sir Paul Callaghan Science A ‘show and tell’ science show with a you Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition The Communication Awards magician thrown in! Cubic Structural Evolution Project. The EUREKA competition is open to Suitable for ages 11-16. 10am-5pm secondary school and undergraduate 11am AND 2pm PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. (every day of the festival) The cubic structural evolution tertiary students. Watch the regional finals, in Allen Hall Theatre, project 2010. Collection: Dunedin Public Art Gallery, which up to 24 young people compete to win University of Otago Campus Queensland Art Gallery The Octagon Free, no bookings required. a place in the national finals of the Sir Paul Adults $10 | Children $5 Callaghan award which recognises Families (2+2) $20 excellence in science communication. Bookings essential. Art and Anatomy Project 9:30am-4pm Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz Exhibition: Artists and scientists work St David lecture theatre, together to create art. A cooperation University of Otago between the University of Otago and Free, no bookings required. Otago Polytechnic. Big Night In Family Quiz 10am-4pm Night @ Festival HQ Hunter Centre, Great King Street, Science Expo Join Dr Graham as he shows you some opposite the Dental School at the University of Otago of the astonishing things that can be Free, no bookings necessary. Be inspired, be amazed and experience achieved with weird substances. Find the hands-on Science Expo at the Univer- the answers that will tell you just how sity of Otago. An exciting range of activi- much science is hidden in our everyday Astronomy at the Observatory ties for all ages that will beat the boredom. lives. Get the family together to have a Come along and see Mars, Jupiter, From analysing DNA to understanding whole heap of fun, get involved and see Saturn, stars, nebulae, and distant flavours to 3D printers and everything stuff you can try at home... and a fair galaxies (weather permitting)! in between. bit you shouldn’t! Presented with the 7:30pm onwards 12noon-6pm support of Cooke Howlison Toyota. The Beverly-Begg Observatory, Cnr City Rd & Ross Street, Roslyn St. David Lecture Theatre Complex, 6:30pm-8pm corner St David & Cumberland Streets, $5 adult, $3 child Dunedin Wall Street Mall, George Street Ph 027 663 1711 Free admission, bookings necessary for Free, no bookings required. or E: [email protected] some activities – refer to ad on page 7. Seating on a first in first served basis. for more info. Page 8 Page 9 Sunday, July 6th www.scifest.org.nz Sunday, July 6th www.scifest.org.nz KIDS Once Upon a Sunday: Lego Mindstorm Water Wellbeing Nature O’Clock The Big LEGO Super Science Robotics Display @ Orokonui @ Orokonui Science of Sport Night Thousands of white LEGO bricks await Leave boring behind, and let Kaitrin take Robots are science in action! Building What do you know about H²O? How Breakfast at midnight? Dinner at dawn? What does it take to be a great an audience to transform them into art. you on a voyage of discovery at the start robots can involve problem-solving, does what we drink affect how we think? Why does that seem wrong to most athlete? What makes a winning That means YOU! The Gallery brings you of the International Science Festival. electronics, engineering, computer Why does our heart rate drop when we human brains? team? Is there more to it than high Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition The Cubic Structural Evolution Project. Join professional storyteller Kaitrin programming, artificial intelligence or touch water? Find out more about how Learn all about how we evolved our speed and big muscles? Enjoy McMullan and friends as she spins mathematics. Come along and see your brain uses water and explore how circadian rhythms and how modern a fun night with the whole family. 10am-5pm magical tales, designed to delight some simple educational robots made to keep waterways clean. Workshop technology keeps us up at night. Experts in high performance sports (every day of the festival) children of all ages. includes relaxing with water exercises PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. with Lego Mindstorms. These robots Learn about different animals that psychology, coaching, conditioning The cubic structural evolution Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2pm and assessing how clean water is by are easy to build, interesting to program, have very strange bedtimes and make and nutrition will share their stories project 2010. Collection: The Octagon observing creatures that live in it. Queensland Art Gallery Children’s Storypit, Dunedin City Library and fun to apply to a whole range of your own animal clock to take home! about the teams and athletes they Suitable for all ages. Children under 6 Free, no bookings required. Free, no bookings required. Workshop includes twilight walk to kaka have worked with - and they’ll put challenges... Suitable for all ages. yrs need to be accompanied by an adult. 10am-4pm (all day) aviary inside Orokonui Ecosanctuary. your knowledge and muscle to the Super Inventions 10am-12noon Suitable for all ages. test! In cooperation with the School Bull Nose, Discovery Trail Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Children under 6 yrs need to be of Physical Education, Sport and Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, 600 Blueskin Road, Waitati See page 6 for detailed description. 31 Queens Gardens accompanied by an adult. Exercise Sciences. Suitable for primary school children. Children $5, Adults $7, numbers limited. 4pm-6pm 6:30pm-8pm Art and Anatomy Project Free, no bookings required. Bookings essential. Open during library opening Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Exhibition: Artists and scientists work Ph: 03 482 1755 or 021 065 1314 Hutton Theatre, hours from July 5th-12th 600 Blueskin Road, Waitati together to create art. A cooperation Email [email protected] Otago Museum, All Dunedin Public Libraries Children $5, Adults $7, 419 Great King Street between the University of Otago and Free, no bookings required. Dr Graham’s Big Science numbers limited. Free, no bookings required. Otago Polytechnic. ShowOff @ Festival HQ Bookings essential. Seating on a first in first served 10am-4pm Ph: 03 482 1755 / 021 065 1314 Can you really launch marshmallows out basis. Hunter Centre, Great King Street, E: [email protected] of a vacuum cleaner, make rockets from Pest Fest opposite the Dental School ALL AGES common household items, or persuade @ Orokonui Free, no bookings required. water to defy gravity? Prepare yourself Meet passionate conservationists and Science Expo interpret prints in tracker tunnels. How for some seriously mind-bending sci- Leave Boring Behind at the University of Otago does our perception of these animals’ ence as Dr Graham reacts, explodes Photo Competition Be inspired, be amazed and behaviour affect how we choose to and experiments his way through the A returning festival favourite. View experience the hands-on Science Expo physics of pressure and motion, the eradicate them? Learn how each trap is Different BANGS designed with specific pest psychology the artwork from the Otago School at the University of Otago. An exciting chemistry of things that go boom, and Chemistry Show Astronomy at the Observatory range of activities for all ages that will in mind. Suitable for all ages. Children of Medical Sciences photographic heaps more. With lots of audience A ‘show and tell’ science show with a Come along and see Mars, Jupiter, beat the boredom. From analysing DNA under 6 yrs must be accompanied by ‘Leave Boring Behind’ competition. involvement, laughs, learning, liquid magician thrown in! Saturn, stars, nebulae, and distant to understanding flavours to 3D printers an adult. Suitable for ages 11-16. See photographs from staff and galaxies (weather permitting)! and everything in between. nitrogen and exciting experiments, this students and find out for yourself that 1pm-3pm 11am AND 2pm 7:30pm onwards 10am-3pm action-packed show is a celebration of science is exciting. science. Presented with the support of Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Allen Hall Theatre, The Beverly-Begg Observatory, 10am-4pm St David Lecture Theatre Complex, Cooke Howlison Toyota. 600 Blueskin Road, Waitati University of Otago Campus Cnr City Rd & Ross Street, Roslyn corner St David and Children $5, Adults $7, numbers limited. (runs every day of the festival) Cumberland Streets, Dunedin 12:30-1:30pm Adults $10 | Children $5 $5 adult, $3 child; Bookings essential. Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, Ph: 027 663 1711 Wall Street Mall, George Street Families (2+2) $20 Free admission, bookings necessary for Ph: 03 482 1755 / 021 065 1314 Bookings essential. Dunedin Railway Station E: [email protected] some activities – refer to ad on page 7. Free, no bookings required. E: [email protected] Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz Free, no bookings required. for more info. Page 10 Page 11 Monday, July 7th www.scifest.org.nz Monday, July 7th www.scifest.org.nz KIDS From Laboratory to Stage: About the Heart Super Inventions Retro Lab Leave Boring Behind Laboratory Visit The heart is our body’s engine, a Discovery Trail Check out our Retro-Lab to see how Photo Competition ADULTS Would you like to be a science teller? high-performance machine. It pumps the Uncover the history of the world’s science gadgets from yesteryear sparked the A returning festival favourite. See ad on What exciting science would you like to blood from our chest all the way to our little heroes on our super inventions discovery development of modern technology. page 3 for more info. toes and fingers. But how exactly does it The Science of Whisky share? Visit scientists of your choice at trail. Suitable for primary school children. Try out this ‘old-school’ technology for 10am-4pm There are quite possibly more stories the University of Otago. Uncover fossils of work? Find out in a fun, interactive way yourself and marvel at how we ever about whisky than any other spirit in extinct species with geologists, discover with the team from the Department of Open during library opening Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, the world. Hear many truths and a few new states of matter with physicists, create Physiology. Suitable for ages 6 yrs and over. hours from July 5th-12th managed to do anything in the old days! Dunedin Railway Station myths about the ways whisky is distilled, new molecules with chemists and study 11am-12noon All Dunedin Public Libraries 10:30am-4:30pm Free, no bookings required. amazing creatures with the zoologists. aged and drunk, and how it develops Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Free, no bookings required. Mosgiel Library, 7 Hartstonge Avenue Later, we will help you turn what you have its flavours. John Eckhoff (Meenan 4th floor, Dunedin City Library seen in the lab into an exciting show at the Free, no bookings required. LEGO Wine and Spirits) will join Pat Silcock Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. Museum! Thousands of white LEGO bricks await (Food Science, University of Otago) to Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] These laboratory visits will be followed an audience to transform them into art. introduce you to some classic and some by science communication workshops Free Health Checks with That means YOU! The Gallery brings you very unusual whiskies, accompanied by and presentations later in the week. 9am Cleaners for Kids the Southern District Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition The Cubic matching food tasters from the Otago Palaeontology; 11am Biochemistry; 1pm Concoct planet-friendly brews of homemade Health Board Structural Evolution Project. Polytechnic kitchen. Event strictly for cleaners to give to your mum or dad as Zoology; 3pm Physics. Suitable for children Want a free checkup? Blood pressure, 10am-5pm guests aged 18 and over, ID required. super presents. Create lots of bubbles and aged 10 and over. weight, simple eye tests and peak-flow (every day of the festival) 7pm-9pm fizzing from your stirring and mixing. Your ALL AGES PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. 9am-5pm cleaners can then be used to clean your measurements all available. The cubic structural evolution Dunedin Public Art Gallery, TECHnique Restaurant, Meet at the Information Desk, Otago family’s home and car while being safer for Suitable for ages 12 +. project 2010. Collection: The Octagon Natural Hazards of Dunedin Queensland Art Gallery Harbour Terrace, Dunedin Museum, 419 Great King Street you and your family and the creatures that See ad on page 26 for more info. Free, no bookings required. @ Festival HQ $60 per person | Bookings essential. Free, bookings essential. PHOTO: Rhys Taylor live in your nearest stream. Bring an apron 9am-12noon Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz and two jam jars to take home cleaners. Dunedin is exposed to a number of Call the Information Desk 03 474 7474 or SDHB, 2nd floor Fraser Building, Art and Anatomy Project book online at www.otagomuseum.co.nz Suitable for ages 8 and over. Caregivers natural hazards, including river flooding required. and storm surge; landslides; seismic Dunedin Hospital, Exhibition: Artists and scientists work Hanover Street Celebrate Everyday Science 1:30pm-2:30pm shaking and coastal erosion. This together to create art. A cooperation presentation by the Otago Regional Free, no bookings required. between the University of Otago and @ Helen Deem Kindergarten Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Council will outline where and why Otago Polytechnic. Dunedin Kindergartens invites you to What’s Going on in his Head? 4th floor, Dunedin City Library these hazards occur, and how Dunedin explore a variety of science experiences. 8:30am-5:30pm Don’t miss this insight into the brain from Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. residents can be better prepared. a unique perspective. Join festival guest Our 23 kindergartens will be providing Hunter Centre, Great King Street, Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] Sci-tropical Pursuits James Piercy who suffered a traumatic these experiences for young children to be 12noon and 2pm – Interactive Investigations opposite the Dental School curious about and interact with. talk will run twice brain injury in a road accident. Now well Pop into the Tropical Forest and get Free, no bookings required. on the road to recovery, he talks about Suitable for children under 5 years. Study & Sculpt involved in an interactive pursuit of one Create your very own nature sculpture Wall Street Mall, his experience and shares his insight into 9:30am-12noon George Street of many incredible scientific phenomena or collage while learning about nature. Astronomy at the Observatory head injury, the hidden disability which Helen Deem Kindergarten, found in the tropics. affects millions of people around the Examine cones, nuts, and leaves collected Free, no bookings required. See page 6 for detailed description. 81 Forbury Rd, St Clair from the Dunedin Botanic Garden and learn Throughout the day from July world. Recommended for ages 12+. 7:30pm onwards Free, no bookings required. about the trees they grow on. Suitable for 7th to 13th-Otago Museum is James is brought to NZ and supported by ages 4 and over. Caregivers required. PHOTO: Flickr, Sid Mosdell open daily 10am-5pm The Beverly-Begg Observatory, Otago Museum Cnr City Rd & Ross St, Roslyn WORKSHOP CENTRAL 1:30pm-2:30pm Think Skink @ Orokonui Otago Museum Tropical Forest, 7:30pm-9pm Otago Museum, Wriggle and Squirm with Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Where do we find our inner reptile mind? $5 adult, $3 child Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street Worms 4th floor, Dunedin City Library What do we have in common with how Ph 027 663 1711 Great King Street Earthworms have been on our planet for Free with Discovery World Tropical or E: [email protected] Free, no bookings required. Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. skinks think? Find out more about these millions of years. Their function in nature is Forest admission, no bookings required. for more info. Seating on first in first served basis. Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] rare reptiles and how we can also think to recycle dead plant and animal material about them in our daily lives to protect and return the nutrients contained back to them. Suitable for all ages. the earth. Just how do they recycle things Faint-HEARTed? Children under 6 yrs must be and make our soil so rich? Come along to Then you don’t want to be part of this accompanied by an adult. workshop! You’ll learn exactly what a heart this workshop to find out. You will also 10am-12noon create your very own mini-worm farm to looks and works like – because you’ll be take away with you. dissecting one! Do you have the guts for it? Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Suitable for 8-10 year-olds. Suitable for ages 13 and over. 600 Blueskin Road, Waitati 9:30am-10:30am 3pm-5pm Children $5, Adults $7, numbers limited. Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Department of Physiology, meet in the foyer, Bookings essential. 4th floor, Dunedin City Library ground floor, Lindo Ferguson Building, Great King Street Ph: 03 482 1755 / 021 065 1314 Free. Limited numbers or E: [email protected] Bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 Free, bookings essential. or E: [email protected] Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] Fight Like a Physicist I: The Anatomy of a Crime Scene Crouching Tiger, Standing Crane In this workshop you will learn about how to Café Sci Physics: Centre of mass/gravity, balance become a real forensic investigator. A mock Take a Good Look at... The Brain Karate: Stances and basic movements, crime has been committed and it is your Join Dr Christine Jasoni from the Brain sweeps. In this practical and interactive responsibility to work in teams to identify Health Research centre, festival guest workshop, you will learn how balance is and collect the evidence. Find out how our James Piercy and medical sciences key to a career as a ninja. Concepts of human anatomy, from our fingerprints to our experts as they explore a unique centre of mass, gravity and equilibrium skeletons, leaves clues that we can interpret perspective on the brain and brain injury, are developed using stances, basic foot and analyse using forensic science to find and how it reacts when it’s put through movements and sweeps. Suitable for ages out which suspect committed the crime. stresses and strains it was never meant 8 and over. Suitable for ages 13-17. to go through. Bring your lunch, grab a 11am-12noon 6:30pm-8:30pm coffee, sit and enjoy or ask the questions you’ve always wanted to ask. Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Department of Anatomy, ground floor,Lindo 4th floor, Dunedin City Library Ferguson Building, Great King Street 12noon-12:45pm Free. Limited numbers Free, bookings essential. Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum Bookings essential. E: [email protected] Free, no bookings required. Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] to book. Seating on first in first served basis.

