This weekend saw my
wanderings take me back to my old stomping ground of Sheffield ,
where I lived and studied for seven years, to join the Bang Goes the Theory
team again for the latest stop on the Bang LIVE tour.
It was a pleasure to catch
up with some familiar faces, and to meet some new ones, as everyone involved
shared their love of science with the good folk of Sheffield .
One of the highlights of
the weekend for me was that I finally got to see the live show. Dallas, Jem and
Dr Yan were on top form, and the lovely and talented Fran did a brilliant job
standing in for Liz Bonnin (who was away filming for another project). The dry
ice bomb was particularly impressive, and I finally saw the giant hamster
wheels in action! The show even helped me with planning my lessons for this
week, as I ‘borrowed’ the demonstration to measure the speed of a nerve impulse
to use with one of my classes.
The interactive area was as
popular as ever and, despite the rain, people queued up outside to get in and
have a go at the demonstrations and experiments on offer. Being hardy types,
some of the science buskers got out there with them to do some portable
demonstrations, and keep them entertained while they waited. My personal favourite
for entertaining the queue was the lowest budget 3D movie in the world “Cork
Besides the bonus that a
trip to Sheffield allowed me to revisit some
of my old haunts (i.e Pubs!) in my free time in the evenings, it was also close
enough to mean that my hubby, Glenn, could come along… armed with a camera!
Thanks to him I now have some great photos to add to the gallery page of the DrD’s Science Days website, including this one, where he managed to catch me
being upstaged by Dr Yan again!
Sadly, Sheffield
was the last Bang LIVE event for me… Boo! (although the team are visiting
Poole, in Dorset , in June).
But… I have just had
confirmation that I will be taking to the road again with the BBC for the
Chetenham Science Festival… Hurrah!
… and so the Wanderings of
the Wandering Scientist continue!
