GALWAY EVENTS:MAGIC MATHEMATICS, the chemistry of smoking addiction and the key to identifying forged cheques are among skills offered in Galway's annual science and technology festival which opens today.
EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn will attend the penultimate stage of the two-week festival – the longest of its type in the State.
Lego will be employed to foster innovation and creativity; science performer Sue McGrath will wallow in slime, foam and other concotions; and Galway’s own “mad scientist” Craig Stevens will give flying lessons and create giant smoke rings.
The city’s third-level institutes are involved in demonstrations and workshops. The final day of the exhibition on November 27th in NUI Galway, is expected to attract up to 10,000 children and their parents.
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is hosting an open day on November 16th, and is holding workshops on shellfish farming, modern medicines and forensic investigations.
The festival organisers aim to increase the uptake and popularity of the Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects among young people in primary and secondary schools throughout the city and county.
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