In an evening of activities, children examined the composition of milk in the science labs, discovered more about the biology of the zebrafish and took a look at the engineering behind Cambridge University’s eco car – which made a special appearance at the college.
The free family science and engineering event - ‘Fuel your interest in Science’ – was organised by the college’s STEM faculty, and proved a big hit with children as young as seven.
Dr Rik Balsod, from the Cavendish Laboratory, brought the Team Crocodile eco car to the college’s engineering department - along with a wheel from Lewis Hamilton’s racing car – to illustrate his talk on the science and engineering behind different vehicles.
Cambridge University scientist Dr Rebecca Jones gave a mini lecture on her work with zebrafish as part of her pioneering studies on genetically-inherited immune disorders.
Dr Helen West, head of Science and Access at CRC, said the evening had been very popular with parents and children.
“It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm for science and engineering in children of such a young age. For the first time we put on a joint engineering and science event for the Science Festival as part of our new STEM faculty and the children obviously loved all the activities and talks,” she said.
“We’re very proud to be a regular part of the Science Festival and grateful for the support from the parents who bring their children along to our events.”
For more Science Festival events, see www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/
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