Highlights from the Cambridge Science Festival (part 1)
The Road to Race for Science
Getting inspiration for Race for Science has been one of the most fun parts of my role for the last few months. In order to make RFS the spectacular event we know it can be, we need exciting, hands-on scientific activities that have a challenge component. One of the most important places we’ve gotten inspiration so far has been at the Cambridge Science Festival, which took place from the 12th to the 25th of March 2018. I went up for 2 weekends to try out some activities, meet scientists, get a sense of the atmosphere of the festival, and generally act like a kid again.
Without further ado, here’s part 1 of our epic Science Festival adventure.
It was an exciting and moving demonstration; the water rushed towards the little Lego houses and washed some of them away, you can really understand the danger of not protecting people from floods. The only houses that weren’t washed away were the ones that were protected by certain plants that can slow the movement of incoming water. It was a fascinating start to our day!
Ellen says woo!
Quote of the day from Ellen: “I was so excited about the Life-sized operation that I didn’t notice the queue of children forming behind me!”