Sessions

SciFestSessions is an entertaining and exhilarating line-up of events and experiments for young people.

From designing a computer game to predicting the future with mathematics and even exploring the physics of rock music – SciFestSessions is science as you’ve never seen it before.

SPECIAL OFFER
Buy tickets to four of these SciFestSessions events and get the fifth one free!

Choose from
THE JOURNEY OF LEGO AND INTO THE FUTURE
ROCK GUITAR IN 11 DIMENSIONS
HI ENERGY!
THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES
BREAD, BOOZE & BIOREMEDIATION: THE FUTURE IS YEAST

This offer also applies to other events in our Big Ideas programme. Click here for details.

Please note: the cheapest ticket free. Only valid for 5 separate events. Must be booked in advance and by phone on 0131 553 0322)

From 3-17 April as part of Edinburgh International Science Festival, SciFestSessions will be happening across the city. Drop by the Mound from 8-10 April for BBC One’s free Bang Goes The Theory Roadshow, come along to the Jam House on 12 April for Hi Energy with Brian Cox, Tara Shears and Jim Al-Khalili or find out what makes yeast interesting with the One Show’s science expert Marty Jopson on16 April.

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HIGHLIGHTS

These are a selection of must-see shows from our Young Adult section

SONIC DREAMS
One of the most remarkable experiments at this year’s Science Festival – a ground breaking fusion of science and art. Visit our extraordinary ‘sound lab’ and experience the new, super realistic 3D sound system.
3-17 April, 10am-8pm (20 minutes)
£2 on the door
St Andrew Square

THE JOURNEY OF LEGO AND INTO THE FUTURE
Steven Canvin from LEGO (Denmark) explores LEGO’s history and its journey from humble blocks, through Wii Star Wars LEGO to future Robotics and MINDSTORMS.
7 April, 6pm (1 hour), £7/£5
Informatics Forum

BANG GOES THE THEORY
We’ve teamed up with BBC One’s BANG GOES THE THEORY to bring the Bang roadshow to Edinburgh. Come along for your opportunity to see amazing live science shows, meet the presenters and check out Dr Yan’s fascinating street science.
8-10 April, 11am-6pm, Free

ROCK GUITAR IN 11 DIMENSIONS
Famelab winner and guitar physicist Mark Lewney explains the physics of rock as he plays riffs from Vivaldi to AC/DC and shows how string vibrations might lie at the heart of the ‘Big Questions’ about the Universe.
10 April, 6pm (1 hour), £7/£5
Informatics Forum

VIDEO GAME STUDIO
Could you develop the next Grand Theft Auto? If you dream of a career in games development, this workshop – run by Abertay University’s renowned games design competition, Dare to be Digital – is the one for you. Work in a team to try out some of the current technology and create a small piece of animated video game to take home with you.
12&13 April, 14&15 April (9am-4pm)
£70 for 2-day workshop
Stevenson College

HI ENERGY!
Join TV science presenters Jim Al-Khalili, Brian Cox and Tara Shears as they travel from the moment the Universe was created, the Big Bang, to the present day, and give us their take on the hidden world of strange particles and forces that make up all we can see. Along the way, there will be some huge sparks and some other daring demonstrations of the science behind high-energy experiments.
12 April, 3.30pm (2 hours), £5/£3
The Jam House

THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES
From prime numbers to the lottery, from lemmings to bending balls like Beckham, mathematician and TV presenter Marcus du Sautoy provides an entertaining and perhaps unexpected approach to how mathematics can be used to predict the future.
15 April, 7.30pm (1 hour), £8/£6
George Square Theatre

BREAD, BOOZE & BIOREMEDIATION: THE FUTURE IS YEAST
Without yeast, the world would be a hungrier, dirtier (and more sober) place. Join The One Show’s science expert, Marty Jopson, to discover how one of the world’s smallest living organisms benefits mankind. Make bread and moonshine (free tasting session included!), and find out how to create fuel for the car.
16 April (4pm), 17 April (7pm), £7/£5
Informatics Forum

Booking tickets for the Science Festival is easy. Go online at www.sciencefestival.co.uk call 0131 553 0322 or visit our box office at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Shop on the Royal Mile. Concession prices are available to Under 18s, Students and Young Scot card holders.