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Workshops ‘Where Art meets Science’ with SPRAOI | Public | Waterford

Waterford Cultural Quarter Building 16-18 O Connell Street, Waterford, Waterford, Ireland

As part of scienceweek 2023 Spraoi is delighted to host 'Art meets Science' workshops with Calmast and SETU in Waterford. 🧬 The workshops are focused around DNA where we will create elements of the DNA structure while finding out a bit more about how it works.

Science Scavenger Hunt with Steve Sherman | Public | Online

Online

Join international edutainer Steve Sherman, Chief Imagination Officer of livingmaths.com, in this whacky and wild science scavenger hunt. Fast paced and action-packed, Steve will keep you on your toes as you endure brain teasers, physical challenges, games and activities in a bid to be crowned the South Easts Smartest Science Scavengers!

Smash Your Goals! with Mark the Science Guy | Family | Waterford

Theatre Royal

During the Sunday Fun Day, Scientist and TV star, Mark the Science Guy, from RTE's award-winning science series, 'Let's Find Out', will host an interactive, fun-filled, energetic display of your favourite experiments and demonstrations from the hit show. Hilarious, spontaneous, outrageous! Join Mark on a scientific adventure as you discover humans' true superpower, Science!

2001: A Space Odyssey & Panel Discussion | Public | Waterford

Garter Lane

Kubricks 1968 Sci-Fi classic was nominated for 4 Academy Awards winning the award for best visual effects. Polarising critical appraisals of the movie range from those who saw its themes as darkly apocalyptical, to those who rendered them optimistic and hopeful. This screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey complements the 2023 Science Festival sharply, as debate and discussion about the benefits and threats posed by Artifical Intelligence continue to intensify. A discussion follows the screening.

Tour and Talk: The Museum of the Irish Wake | Public | Waterford

Irish Wake Museum Waterford, Waterford, Ireland

Beginning with a unique audio-visual experience, visitors are taken on a fascinating journey, where the themes of life and death are explored within an intimate space, in order to gain a true understanding of a Wake’s unique customs. 

Tour and Talk: The Museum of the Irish Wake | Public | Waterford

Irish Wake Museum Waterford, Waterford, Ireland

Beginning with a unique audio-visual experience, visitors are taken on a fascinating journey, where the themes of life and death are explored within an intimate space, in order to gain a true understanding of a Wake’s unique customs. 

Living a Life full of Vitality with Dr. Mark Rowe | Public | Waterford

SETU Waterford

Join Dr Mark Rowe for Science Week as he explores what it means to be really human. How despite all the changes in the modern world, that on the inside we have changed very little over millennia. Learn the interconnected elements that contribute to your everyday lives and explore the fascinating frontiers of mind body medicine.

First Responders :The Science of Preserving Life | Public | Carlow

Carlow College St Patricks College Street, Carlow, Carlow, Ireland

Carlow First Responders comprises volunteers whose services are the first line of defence between a patients chances of living and dying in an emergency. This presentation highlights the work of the CFRs. The science behind keeping someone alive until medical personnel arrive is explained, and interactive demonstrations will allow participants to practice CPR and compressions and measure their efficacy.

The Science Behind the Past | Secondary | Clonmel

Talbot Hotel Clonmel Clonmel, Tipperary

Tipperary County Museum presents: Learn how archaelogists use scientific techniques to uncover the past. Audience: Secondary schools. Open to Public.

Foraging Walk with Denis | Family | Greenway

Greenway car park - Carriganore Waterford, Ireland

A walk along the Waterford Greenway towards Mount Congreve looking at some of the plants that grow along it and discovering which ones are edible, what parts of them can be used as food and when to harvest them. Some samples of wild food products will be shown.