A Taste of Make

13 - 14 Mar

Saturday 13 March: 10am - 5pm. Sunday 14 March: 11am - 5pm

As part of Maker Faire, come along to Discovery for free taster events suitable for all the family including a glowstick engineering challenge and performances by Jigart- a beautiful robot made from plastic bottles found in skips and tips.

Ever-Growing Glowsticks

10.30am - 12.30pm and 2pm - 4pm

Join Dr Sarah McLusky and museum staff to take part in our glow stick construction challenge! See how tall our structure will be and help it grow by adding more glow sticks.

Jigart - Dancing Illuminated Robot

This 14 foot robot thrives on interaction with people. She meets, greets, waves, grooves and pulsates with light. Don't be surprised if she breaks into a dance routine, if there is music nearby! Jigart is made out of plastic bottles found in skips and tips, and was designed to promote the idea of re-using plastic bottles question the ‘throw-away society' in which we live. Her mission is to ask our wasteful world why we continue to pollute the planet with our one time use, over-packaged mass marketed consumables. She wants answers, action, and she also wants a little bit of fun in getting her message across in the most beautiful way she can.

ScienceFest

Across NewcastleGateshead

Fri 12 - Sun 21 March

Let your inner geek come out to play at ScienceFest - a 10 day celebration of creativity, innovation and science. Two big weekends of hands-on activities will delight and inspire the whole family, whilst the festival's After Dark strand caters exclusively for adults and includes some very special events you won't want to miss!

www.NewcastleScienceFest.com