Page 12 Page 13 Tuesday, July 8th www.scifest.org.nz Tuesday, July 8th www.scifest.org.nz KIDS ALL AGES Anatomical Body Painting Pest Fest PE Action & Reaction Day Astronomy at the Observatory 2 Minute Talks: Late Night Sci @ the Anatomy Department Meet passionate conservationists and @ Festival HQ See page 6 for details. Young Women in Science Let’s Talk about Death Get creative and learn a little about how interpret prints in tracker tunnels. How Get ready for some amazing challenges 7:30pm onwards This evening event will showcase Scientific and social perspectives on your body works. One-hour workshop, all - for your mind and your body! You think body donation and funeral practices does our perception of these animals’ The Beverly-Begg Observatory, talented and ambitious young women materials provided. Workshop runs twice. balancing a ball is easy? Come along behaviour affect how we choose to Cnr City Rd & Ross Street, Roslyn in science. The challenge is set Funeral industry innovation, emerging 9:30am AND 1:30pm and prove it! You can show off your for emerging female scientists to body disposition technologies and eradicate them? Learn how each trap is power output on a bike. Test how fast $5 adult, $3 child; Ph 027 663 1711 or Dept. of Anatomy, ground floor, designed with specific pest psychology consolidate their work with one picture the availability of body donation your mind can adjust to “altered reality”! email [email protected] for programmes indicates that there are Lindo Ferguson Building, Great King Street in mind. Suitable for all ages. Children or prop in just two minutes. It will enable The team of the School of Physical more info. now more options than ever for people informal networking with experienced, Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. under 6 yrs must be accompanied by Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences to consider in relation to after-death Please specify the workshop time when an adult. at the University of Otago will show you supportive and successful people in the options. This discussion centres on the booking! 9:30am-10:30am some of the skills professional athletes ADULTS Dunedin community across both the different practices relating to E: [email protected] need to master to be at their best, and University and business sectors. after-death options in both a to book. Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, help you have a go. 4th floor, Dunedin City Library Women in Science Breakfast 7:15pm-9pm New Zealand and more global context, considering various scientific and social 11am-2pm Sponsored by the British High Wall Street Mall, George Street Meet your Skeleton Free. Limited numbers Commission. Listen to stories from factors that influence and relate to how Bookings essential. Wall Street Mall, Free, no bookings necessary, @ the Anatomy Department George Street inspirational women in science over the human body may be transformed Say hello to your skeleton in this fun-filled Ph: 03 477 4000 breakfast. Speakers will be discussing after death. interactive one-hour workshop. or E: [email protected] Free, no bookings required. opportunities opening up for young women The presenters are involved with Workshop runs twice. today. Suitable for all ages. Breakfast initiatives connected to the Centre 11am AND 3pm Café Sci included in ticket price. Sustainability and Green for Society, Governance and Science Think Skink Take a Good Look at... Emotions 8:30am-9:30am Chemistry — Prof Terry Collins (SoGoS). The event is held in Dept. of Anatomy, ground floor, collaboration with the Faculty of Law. Lindo Ferguson Building, Great King Street Where do we find our inner reptile mind? Don’t worry. Be happy! For some TECHnique Restaurant, Science and technology have given us people this seems so easy, yet most unprecedented powers to shape the 9pm-10pm Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. What do we have in common with how Harbour Terrace, Dunedin of us have our ups and downs. As it Please specify the workshop time when skinks think? Find out more about these world to our liking. But in the exercise of University of Otago Staff Club turns out, all sorts of things, including $20 per person booking! rare reptiles and how we can also think our new powers sustainability challenges Free, no bookings required. diet and exercise, can affect our mood. Bookings essential. E: [email protected] about them in our daily lives to protect have arrived to mock our understanding Dr Christine Jasoni hosts emotion Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz to book. of their real value and to assert that them. Suitable for all ages. Children researchers Dr Tamlin Conner from they entail no less than life-or-death under 6 yrs must be accompanied by the University of Otago Department The Science of Whisky Robotics Workshop an adult. of Psychology and visiting Professor There are quite possibly more stories sovereignty over all living things. @ Otago Polytechnic: Learn 11am-12noon Paul Silvia from the University of North about whisky than any other spirit in Responsibility is a correlate of power how to Build a Working Robot Carolina to learn more about happiness, the world. Hear many truths and a few leaving us challenged as never before Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, This is a two-part workshop: this first mood, and other aspects of our emotions. myths about the ways whisky is distilled, to think through and act heroically on 4th floor, Dunedin City Library session on Tuesday 8th involves how to Bring your lunch, grab a coffee, sit and aged and drunk, and how it develops its Free. Limited numbers the relationships between technological correctly connect all the wiring and the enjoy or ask the questions you’ve always flavours. John Eckhoff (Meenan Wine and Bokings essential. might and the future good. In his lecture, best ways to make the mechanics of wanted to ask. Spirits) will join Pat Silcock (Food Science, Ph: 03 477 4000 Terry Collins will explore how we can the body work. The second session on University of Otago) to introduce you to or E: [email protected] 12noon-12:45pm think better about using science and Thursday 10th involves learning about some classic and some very unusual the programming that will make your Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum whiskies, accompanied by matching food technology to advance civilization in the robot move. The workshops are free to Free, no bookings required. tasters from the Otago Polytechnic kitchen. here and now without also dooming the attend, but with the option to take your Seating on first in first served basis. Event strictly for guests aged 18 and over, future. You can buy tickets for all paid events from Bird Brains ID required. robot home at a cost of $70 to cover the Examine both human and bird brain 7:30pm-9pm www.ticketdirect.co.nz Door sales will be hardware (circuit board, motor, wheels and 7pm-9pm structures. Learn what we have inherited St David lecture theatre, available if events are not sold out. connectors). Suitable for ages 13+. Free Health Checks with from our feathered friends! Join avian the Southern District Health TECHnique Restaurant, University of Otago Campus 10am-12noon experts to discover what it’s really like to Board Harbour Terrace, Dunedin Adults $12 | Children $7 Check out our website www.scifest.org.nz Room D312, D Block, be a birdbrain. Make your own Suitable for ages 12+. $60 per person | Bookings essential. Bookings essential. Otago Polytechnic, Harbour Terrace bird’s-eye-view goggles to take home! See ad on page 26 for more info. Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz Free to participate; $70 to take your robot Suitable for all ages. Children under 6 9am-3pm home. Bookings essential as numbers are yrs need to be accompanied by an adult. SDHB, 2nd floor Fraser Building, limited. E: [email protected] Dunedin Hospital, Hanover Street or Ph: 03 477 4000 to book. 1:30pm-2:30pm Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Free, no bookings required. Whale Tales 4th floor, Dunedin City Library Public Talk and Shockbuster Free. Limited numbers Sci-tropical Pursuits Children’s Workshop Bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 Interactive Investigations What happens to beached whales? Do or E: [email protected] Pop into the Tropical Forest and get southern right whales have an accent? involved in an interactive pursuit of one Otago Museum’s own whale recovery of many incredible scientific phenomena team, Natural Science Curator Emma found in the tropics. Study & Sculpt Burns and Natural Science Project Officer Throughout the day from July 7th Create your very own nature sculpture PHOTO: Flickr, Richard Towell Trudi Webster share their whale tales and to 13th - Otago Museum is open or collage while learning about nature. some Museum natural science secrets, PHOTO: Flickr, Sid Mosdell daily 10am-5pm then stay for a workshop to help you make Examine cones, nuts, and leaves collected Otago Museum Tropical Forest, a whale talisman to take home with you. from the Dunedin Botanic Garden and Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street 11.30am learn about the trees they grow on. Free with Discovery World Tropical Atrium level 1, Otago Museum, Suitable for ages 4 and over. Caregivers Forest Admission, no bookings required. 419 Great King Street required. Talk FREE. Workshop $2 per child 1:30pm-2:30pm Leave Boring Behind Talk: No bookings required. Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Photo Competition Workshop: Bookings essential – call the 4th floor, Dunedin City Library A returning festival favourite. View Information Desk 03 474 7474 or book Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. the artwork from the Otago School online at www.otagomuseum.co.nz Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] of Medical Sciences photographic Astronomical Enigmas ‘Leave Boring Behind’ competition. See photographs from staff and students Freaky Science Show The Power of Poo What’s the difference between a comet’s and find out for yourself that science is The grossest with the mostest! How tail and a meteor’s trail? How did the exciting. moon’s mountains form? What happens does poo support life on Earth and how 10am-4pm in the vacuum of space? Investigate these can we use it better? Discover how poo (runs every day of the festival) celestial queries and find a stellar spot helps to save endangered species and to observe the upcoming Southern Delta how you can become a poo detective. Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station PHOTO: Flickr, Chris Varley Aquariids shower. Learn how poo makes things grow and 2:30pm make your own pretend poo bomb full of Free, no bookings required. Atrium level 1, Otago Museum, native seeds to take home. Suitable for 419 Great King Street all ages. Children under 6 yrs need to be LEGO accompanied by an adult. Thousands of white LEGO bricks await Free, no bookings required. 3pm-4pm an audience to transform them into art. That means YOU! The Gallery brings WORKSHOP CENTRAL Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, you Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition The Finding where Things are 4th floor, Dunedin City Library Cubic Structural Evolution Project. in the Universe Free. Limited numbers 10am-5pm Join some members of the Dunedin Bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 (every day of the festival) Astronomy Society in a one-hour workshop or E: [email protected] PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. to make your own Southern star map The cubic structural evolution Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon and learn to find stars, planets, nebulae, project 2010. