Activities and experiments with the Experts – Methodist Church Main Hall

Saturday 14th October 2017 11:00AM – 5:00PM

Experiments and activities with

  • University of Exeter Medical School with Dr Helen Ryland
  • Centre for Biomedical Modelling and Analysis – Understanding cell division through fruit flies (Ammarah Tariq, University of Exeter); Type 1 diabetes… and maths! (Jordan Moore, University of Exeter); Demonstration on auditory and visual deceptions (James Rankin, University of Exeter)
  • SPIE – Create your own spectrometer with recyclable CDs and DVDs;  See how your TV works through mixing light, how the pixels work and how they can create various colours and images; Invisibility is not just a Harry Potter thing. See that it all depends on how much you can bend light; Using a ripple tank we will be explaining what a wave is and how this is related with light; When you wear diffraction glasses, see how the world looks subject to diffraction.

     

Venue: Methodist Church Main Hall, Sidmouth, EX10 8LE


Free.