Space Day and Moon Watch is an all day family event taking place Saturday, October 31st, 2009 from 3pm - 7:30pm at the Nottingham Castle!
Walk through our solar system, enjoy hands-on experiments, look at the Moon and Jupiter through a telescope, hear professional scientists describe the universe, experience the visual wonders of the universe inside a planetarium, dress in costume, and more!
Events of the Day:
- Inflatable Planetarium - shows every 30 minutes!
- Solar System Tour - A Planet Safari!
- "Ask An Astronomer" booth
- Childrens activities: games, contests, coloring, rocket launches, etc...
- Short talks from professional astronomers- starting at 3:30pm
- Moon Landing Workshop by Anu Ojha from the National Space Center
- Halloween Costume Competition
- Speak with famous scientists of the past**!
- Telescope and Binocular Viewing - see Jupiter, the Moon, and the Sun!
- Estimation Station!
- Win Prizes!!
Talk Schedule:
4:400 - 5:00 pm: The Secret Rulers of the World – The Science Behind Conspiracy Theories by Anu Ojha
5:00 pm: The History of the Telescope, from 40 Millimetres to 40 Metres by Mike Merrifield
5:30 pm: How Big Is Space? by Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca
6:00 pm: Life on the Moons in our Solar System? by Markus Hammonds
6:30 pm: Black Holes and Quasars by Omar Almaini
7:00 pm: Sir Isaac Remembers.... by Mike Edmonds
** Talk to famous scientistists from the past! including:
- Isaac Newton (Mike Edmunds)
- Caroline Herschel (Emma Rigby)
- Karl Schwarzschild (Neil Butcher)
- Hypatia of Alexandria (Meghan Gray)
- Albert Einstein (Boris Haeussler)
- Johannes Kepler (Carlos Hoyos)
- Galileo Galilei (Daniele Fantin)
- Henrietta Leavitt (Yara Jaffe)
For more information or to volunteer, please email:
Amanda Bauer - amanda.bauer [at] nottingham.ac.uk
Ruth Gruetzbauch - Ruth.Gruetzbauch [at] nottingham.ac.uk