Science Show-Off comes to Cape Town – Dr Graham Walker
Can you really launch marshmallows out of a vacuum cleaner, make rockets from common household items, or discover how the SKA telescope works using a leaf blower cannon?
The Cape Town Science Centre will be hosting Dr Graham Walker from Australia for two public science shows only at the Science Centre on Main Road in Observatory. The first show on Thursday, 20 March will take place at 19:00 and be part of a night of science activities for family groups. The second show will also take place at the centre at 13:00 on Friday, 21 March as part of the centres Human Rights Day celebrations.
Dr Graham Walker has been performing science shows for the past 13 years and is one of only two people in the world with a PhD in science show performance. His unique brand of high-energy delivery and amazing science regularly thrills audiences around the world.
Prepare yourself for some serious mind-boggling science as Dr Graham Walker reacts, explodes and experiments his way through the physics of pressure and motion, the chemistry of things go boom, and much more. With lots of audience involvement, laughs, learning and exciting experiments, this action-packed show is a celebration of the fun in science.
The Cape Town Science Centre moved from Canal Walk shopping centre to Observatory and since its move at the end of December 2011 has impacted on more than 150,000 people. The Cape Town Science Centre is a registered Non-Profit organisation established some 13 years ago to promote an interest in science and technology to the general public and support science learning taking place in the classroom.
Dr Walker will also be presenting Teacher Enrichment Workshops and engaging with learners from Silikamva High School, Norman Henshilwood High School and other schools at the Science Centre while in Cape Town.
Dr Walkers visit to Cape Town is made possible by the Cape Town Science Centre, the Australian National University and the Australian High Commission in South Africa. For further information or bookings please contact the Cape Town Science Centre on Tel: 021 300-3200 or Cell: 083 276 9508
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