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery Free, no bookings required. galaxies. To infinity and beyond! (Parents may be required to help if kids are Super Inventions not able to cut with scissors well). Discovery Trail Art and Anatomy Project Uncover the history of the world’s Exhibition: Artists and scientists work Four workshops: start at 9:30am, together to create art. A cooperation 11am, 1:30pm and 3pm science heroes on our Super Inventions Discovery Trail. Suitable for primary between the University of Otago and Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, school children. Otago Polytechnic. 4th floor, Dunedin City Library 8:30am-5:30pm Free. Limited numbers Open during library opening Bookings essential. Please specify the hours from July 5th-12th Hunter Centre, Great King Street, workshop time when booking! All Dunedin Public Libraries opposite the Dental School Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] Free, no bookings required. Free, no bookings necessary. Page 14 Page 15 www.scifest.org.nz www.scifest.org.nz Page 16 Page 17 Wednesday, July 9th www.scifest.org.nz Wednesday, July 9th www.scifest.org.nz KIDS From Laboratory to Stage Fight Like a Physicist II: Angry Faint-HEARTed? DIY Family Edition: Retro Lab LEGO Children’s Science Bull, Crazy Monkey Then you don’t want to be part of this Dr Bunhead @ Mitre 10 MEGA See page 11 for details. See page 6 for detailed description. Communication Workshops Physics: momentum, forces, torque workshop! You’ll learn exactly what a TV’s favourite stunt scientist (from Brainiac, 9am-12:30pm and 1pm-4:30pm 10am-5pm Karate: Basic striking techniques, Basic heart looks and works like – because Would you like to be a science teller? What Blue Peter) reveals his top secret science Dunningham Suite, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon exciting science would you like to share? fighting techniques you’ll be dissecting one! Do you have the recipes for amazing experiments you guts for it? Suitable for ages 13 and over. 4th floor Dunedin City Library Free, no bookings required. Turn Monday’s visit to a University of In this practical and interactive workshop, can do at home, but probably shouldn’t! you will learn how a small person can Free, no bookings required. Otago science lab into an exciting science 3pm-5pm Rummaging through the shelves of Mitre PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. The cubic structural evolution “win” against a bigger opponent by using project 2010. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery show at the Museum! These science Department of Physiology, the power of Physics. Concepts of force, 10 to create an awesome array of foaming, communication workshops follow laboratory meet in the foyer, ground floor, momentum and torque are flying and flaming science contraptions. Art and Anatomy Project visits earlier in the week and precede Lindo Ferguson Building, Free Health Checks with the developed using basic striking and Bring your own ear defenders, safety See page 6 for detailed description. presentations later in the day. Great King Street Southern District Health Board fighting techniques. goggles and extra-strong underpants. Today: Palaeontology and Zoology. Suitable for ages 12+. 8:30am-5:30pm Suitable for ages 8 and over. Free, bookings essential. 7:30pm-9pm 1pm-3pm Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] See ad on page 26 for more info. Hunter Centre, Great King Street, Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum, 11am-12noon Mitre 10 MEGA, 9am-3pm opposite the Dental School 419 Great King Street Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, 4th 350 Andersons Bay Road, SDHB, 2nd floor Fraser Building, Free, no bookings necessary. floor, Dunedin City Library South Dunedin Free, bookings essential – call the Dunedin Hospital, Hanover Street Information Desk 03 474 7474 or book Free. Limited numbers. ALL AGES Table (max 5) $45 | Extra person $10 Free, no bookings required. online at www.otagomuseum.co.nz Bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 Bird Brains Bookings essential. or E: [email protected] Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz From Laboratory to Stage @ Botanic Garden ADULTS Children’s Science Examine both human and bird brain Sci-tropical Pursuits About the Heart structures. Learn what we have inherited Late Night Sci — The ‘Book of Presentations See page 10 for details. Interactive Investigations Presenting the debut of five local kids from our feathered friends! Join avian Dining in the Dark See page 11 for details Life’ & The Statute Book 11am-12noon experts to discover what it’s really like to The Human Genome Project was speaking about and demonstrating the for the Whole Family Throughout the day from July 7th to exciting things scientists are doing at the be a birdbrain. Make your own successfully concluded about a decade Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, How do you eat without the help of your 13th - Otago Museum is open daily University of Otago. Today: Hear about 4th floor, Dunedin City Library bird’s-eye-view goggles to take home! ago and revealed the complete set and eyes? Try to use a fork and knife to eat 10am-5pm new fossil species uncovered in rocks Suitable for all ages. Children under 10 yrs sequence of DNA in human cells. Free. Limited numbers your favourite foods. Guess what they Otago Museum Tropical Forest, Numerous initiatives involving DNA at the Geology Department! Learn from need to be accompanied by an adult. Bookings essential. are without peeking! Julie Woods, aka Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street information are now being pursued with amazing creatures studied in the Zoology Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] PHOTO: Flickr, Sid Mosdell Department! 10am-12noon “That Blind Woman” is joining forces with Free with Discovery World Tropical Forest the aim of improving health care. There These shows follow laboratory visits earlier Information Centre, Dunedin Botanic Garden the team at Otago Polytech TECHnique admission, no bookings required. are exciting possibilities in developing and in the week and science communication Wriggle and Squirm with Worms Restaurant to bring you a different dinner applying new knowledge, but individuals, Free, numbers limited. Bookings families, communities and society can be workshops earlier in the day. See page 10 for details. essential. Ph: 03 482 1755 or 021 065 1314 experience for the whole family. Suitable for 8-10 year-olds. confronted with a range of difficult legal, 3pm-4:30pm or E: [email protected] Suitable for ages 8 and over. Leave Boring Behind regulatory, ethical and policy issues. We Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum, 1:30pm-2:30pm Please note: not recommended for Photo Competition will discuss questions and dilemmas 419 Great King Street Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Café Sci: Take a Good Look at... children with allergies. A returning festival favourite. See ad on concerning the choices to be made.The Free, bookings essential – call the 4th floor, Dunedin City Library Sleep & Dreaming 6pm-7:30pm page 3 for more info. event is held by the Centre for Society, Information Desk 03 474 7474 or book Governance and Science (SoGoS) and the Free. Limited numbers - bookings OMG - you were in my dream last night! TECHnique Restaurant, 10am-4pm online at www.otagomuseum.co.nz Faculty of Law. essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 This may be good or bad, surprising Harbour Terrace, Dunedin (runs every day of the festival) or E: [email protected] 9pm-10pm or disturbing, but most of us have had $25 per person Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, Interactive Music Technology dreams with bizarre circumstances or the Dunedin Railway Station University of Otago Staff Club Music + science = fun! In this activity, Bookings essential. appearance of unusual characters. What you’ll explore how electronic sensors can Study & Sculpt Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz Free, no bookings required. Free, no bookings required. be used as part of a high-tech musical See page 10 for details. Suitable for ages 4 does this mean? Why do we sleep and performance. You’ll learn how to program and over. Caregivers required. why is our sleep sometimes so quirky? a computer to use the inputs from different 1:30pm-2:30pm Join Professor David Bilkey from the Brain sensors to control your performance, and Health Research Centre at the University Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, see just how expressive you can be. of Otago to learn more about sleep and 4th floor, Dunedin City Library We’ll also delve a little into acoustics, the dreaming. Bring your lunch, grab a coffee, study of the physics of sound. Free. Limited numbers - bookings sit and enjoy or ask the questions you’ve essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 Suitable for ages 11 yrs and over. always wanted to ask. or E: [email protected] 2pm-4pm 12noon-12:45pm Bull Nose, Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, 31 Queens Gardens Who Dunnit? Great King Street Free, bookings essential. Using scientific techniques we will teach E: [email protected] or ph 03 477 5052. you how to find out who committed the Free, no bookings required. crime. You will gather the clues and analyse Seating on first in first served basis. WORKSHOP CENTRAL the evidence, working together to solve the Kids Can Compost mystery of who dunnit. This workshop will Cycling Day help you think like a real forensic scientist! @ Toitu Otago Settlers Museum How can we turn our food scraps into Suitable for children aged 6-12 years. nutritious soil to grow more of the food we Visit Toitu to discover how biking technology eat? A hands-on workshop for 3pm-4pm is constantly evolving. Nicknamed the 8-10 year-olds that looks at the stages Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Penny-farthing, the public will be able to of compost decomposition, temperature 4th floor, Dunedin City Library take turns at cycling a replica Ordinary. and pH of compost and soil, investigating Free. Limited numbers - bookings At the other end of the spectrum, visitors composts found in nature and how to essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 will be challenged to race each other on a create your own compost system. Children or E: [email protected] will build their own compost in a bottle to Tour de France simulator from the School take home, nurture and watch the process of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise of soil creation. Super Inventions Discovery Trail Sciences at the University of Otago See page 6 for detailed description. 9:30am-10:30am recording their speed, wattage and more. Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Open during library opening hours 11am-2pm 4th floor, Dunedin City Library from July 5th - 12th Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. All Dunedin Public Libraries 31 Queens Gardens Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] Free, no bookings required. Free, no bookings required.

