National Science Week 10th to 19th March 2006

SCIENCE WEEK 2006

THE HAMPSTEAD SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SCHOOL
SOUTH HAMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

Last Year's Programme

	o	Friday 10th March
	11:15am at UCS	SOMETHING FISHY IN THE BRAIN by Prof. Michael Crawford, Institute of Brain Chemistry, London Metropolitan University
	AND
	2:30pm at SHHS
	o	------------------------------------------------- Monday 13th March
	11:15am at UCS	WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE by Doug Daniels, Hampstead Scientific Society
	AND
	1:30pm at SHHS
	1:30pm at SHHS	WHY IS OBESITY A PROBLEM? (parallel session) by Prof David Carling, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College
	o	------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 14th March
	11:15am at UCS	FIREWORKS - THE ART, THE SCIENCE, AND THE MAGIC! by Chris Pearce - Managing Director, and Dr Martin Hadlington - Director, Jubilee Fireworks Ltd
	AND
	1:30pm at SHHS
	o	------------------------------------------------- Wednesday15th March
	1:30pm at SHHS	HOW SMART WILL ROBOTS GET? by Igor Aleksander, FREng, Prof of Neural Systems Engineering, Imperial College
	All Day UCS ONLY	VISIT TO ROYAL INSTITUTION Not available to public
With thanks to the following for their support: PAPER ART WAITROSE	o	------------------------------------------------- Thursday 16th March
	11:15am at UCS	FORENSIC SCIENCE by Gail Place and Jesse Adams from Camden Police
	1:30pm at SHHS	DESIGN WORKSHOP ON KITES by Dept of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
	o	------------------------------------------------- Friday 17th March
	2:15pm at UCS	AS IF BY MAGIC by Dr Andrew Szydlo, Highgate School
	o	------------------------------------------------- Fri 10th to Sat 18th Evenings, Sun 12th and 19th Mornings
	Clear Evenings: 8pm to 10pm Clear Mornings: 11am to 1pm	HAMPSTEAD OBSERVATORY Lower Terrace, near Whitestone Pond Will Be Open Clear Friday and Saturday Evenings, and Sunday Mornings
	Overcast Evenings 13th to 16th: 8pm to 10pm Clear Mornings: 11am to 1pm	TELESCOPES AND THEIR DESIGNS by Simon Lang, Hampstead Scientific Society
	o	------------------------------------------------- All Events except where stated Open to the Public Free of Charge