Hayley is the STEM Ambassador Programme Co-ordinator for the Welsh region, and attended Bitesize Science Festival and now is excited to be helping organise Merthyr Science Festival.
@stemlearning.bsky.social
#IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInSTEM
Claire is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at Swansea University, who single handedly may we add, organised and delivered Merthyr's first ever science festival...Bitesize Science Festival.
@swanseauni.bsky.social
#IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInSTEM
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
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
Happy St Davids Day, we hope you've had a lovely day eating welsh cakes.
We would love to hear any tunes you create from bottles filled with water. What is the difference between bottles with more/less water? Do the bottles need to be glass?
#STEM #Sound #Physics #Waves
kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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...
While you wait for our exciting news coming soon, why not have a go at making straw rockets.
#STEM #Physics #Rockets #Space
youtu.be/oEqmfhAG0So?...
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...
It's official, Merthyr Science Festival is heading into space!!!!!!! We're very excited about this.
Follow the link below to send your name into space.
www3.nasa.gov/send-your-na...
We'd love to see your boarding cards for the Artemis II mission.
@esa.int @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
A huge thank you for your support. Everyone who attended had a great time, and we're looking forward to next year.
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
Hi Hannah,
Thank you for being part of the day. We hope you enjoyed it. It's so important for communities like Merthyr to have engagement with universities, so thank you for being there.
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.
@showmethesci.bsky.social will also be with us with a host of table top activites for everyone to join in with. From dancing salt, static track race and hand boilers.
#Scicomm #FamilyFun #Festivals #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 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
Our mascot has a name!!! Please let us introduce.....
Prof Thea Saurus.
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
HELP!!!!!! Our mascot needs a name. Please submit your suggestions below and be in with a chance to win a prize.
For more information about this year's festival please visit our website www.merthyrsciencefestival.co.uk or follow the QR code on the poster.