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Robotics workshop Astronomical Enigmas Super Inventions Sci-tropical Pursuits Art and Anatomy Project Great Fermentations @ Otago Polytechic: Learn how Freaky Science Show Discovery Trail Interactive Investigations See page 6 for detailed description. Zymurgy + communication = fun! to Build a Working Robot See detailed description on page 12. Uncover the history of the world’s Pop into the Tropical Forest and get 8:30am-5:30pm A sequel to the festival favourite “the science of beer”. Join us for an evening This is a two-part workshop: the first 2:30pm science heroes on our Super involved in an interactive pursuit of one Hunter Centre, Great King Street, Inventions Discovery Trail. of beer, science, food and fun. Richard session on Tuesday 8th involves how to Atrium level 1, Otago Museum, of many incredible scientific phenomena opposite the Dental School correctly connect all the wiring and the Suitable for primary school children. Emerson will introduce you to some 419 Great King Street found in the tropics. Free, no bookings necessary. great brews, while Prof Phil Bremer best ways to make the mechanics of Open during library opening Throughout the day from July 7th the body work. This second session on Free, no bookings required. and Dr Graham Eyres explain some hours from July 5th - 12th to 13th - Otago Museum is open of the science behind the world of Thursday 10th involves learning about the PHOTO: Flickr, Sid Mosdell PHOTO: Flickr, Chris Varley All Dunedin Public Libraries daily 10am-5pm fermentation. Mark Lane and Samson programming that will make your robot Following the Great White — move. The workshop is free to attend, but Free, no bookings required. Otago Museum Tropical Forest, Rudd serve a taster of fermented foods WORKSHOP CENTRAL Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street Ryan Johnson to go with each beverage. with the option to take your robot home at Join Kiwi expat Ryan Johnson, marine a cost of $70 to cover the hardware (circuit Event strictly for guests aged 18 Free with Discovery World Tropical explorer and wildlife documentary and over, ID required. board, motor, wheels and connectors). Understanding what Things Forest admission, no bookings required. are in the Universe filmmaker for National Geographic Suitable for ages 13+. channel, for a compelling presentation 7pm-9pm Join some members of the Dunedin 10am-12noon on the research he has conducted TECHnique Restaurant, Astronomy Society in a one-hour ALL AGES Room D312, D Block, Leave Boring Behind on great white sharks. His research Harbour Terrace, Dunedin workshop to make your own spectroscope includes a project launched in 2005 Otago Polytechnic, Harbour Terrace and learn to find out what stars are made Florokonui — Wall Street gets Photo Competition $60 per person | Bookings essential. that involved tracking a female great Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz Free to participate; $70 to take your robot up of. You can use your spectroscope with Greener with Orokonui A returning festival favourite. View white dubbed ‘Nicole’ from South Africa home. Bookings essential any light at home. Join the team from Orokonui the artwork from the Otago School of to Australia and back. He was also as numbers are limited. Four workshops: start at 9:30am, Ecosanctuary and explore the Medical Sciences photographic ‘Leave a key figure behind OCEARCH, the E: [email protected] 11:00am, 1:30pm and 3pm Forest! The Wall Street atrium will Boring Behind’ competition. largest shark-tracking research project or Ph: 03 477 4000 to book. Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, be transformed into a native forest See photographs from staff and students in the world. Ryan will be also sharing 4th floor, Dunedin City Library ecosystem for a day. Native trees and find out for yourself that science his insights from a marine biologist’s and displays will adorn the space, is exciting. viewpoint on the very topical issues The Shark: Monster or Free. Limited numbers - bookings facing the marine environment today, Majesty? essential. Please specify the workshop reminding us of what was once there. 10am-4pm Including hands-on activities, live animal from shark culls and finning, through to Public Talk and Shockbuster time when booking! Ph: 03 477 4000 (runs every day of the festival) the impact of shark tourism. or E: [email protected] encounters, face painting, games, Children’s Workshop Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, 7:30pm-9pm Why are we so afraid of sharks? Did you storytelling, competitions and prizes! Dunedin Railway Station From 3pm to 5.30pm there will be live St. David lecture theatre, know each year more humans are killed by Fight Like a Physicist III: Free, no bookings required. cows than by sharks?! music and a wearable plants fashion University of Otago Campus New Zealand-born, world-respected marine Throwdown Hoedown parade! Children’s forest fashion from Adults $12 | Children $7 Physics: momentum and impulse, PHOTO: Flickr, Brook Ward explorer and great white shark expert Ryan 3.30pm-4pm. Adults: Plant Parade from Families (2+2) $25. Bookings essential. pressure and forces, friction Johnson shares his love of the ocean and 4.30pm-5.30pm. LEGO Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz Karate: Break-falling, pressure points the amazing creatures that live in it. Stay for Entries will be judged by fashion Thousands of white LEGO bricks await and hand techniques the workshop to see how important it is to designers and plant professionals! an audience to transform them into art. Astronomy at the Observatory protect marine habitats, and take home a In this practical and interactive Amazing prizes include free passes to That means YOU! The Gallery brings See page 6 for detailed description. You can buy tickets for all paid events from souvenir replica great white tooth to workshop, you will learn how pressure, you Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition The remind you. forces and momentum work together the Ecosanctuary, native plants and 7:30pm onwards www.ticketdirect.co.nz Door sales will be fashion freebies. Cubic Structural Evolution Project. 11.30am when throwing your opponent to the The Beverly-Begg Observatory, available if events are not sold out. ground. Alternatively, how to use Physics Suitable for all ages. Children under 10am-5pm Cnr City Rd & Ross Street, Roslyn Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, to your advantage if you are plummeting 6 yrs need to be accompanied by an (every day of the festival) 419 Great King Street PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. $5 adult, $3 child. Ph 027 663 1711 Check out our website www.scifest.org.nz towards the earth. adult. See www.orokonui.org.nz for more The cubic structural evolution Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon or E: [email protected] Talk FREE. Workshop $4.50 per child project 2010. Collection: Suitable for ages 8 and over. details. Queensland Art Gallery Free, no bookings required. for more info. Talk: No bookings required. All day Workshop: Bookings essential - call the 11am-12noon Information Desk 03 474 7474 or book Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, Wall Street Mall, George Street online at www.otagomuseum.co.nz 4th floor, Dunedin City Library Free, no bookings required. Free. Limited numbers - bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 Interactive Music Technology or E: [email protected] Retro Lab Music + science = fun! In this activity you’ll Check out our Retro Lab to see how explore how electronic sensors can be used gadgets from yesteryear sparked the as part of a high-tech musical performance. Study & Sculpt development of modern technology. You’ll learn how to program a computer Create your very own nature sculpture or Try out this ‘old-school’ technology for to use the inputs from different sensors to collage while learning about nature. yourself and marvel at how we ever control your performance, and see just how Examine cones, nuts, and leaves collected managed to do anything in the old days! expressive you can be. We’ll also delve a from the Dunedin Botanic Garden and 9:30am-12:30pm little into acoustics, the study of the physics learn about the trees they grow on. Suitable of sound. Suitable for ages 11 yrs and over. for ages 4 and over. Caregivers required. at Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach Street 2pm-4pm 1:30pm-2:30pm AND Bull Nose, Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Workshop Central, Dunningham Suite, 31 Queens Gardens 4th floor, Dunedin City Library 2pm-5pm Free. Bookings essential. Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential. at Waikouaiti Library, 192 Main Road E: [email protected] or Ph: 03 477 5052. Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] Free, no bookings required. Page 21 Friday, July 11th Page 20 Friday, July 11th www.scifest.org.nz www.scifest.org.nz KIDS ALL AGES Frogs Forever From Laboratory to Stage: A Waste of Time? Te Horo (Dart) Landslide and Sci-tropical Pursuits Astronomy at the @ Mosgiel Public Library Children’s Science Ever wondered: What happens to New Zealand’s newest Lake Interactive Investigations Observatory What do you know about frogs? Do Communication Workshops your black plastic rubbish bag? What Why we are fortunate to have our Pop into the Tropical Forest and get See page 6 for detailed description. hiccups link us to our frog ancestors? Would you like to be a science teller? Rummage is? What to do with those mountain regions in National Parks. involved in an interactive pursuit of dead batteries from the TV remote? 