Today is International Women's Day and to celebrate this we'd like to introduce the organisers of Merthyr Science Festival.
@claireprice.bsky.social & @hayleypincott.bsky.social
#IWD2026 #internationalwomensday #WomenInSTEM
Yeay!!!! It's Official!!!!!
A date for your diaries...
Merthyr Science Festival
Merthyr Leisure Centre
Saturday 11th July
10am - 3pm
We can't wait to see you there
www.merthyrsciencefestival.co.uk
We would love to see your creative engineered balance sculpture. Why not see if you can make something out of the recycling (check with the grown ups first)
#STEM #Engineering
babbledabbledo.com/recycled-bal...
Not long till we announce our news so keep your eyes peeled.
In the meantime we'd love to see your home made lava lamps. We wonder how many different colours we can collect.
#STEM #Physics #HalfTermFun
www.homesciencetools.com/article/how-...
Did you know that there is a fossil forest in North Wales?
Make your own fossils with salt dough and see what creative fossil imprints you come up with. You could use leaves, toy dinosaurs or create your own. We'd love to see your salt dough fossils
www.brymboheritagetrust.org/brymbo-fossi...
A simple, fun and easy activity to.carry out over half term. Growing rainbows is a great way to demonstrate capillary action. We'd love to see everyone's attemps and cheer us up on these rainy cold days.
#STEM #Rainbows #Chemistry
funlearningforkids.com/grow-a-rainb...
This is Adolfo Kaminsky, born 1st October 1925 in Argentina.
During WW2, at only 19 years old, he worked in an underground lab, forging papers for Jews and people fleeing the
Nazis, thanks to his understanding of chemistry.
researchparent.com/color-changi...
While the weather is still a bit cold and wet why not have a go with this activity!!! Use vinegar and baking soda to create carbon dioxide to inflate the balloon. We'd love to see some photos so please tag us!!
#STEM #Experiment #Activities
frugalfun4boys.com/blow-up-a-ba...
Did you know that Mount Everest was named after a Welshman??
Sir George Everest, born in Crickhowell, was a British surveyor and geographer who accurately mapped from India to Nepal.
#STEM #Geography #Geology #Mountains #Himilayas
Why not take part in this fun citizen science project from the comfort of your own home.
Register now to be part of the RSPB Big Garden Watch.
#STEM #CitizenScience #Nature
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Calling teachers, A level & GCSE students. As part of the Welsh Physics Teacher Conference next week, there are some fantastic talks (including @CERN presentation. Exciting!)
Please use the link below to see the full schedule and book these free events.
spark.iop.org/events
This week sees the start of #NationalCodingWeek. National Coding Week is dedicated to inspiring individuals of all ages to learn and embrace coding skills.
Many thanks to all of our STEM Ambassadors who are supporting schools during this awareness week.
#Coding #AI #Technology
STEM for Britain poster competition is now open.
stemforbritain.org.uk
Take a look at our ESERO (European Space Education Resource Base) Competition page, as September sees the registration dates for both Primary and Secondary competitions.
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social @esa.int
www.stem.org.uk/esero
#Space #ESERO #SpaceInWales
We can't believe it's been a month since MSF.
We hope you all enjoyed yourself, drop us a comment, tell us what you enjoyed, or what you'd like to see at the next festival.
We asked local schools to submit some STEM themed artwork to be displayed at the festival. What a joyous job it was, displaying these.
#STEM #STEAM #Feativals #Art #Creative
Only 3 days!!!!
We wouldn't have been able to deliver the festival we wanted to without our brilliant sponsors.
Thank you, we're able to bring STEM into a community that will really benefit from this engagement .
@BSGCT #WAVU #RSC #WCRC
5 days and counting.....
We also have HDRUK who will be attending the festival. They'll be bringing two table top activities including a speed lego sorting activity & a hook-a-duck activity.......
#Lego!!!!! Who doesn't love Lego. We can't wait.
We're looking forward to being at Merthyr Science Festival next weekend. We have some new activities we're bring along which we can't wait for you to try out.
Only 2 weeks to go!!!!!
We will also have the Geologists Association joining us...how lucky are we.
"We will exhibit an " extinction" table game, a "Match the minerals to the materials" challenge, specimens of rocks & minerals"
#SciComm #Festival #STEM
Only 2 weeks to go!!!!!
We will also have the Geologists Association joining us...how lucky are we
"We will exhibit an " extinction" table game, a "Match the minerals to the materials" challenge, specimens of rocks & minerals"
@geolassoc.bsky.social
#SciComm #Festival #STEM
Only 3 weeks to go!!!!!!
Who wants to make their own re-entry shield?? 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋♂️🙋🏿♂️. We're very lucky to have Space Forge join us this year.
#Scicomm #STEM #Festivals #FamilyFun
With only 4 weeks to go 😲 we'd love to introduce the Viral ImmunoTherapies and Advanced therapeutics Lab (VITAL) group who will be hosting their "Fighting cancer using viruses" stand.
We look forward to seeing the Virus Tinkerers there.
#Scicomm #Research #STEM #Outreach #CommunityEngagement
I love getting feedback like this when so many of us are trying to break down barriers and highlight that there is more to a hospital than doctors and nurses.
The printed x-rays were a hit, thank you @claireprice.bsky.social
@ibmscience.bsky.social
#Attheheartofhealthcare #BiomedicalScience
Wait...what?!?! Only 5 weeks to go!!!!
The South East Wales branch of the IBMS will be joining us. Come along to do a periodic table puzzle, play with some mock specimens, make a DNA bracelet and construct a DNA model.
@ibmscience.bsky.social
#STEM #Science #Festivals #FamilyFun
6 weeks to go.....
We'll also have some mini exhibits from Techniquest. How exciting!!!!! We all love Techniquest, and we can't wait to see what they'll bring along.
#Scicomm #STEM #Festival #Family #FamilyFun
I had a great day at Snowdonia Space Centre. There were a couple of launches and a tour of the new testing facilities. Such an asset to the growing space sector in Wales.
We're looking forward to attending the Snowdonia Space Centre tomorrow for their official launch. Great news and exciting times for the growing space sector in Wales at the moment.
#STEM #Networking #Space #STEMAmbassadors
7 weeks today is Merthyr Science Festival.
Aidan Seeley & team from SWIRL Swansea Uni will be there with their "Drunk worms" showing the effect of alcohol.
How exciting and interesting. We can't wait to see some drunk worms.
#STEM #Scicomm #Research #Festival #FamilyFun
