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Wexford's first Science Festival called WexSci will run from November 11 to 18 with events taking place all around the county.
The week-long festival is partly funded by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and led by Wexford County Council in partnership with Carlow IT, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford Wexford Education and Training Board, Environmental Protection Agency and Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
The aim of Wex is to promote science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) through a week-long festival, with activities in libraries, community and family resource centers, and local schools and colleges. The organizers have promised a fun and engaging program.
Wexford has been identified in SFI research as a STEM participation. With this in mind, the County Council and its partners have developed a program to stimulate interest and debate about STEM and to encourage people to engage with science in a fun and interactive way.
The festival has been designed to interest the audience, the amateur and the professional, the curious and the wishing to consider a career in science and to promote awareness and understanding of the importance of STEM in everyday life.
The festival will feature a broad range of topics, from the world of climate change and meteorology to code breaking and astronomy, from the transforming qualities of milk to neuroscience. There will be opportunities for the public to experience a laboratory technician, an engineer, a sports scientist, a marine biologist, an agronomist, an immunologist, an environmentalist or a computer scientist or energy conservator.
A highlight is the STEM Showcase, an open day in Hall County, Carricklawn on Saturday 17 November from 10.45 a.m. to 4 pm Everyone is invited to visit the show, to explore the many science stands and try out interactive demonstrations. For information on Science Week events in the county visit www.sfi.ie and to obtain a brochure and book events email [email protected]. or telephone 053 9196568.
Gorey Guardian
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