7:30pm onwards Why do we need frogs to survive? Find What exciting science would you like Te Horo is undoubtedly Otago’s (if not one of many incredible scientific to share? Turn Monday’s visit to a Come along for a tour of the Green Island New Zealand’s) most active landslide. phenomena found in the tropics. The Beverly-Begg Observatory, out about the biggest extinction since Landfill and find out the answers to these Cnr City Rd & Ross Street, Roslyn the dinosaurs and what you can do to University of Otago science lab into an Renewed activity in January 2014 Throughout the day from July questions. Plus learn a whole lot more dammed the Dart River and formed a 3 $5 adult, $3 child. help! Meet our real life native frogs, exciting science show at the Museum! about where the rubbish goes. 7th to 13th - Otago Museum is extinct on the South Island, hear from These science communication Children under the age of 14 must be km-long lake. About 6% of Otago is PHOTO: Flickr, Sid Mosdell open daily 10am-5pm Ph: 027 663 1711 alluvial fans formed from such or E: [email protected] experts and visit frog habitat. Suitable workshops follow laboratory visits accompanied by an adult. processes and we have inhabited these Otago Museum Tropical Forest, Otago for all ages. Children under 6 yrs need earlier in the week and precede Bus leaves 10am sharp. presentations later in the day. Today: landforms. They create the stony soils Museum, 419 Great King Street to be accompanied by an adult. 10am-12noon Physics and Biochemistry. which are so good for growing grapes. Free with Discovery World Tropical 9:30am-10:30am Meet at Octagon bus stop (outside Nova) 1pm-3pm There is a geological hazard to be wary Forest admission, no bookings ADULTS Mosgiel Public Library, Free, bookings essential. of, which is quite difficult to manage. required. Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum, 7 Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel E: [email protected] Simon Cox of GNS Science will present Let’s Talk about Sex, Baby! 419 Great King Street or Ph: 03 477 4000. lots of video material of the Dart Free. Limited numbers. Leave Boring Behind Scifest Debate Free, bookings essential - call the landslide during his talk! Bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 Photo Competition From lust to love and everything in Information Desk 03 474 7474 or book or E: [email protected] We Want It Now! 3D Printing & 12noon-12:45pm A returning festival favourite. See ad on between, join some of the best young online at www.otagomuseum.co.nz the Design Process Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, page 3 for more info. debaters in the country as they explore @ Festival HQ some of the issues facing us today. Relax, Creepy Crawlies 419 Great King Street 10am-4pm From Laboratory to Stage: You’ve designed it, now you want to see Free, no bookings required. (runs every day of the festival) grab a drink, sit back (or have your say) @ Mosgiel Public Library Children’s Science it, hold it, try it. And you want to do it now! with your host Mayor Dave Cull and enjoy Meet some humans who go crazy A look at how 3D printing and 3D drawing Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, a jaunt through the weird, wonderful and for creepy crawlies and hopping mad Presentations technologies affect the way we design Dunedin Railway Station often scary world of attraction. Presenting the debut of five local kids Retro Lab for huhu grubs. See how you handle and develop products. Free, no bookings required. 7:30pm-9:00pm speaking about and demonstrating the Presented by Otago Polytechnic. Check out our Retro Lab to see how a close insect encounter and make PHOTO: Isabella Harrex exciting things scientists are doing at 11am-2pm gadgets from yesteryear sparked the University of Otago Staff Club, your own bug-catcher! Suitable for all the University of Otago. Today: Discover development of modern technology. LEGO University Campus ages. Children under 6 yrs need to be Wall Street Mall, George Street Try out this ‘old-school’ technology for new states of matter with machines Thousands of white LEGO bricks await Free, no bookings required. accompanied by an adult. yourself and marvel at how we ever from the Physics Department! an audience to transform them into art. Seating on first in first served basis. Otago Polytechnic: managed to do anything in the old 11am-12noon Make new molecules just like in the That means YOU! The Gallery brings days! Biochemistry Department! Test-drive an Electric Vehicle you Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition The Great Fermentations Mosgiel Public Library, The test-drive electric vehicle uses 7 Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel These shows follow laboratory visits 2:30pm-5:30pm Cubic Structural Evolution Project. Zymurgy + communication = fun! earlier in the week and science in-wheel motors as well as all-wheel A sequel to the festival favourite “the steering. The wheels can be controlled to Blueskin Bay Library, 10am-5pm Free. Limited numbers. communication workshops earlier in science of beer”. Join us for an evening of move sideways, making parallel parking 28 Harvey Street, Waitati (every day of the festival) Bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 the day. beer, science, food and fun. Richard or E: [email protected] a breeze. You can also make a U-turn Free, no bookings required. PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 3pm-4:30pm without taking any extra space. It’s quite The cubic structural evolution Emerson will introduce you to some great project 2010. Collection: The Octagon brews while Prof Phil Bremer and Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum, an exciting vision. The main research Queensland Art Gallery PHOTO: Isabella Harrex Dr Graham Eyres explain some of the Bird Brains 419 Great King Street question was how can we automise the @ Mosgiel Public Library control of all the wheels at one time. Free Health Checks with Art and Anatomy Project science behind the world of fermentation. Examine both human and bird brain Free, bookings essential - call the We need to understand what the driver the Southern District Exhibition: Artists and scientists work Mark Lane and Samson Rudd serve a structures. Learn what we have Information Desk 03 474 7474 or book actually wants. It was quite a difficult task, Health Board together to create art. A cooperation taster of fermented foods to go with each online at www.otagomuseum.co.nz between the University of Otago and inherited from our feathered friends! but we did it. Driver’s licence required for Suitable for ages 12+. beverage. Strictly ages 18 and over. Otago Polytechnic. Join avian experts to discover what it’s test-drive. See ad on page 14. See ad on page 26 for more info. 7pm-9pm 9am-1:30pm really like to be a birdbrain. Make your 11am-2pm 8:30am-5:30pm TECHnique Restaurant, own bird’s-eye-view goggles to take The Anatomy of a Crime Upper Octagon SDHB, 2nd floor Fraser Building, Hunter Centre, Great King Street, Harbour Terrace, Dunedin home! Suitable for all ages. Children Scene $2 per drive, no bookings required. Dunedin Hospital, Hanover Street opposite the Dental School In this workshop you will learn about $60 per person | Bookings essential. under 6 yrs need to be accompanied by Free, no bookings required. Free, no bookings necessary. Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz an adult. how to become a real forensic Otago Polytechnic: investigator. A mock crime has been 1:30pm-2:30pm committed and it is your responsibility Small scale wind turbine Powerhouse Wind’s vision is an Mosgiel Public Library, to work in teams to identify and collect appliance-like wind turbine for the future 7 Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel the evidence. Find out how our human of distributed generation, local energy Free. Limited numbers. anatomy, from our fingerprints to our systems, off-grid applications and smart Bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 skeletons, leaves clues that we can grids. The unique single-bladed design or E: [email protected] interpret and analyse using forensic reduces noise and results in a smoother, science to find out which suspect less disturbed airflow; a drag coefficient PHOTO: Isabella Harrex committed the crime. half that of an equivalently well-designed The Power of Poo Suitable for ages 13-17. three-blade set. See ad on page 14. @ Mosgiel Public Library 6:30pm-8:30pm 11am-2pm The grossest with the mostest! How Department of Anatomy, Ground Floor, Upper Octagon does poo support life on Earth and how Lindo Ferguson Building, can we use it better? Discover how poo Free, no bookings required. Great King Street, Dunedin helps to save endangered species and how you can become a poo detective. Free, bookings essential. Otago Polytechnic: Spring In2it Learn how poo makes things grow and E:[email protected] Stop by for a health and fitness make your own pretend poo bomb full to book. assessment by the Institute of Sport and of native seeds to take home. Suitable Adventure. Have your blood cholesterol/ for all ages. Children under 6 yrs need glucose and blood pressure measured, to be accompanied by an adult. Super Inventions do a cycle test, and have your body Discovery Trail composition analysed. You get to take 3pm-4pm home your very own “warrant of fitness”! See page 6 for details. Mosgiel Public Library, See ad on page 14. PHOTO: Isabella Harrex 7 Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel Open during library opening 11am-2pm hours from July 5th - 12th Free. Limited numbers. Upper Octagon: Bad weather alternative: Bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 All Dunedin Public Libraries Wall Street Mall, George Street or E: [email protected] Free, no bookings required. Free, no bookings required. Page 22 Page 23 Saturday, July 12th www.scifest.org.nz Saturday, July 12th www.scifest.org.nz KIDS Super Inventions Dr Bunhead’s Blast Off Meet at the Information Centre BioBlitz: Leaf Litter BioBlitz: Plants and How to Otago Polytechnic: Discovery Trail Fine day: Leaf litter in Woodhaugh Look at Them Test-drive an Electric Vehicle Join Dr Bunhead (from TV’s Brainiac) on See page 6 for details. @Dunedin Botanic Garden for all gardens will be put through a hand-held We all know what plants are, but just the ultimate science journey... BioBlitz activities. The test-drive electric vehicle uses Open during library opening sieve onto a tray, and the invertebrates how well do we look at them? Could in-wheel motors as well as all-wheel rocket-riding into the science of space hours from July 5th-12th will be identified using hand-held trays. you describe a plant to someone who steering. The wheels can be controlled to travel. Featuring the first hamster into Rainy day: A demonstration on sieving has never seen it before? Can you even move sideways, making parallel parking a space, super-cool stunt bananas and a All Dunedin Public Libraries BioBlitz: Birds New Zealand man with his head on fire. How many different kinds of birds can leaf litter for invertebrates will be quickly describe it to yourself? If not, how can breeze. You can also make a U-turn without Free, no bookings required. we see, hear and identify? Accompany presented. Then, using microscopes you know it? This walk will encourage you taking any extra space. It’s quite an exciting 7:30pm-9pm set up on tables in the Botanic Garden to take a closer look and think about what ornithologists from Birds New Zealand to PHOTO: Isabella Harrex vision. The main research question was St David lecture theatre, Information Centre near the Winter you are actually looking at. several parts of the garden to find the birds how can we automise the control of all the University of Otago Campus Garden, some of the sieved insects, that live there. Hear life stories of some of 2pm-2:45pm wheels at one time. We need to understand Adults $20 | Children $10 mites, pseudoscorpions and minute the birds. Learn the differences between what the driver actually wants. It was quite Families (2+2) $50. Bookings essential. wingless wasps will be viewed under Free, bookings essential. a difficult task, but we did it. Driver’s licence ALL AGES native and introduced birds. Please bring Ph: 03 477 4000 Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz binoculars if you have them. binocular microscopes and identified required for test-drive. using books and keys. People will help or E: [email protected] See ad on page 14 for details. Have you got the Guts? 10am-10:45am Emergency Services Theme Day themselves to the bag and look at the 11am-2pm Free Health Checks with the litter inhabitants in a Petri dish under a Do you want to be a paramedic when you Free, bookings essential. Southern District Health Board Ph: 03 477 4000 microscope. BioBlitz: Cryptic Corner Upper Octagon grow up? Have you thought about training Mosses, liverworts and lichens are a Suitable for ages 12+. to be a high country rescuer or a firefighter? or E: [email protected] 12noon-12:45pm $2 per drive. See ad on page 26 for more info. large but often overlooked part of our No bookings required. Meet some of your gutsy local Emergency Free, bookings essential. native flora. Luckily it’s not hard to stop 9am-3pm Services personnel, find out about the skills BioBlitz: Funky Fungi Ph: 03 477 4000 and take a closer look and appreciate their roles demand and test your emergency Fungi are nutrient recyclers and they or E: [email protected] the huge diversity of cryptic species we Otago Polytechnic: SDHB, 2nd floor Fraser Building, Dunedin Hospital, Hanover Street PHOTO: Flickr, techniques at our all-in, adventure family day. are everywhere - in soil, on plants, on have in New Zealand. Come along to our Small scale wind turbine UK Ministry of Defence 11am-3pm our skin - and even in many foods and BioBlitz: workshop to have a hands-on experience Powerhouse Wind’s vision is an Free, no bookings required. appliance-like wind turbine for the future Atrium Level 1, Otago Museum, drinks we consume. Many fungi are plant Is the Leith Dirty or Healthy? alongside some experts in bryophyte and of distributed generation, local energy 419 Great King Street decomposers and many others help Ask the bugs living it in! lichen identification and see this tiny flora Sci-tropical Pursuits plants to grow, so fungi connect much in a whole new light! systems, off-grid applications and smart Free, no bookings required The organisms living in the bed of a Interactive Investigations of life on Earth. The Dunedin Botanic grids. The unique single bladed design stream or river can tell us a lot about 3pm-3:45pm See page 11 for details. Garden is rich in fungal diversity: we will how clean or dirty it is. Many of these reduces noise and results in a smoother, Throughout the day from July 7th BioBlitz 2014 search the gardens for fungi and discover organisms are excellent bioindicators Free, bookings essential. PHOTO: Isabella Harrex less disturbed airflow; a drag coefficient A fun day out for the whole family exploring how important they are for a healthy because they are sensitive to pollution Ph: 03 477 4000 half that of an equivalently well-designed to 13th - Otago Museum is open one of our city’s biodiversity hotspots! Join an environment. Bring a camera. and also reflect the conditions over or E: [email protected] three-blade set. See ad on page 14. daily 10am-5pm expert team of some of NZ’s finest scientists 11am-11:45am several months before they are 11am-2pm PHOTO: Flickr, Sid Mosdell Otago Museum Tropical Forest, and naturalists to celebrate the myriad life collected. During our walk we will visit Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street Free, bookings essential. Upper Octagon several sites at the Water of Leith BioBlitz: on your doorstep! The Dunedin Botanic Ph: 03 477 4000 Free with Discovery World Tropical Forest where we’ll collect the aquatic larvae Free, no bookings required. Garden will host a range of hands on or E: [email protected] Flora Finder Demonstration admission, no bookings required. activities and exploration walks throughout of insect groups such as mayflies and See how to instantly identify New Zealand its spaces. Discover and practise the skills caddis flies. You will learn what these native plants using the camera on your Otago Polytechnic: creatures can tell us about how healthy smart device. Leave Boring Behind required to observe, identify and classify an BioBlitz: Lichen Walk Spring In2it This guided walk will reveal some of New the aquatic community is. After the walk Flora Finder is an electronic field guide Photo Competition array of species from fungi to fish, pests to Stop by for a health and fitness Zealand’s exceptionally rich lichen flora. we’ll take some of these animals to the to help you identify some of the most assessment by the Institute of Sport and A returning festival favourite. See ad on plants, birds to bugs and many many more! Explore the Botanic Garden and Lovelock Information Centre so we can study common New Zealand native plants from Adventure. Have your blood cholesterol/ page 3 for more info. Children under 10yrs must be accompanied Bush to discover the diverse growth forms them under the microscope – they often photographs of their leaves. glucose and blood pressure measured, 10am-4pm by an adult. Walks will take participants look very impressive! and habitats of these amazing symbiotic Throughout the day do a cycle test, and have your body (runs every day of the festival) around a variety of terrain. organisms. 1pm-1:45pm composition analysed. You get to take Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, Be prepared for all weathers, wear sturdy Free, no bookings required. home your very own “warrant of fitness”! 12noon-12:45pm Free, bookings essential. PHOTO: Isabella Harrex Dunedin Railway Station footwear and warm clothing. See ad on page 14. Free, bookings essential. Ph: 03 477 4000 Free, no bookings required. See www.scifest.org.nz/bioblitz2014 Ph: 03 477 4000 or E: [email protected] or E: [email protected] BioBlitz: 11am-2pm Love Nature at Lovelock Bush Upper Octagon Bad weather alternative: Wall Street Mall, LEGO Join a team of experts from Orokonui See page 6 for details. Ecosanctuary and Landcare Research George Street to systematically survey life in Lovelock Free, no bookings required. 10am-5pm Bush! Learn how to detect, collect and (every day of the festival) identify: Native Plants and assess Bush Who is a New Zealander? Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon Vitality; introduced pests from bitemarks, This is a compelling social question facing Free, no bookings required. footprints and poo; Birds from calls, flight an increasingly multicultural NZ. Genetic PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. The cubic structural evolution project styles and nests; Invertebrates in the studies indicate that we can all ultimately 2010. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery leaf litter, soil and beyond! Take home trace our origins to Africa. About 65,000 skills to make your backyard a beautiful years ago modern humans started Art and Anatomy Project sanctuary. expanding across the globe. The final land- See page 6 for details. Available from 10am-2pm mass settled by humans was Aotearoa/ 10am-4pm New Zealand, just 750 years ago. Free, no bookings required. Hunter Centre, Great King Street, Prof Lisa Matisoo-Smith talks about the opposite the Dental School genetic study of the population of NZ today We Want It Now! 3D Printing & that aims to map the many pathways our Free, no bookings necessary. the Design Process ancestors took which ultimately brought each of us here. The results allow us to @ Festival HQ appreciate and discuss science and what Astronomy at the Observatory You’ve designed it, now you want to see it tells us about our common ancient See page 6 for details it, hold it, try it. And you want to do it now! origins, our unique histories and our 7:30pm onwards A look at how 3D printing and 3D drawing shared future as New Zealanders. technologies affect the way we design The Beverly-Begg Observatory, Cnr City and develop products. 2pm-3pm Rd & Ross Street, Roslyn PHOTO: Isabella Harrex Presented by Otago Polytechnic. Auditorium, Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, $5 adult, $3 child; Ph: 027 663 1711 11am-2pm 31 Queens Gardens or E: [email protected] Wall Street Mall, George Street Free, no bookings required. for more info.

ALL AGES Page 24 Page 25 Sunday, July 13th www.scifest.org.nz Sunday, July 13th www.scifest.org.nz ALL AGES Fish and Ships Tagging Sharks off Local Fisheries Frogs Forever @ Orokonui Sci-tropical Pursuits Art and Anatomy Project Stewart Island What do you know about frogs? Do Interactive Investigations See page 6 for details. Marine Science Day at the Harbour Basin Chris Hepburn, Marine Science, Malcolm Francis: Where do our sharks University of Otago: Find out what hiccups link us to our frog ancestors? Pop into the Tropical Forest and get 10am-4pm A day of marine theme activities, go? How far do they travel? Malcolm species our local fisheries target, and involved in an interactive pursuit of one Why do we need frogs to survive? Find Hunter Centre, Great King Street, competitions and displays for the whole Francis reveals the journeys of the Stewart how people can help improve their out about the biggest extinction since of many incredible scientific phenomena family from 11am-4pm. opposite the Dental School Island Great Whites. catch. the dinosaurs and what you can do to found in the tropics. No bookings required.Check out all three 1:00pm 12noon Throughout the day from July 7th Free, no bookings necessary. venues in the Harbour Basin. help! Meet our real life native frogs, Shark Research in South Africa extinct on the South Island, hear from to 13th - Otago Museum is open Incredible Edible Seaweed PHOTO: Flickr, Sid Mosdell : Ryan’s experience daily 10am-5pm Shark Night at the Movies Ryan Johnson Sally Carson, NZ Marine Studies experts and visit frog habitat. Suitable for studying Great White Sharks of Dyer all ages. Children under 6 yrs need to be Otago Museum Tropical Forest, From St Clair to South Africa Waterfront Warehouse Centre, University of Otago: Find out Popcorn’s on us, as you are invited to Island, South Africa, was the start of his accompanied by an adult. Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street 40 Fryatt Street what seaweed is good to eat, and try join festival guest Ryan Johnson to enjoy PHOTO: Fiona Ayerst passion for these animals! Free with Discovery World Tropical some tasty seaweed chips! 10am-12noon a night at the movies with three shark 1:30pm Forest admission, no bookings required. 1:00pm Orokonui Ecosanctuary, documentaries from two quite different What is a Fish? Techniques for Identifying corners of the world. A great way to end Sally Carson, NZMSC: A fun look at what 600 Blueskin Road, Waitati Marine Mammals Miniature Marine Marvels the week (or start a new one), with two makes a fish a fish! Children $5, Adults $7, Will Rayment, University of Otago: How do Federico Baltar, Marine Science, Leave Boring Behind internationally acclaimed documentaries numbers limited. Bookings essential. PHOTO: Fiona Ayerst 11am you count marine creatures; how do you University of Otago: Ocean Sampling Photo Competition from Ryan Johnson as well as Tangled Ph: 03 482 1755 or 021 065 1314 tell one whale from another? Find out how Day on 21 June 2014 was the biggest A returning festival favourite. View the Waters, a local documentary from Colouring Competition Prizes or E: [email protected] the experts do it. global effort in marine science carried artwork from the Otago School of Medical film-makers Nicole Schafer and Andrew and Q&A session on Sharks. out in a single day. Why? 11:15am 2:00pm Sciences photographic ‘Leave Boring Scott. The movies will be followed by a 1:30pm Q&A session with Ryan Johnson. Why Sharks Matter Behind’ competition. See photographs from Great White Sharks in staff and students and find out for yourself The night will also include the New Zealand Ryan Johnson: Sharks often get bad Spying on Marine Life Water Wellbeing @ Orokonui announcement of the Sharklab ’14: press. Find out why these top predators Sally Carson, NZ Marine Studies that science is exciting. Malcolm Francis, NIWA: Find out about What do you know about H²O? How Why Sharks Matter competition winners. the ocean’s greatest predators that can be are so important and worthy of protection. Centre, University of Otago: Your does what we drink affect how we think? 10am-4pm observations are important to the (runs every day of the festival) 7pm-8:45pm found in New Zealand waters. 2:30pm Why does our heart rate drop when we 11:30am conservation of marine life. Find out how Hope Gallery, Otago Art Society, St David lecture theatre, Shark Dissection: you can make a difference. touch water? Find out more about how University of Otago Campus Filming Great White Sharks Find out how sharks work from the outside your brain uses water and explore how Dunedin Railway Station 2:00pm Adults $12 | Children $7 Ryan Johnson, South Africa: Great White in! Join shark experts Malcolm Francis to keep waterways clean. Workshop Free, no bookings required. PHOTO: Fiona Ayerst Families (2+2) $25 Sharks attract huge media attention. Ryan and Ryan Johnson for this close-up look at includes relaxing with water exercises has worked with film-makers round the shark biology. Bookings essential. and assessing how clean water is by Book online www.ticketdirect.co.nz world who want to capture his research with 3:00pm observing which creatures live in it. LEGO these sharks. RV Polaris II Suitable for all ages. Children under 6 Thousands of white LEGO bricks await 12noon Monarch Wharf, Fryatt Street yrs need to be accompanied by an adult. an audience to transform them into art. Diving Below the Ice: The Customhouse That means YOU! The Gallery brings Astronomy at the Observatory refreshments available all day 1pm-3pm Research in the Antarctic Climb aboard the University’s you Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition The See page 6 for details. Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Miles Lamare, University of Otago: Research Vessel Cubic Structural Evolution Project. 7:30pm onwards Collecting and studying Antarctic marine How Fresh is Your Fish? Find out where our scientists go to 600 Blueskin Road, Waitati 10am-5pm The Beverly-Begg Observatory, life requires some special techniques. Phil Bremer, Food Science, University of carry out their research and about the Children $5, Adults $7, (every day of the festival) Find out what diving below the ice entails Otago: How you can tell if a fish is fresh, equipment they use. See a Remote numbers limited. PHOTO: Olafur Eliasson. Cnr City Rd & Ross Street, Roslyn The cubic structural evolution Dunedin Public Art Gallery, and what research questions they are and what processes impact on its rate of Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) Bookings essential. project 2010. Collection: $5 adult, $3 child. Ph: 027 663 1711 trying to answer. deterioration? in action. Ph: 03 482 1755 / 021 065 1314 Queensland Art Gallery The Octagon or E: [email protected] 12:30pm 11:30am From 11am-4pm or E: [email protected] Free, no bookings required. for more info.

Page 26 Page 27 Behind the scenes www.scifest.org.nz The last word www.scifest.org.nz Some of our Science Festival Heroes But wait… there’s more! Planning and organising the science festival is exciting, challenging and extremely rewarding, for the festival The NZ International Science Festival has many partners, and this year we have also partnered with the team, the executive committee, and our many partners. Many who shape the festival’s character are involved team at the Auckland Museum to host a number of our international speakers at satellite festival events after because they are passionate about science. We want to mention a few of those individuals who always go the they have been in Dunedin. So tell your friends and family in Auckland not to miss these. Find all details extra mile to help bring you a great science festival: online at www.aucklandmuseum.com Look out for the following presentations in Auckland: PHOTO: Fiona Ayerst Fiona PHOTO: James Piercy Dr Graham Walker Ryan Johnson Prof Terry Collins Thursday July 10th, 4:00pm Friday July 11th, 12:30pm Monday July 14th, 6:00pm Monday July 21st, 7:00pm Our thanks The festival happens due to the support of many people, and we are grateful for the many hours that go into developing, plan- ning and bringing together the events. From staff through to sponsors, supporters and volunteers we would like to say thank you for contributing to making this festival happen.

Dr Angela Clark is a teaching fellow We are excited to have met Chris Smith from the Department of Rose Newburn & Amadeo Enriquez-Ballestero is In particular, we would like to acknowledge the fantastic contributions of the following people: in the Department of Anatomy at the Emily Hall in the lead-up to the 2014 Anatomy has the privilege of working Donnella Aitken-Ferguson are part of the Otago Museum’s team University of Otago. Her research festival. In a meeting about hosting a in one of the most extraordinary two of the festival’s most important of science communicators and has Festival Team Treasurer Rosie Clark, LLB/BCom (Otago), Vice President NZISF, Senior Solicitor, focuses on biological anthropology, group of secondary school students locations in the University School contacts at the University of a real passion for communicating Chris Green - Director Wai Piggott, Financial Analyst, Dunedin City Council. Gallaway Cook Allan and she has travelled extensively to during the festival, she told us about of Medical Sciences - the Anatomy Otago. As divisional marketing science to all kids. Amadeo can be Rieke Lamb - Associate Director Life Member NZISF. Dame Elizabeth Hanan DNZM, CRSNZ, BSc participate in excavations. When back her passion for teaching physics and Museum. Surrounded by the most co-ordinators for the sciences regularly spotted at the Museum’s Festival Patrons Publicity in Dunedin, she uses her nickname karate. She combines the two and amazing models, human organ and health sciences divisions Freaky Science shows doing all sorts Merrin Bath - Strategy First Professor Harlene Hayne, ONZM, PhD, FRSNZ, Prof Emerita Jean S Fleming ONZM, CRSNZ, Life Member NZISF. “the boneologist” to inspire young uses karate to teach the principles displays and specimens, the Museum respectively, they work together of creative demonstrations. A man of Amie Richardson - Profile Media Vice Chancellor University of Otago Retired from the University of Otago’s Centre for Science Communication people to take up a career in science of physics at Queen’s High School! is in regular use by medical sciences to organise the Science Expo on many passions, Amadeo will also run Dave Cull, Mayor of Dunedin Prof Keith Hunter, MSc (Hons), PhD, FNZIC, FRSNZ. – preferably anthropology, of course. Emily has done some research and students, staff and visitors. For a July 5th & 6th. Rose and Donnella several workshops about the universe Festival Guide Design Otago Daily Times Creative Services Pro Vice Chancellor of Sciences, University of Otago During the 2014 science festival, found it’s working better than the number of years, Chris has played are also the ideal go-to people this year, together with the Dunedin Executive Committee Deputy Mayor Chris Staynes, Dunedin City Council she will run four workshops for kids usual classroom physics, and her a major role in bringing a variety of whenever the festival team is in Astronomical Society. Ticketing Partner Dr Michele Coleman, President NZISF, Director Research & Development, and teens, and co-host a big evening students are having fun, too. We activities to the festival, all of which need of a new contact in certain www.ticketdirect.co.nz Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago Mike Harte FIITP, ITCP, Director of Information Technology Services, event for young women in science. couldn’t agree more! are very popular, be they in-depth research or administrative areas Dr Pete Jones, BSc(Hons) PhD, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago University of Otago, Life Member NZISF. We think she’s a great role model for anatomy workshops for teenagers within the university. And best of all, Festival Website Design Prof Helen Nicholson BScHons, MB ChB, MD, PVC International, the young generation of or making T-shirts with the “inner their support always comes with Phillip Rasmussen and Matthew Trubhovic Prof Phil Bishop, BSc, MSc, PhD, Zoology Department, University of Otago University of Otago science communicators! organs” painted on them by the young a smile! Zuma Web + Design Studio ones.