Schedule of Events
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Monday, November 13
Maths Quest: Devil's Dice
9:30am, 11:00am and 12:30pm
In this one-hour session find out how maths is used in real-world settings.
Lots of puzzles and games have some interesting maths at their heart. In this session, you'll see this in practice, using Graph Theory to solve the notorious Devil's Dice puzzle.
Sessions are suitable for a secondary school audience.
When: 13th Nov
Time: 9:30am - 10:30am, 11am - 12pm and 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Where: Room X201, Lonsdale Building
Citizen Science
6:00pm
A workshop that explores how citizens can support science to help us to protect our planet while still being able to do what we need to do to live our lives. This is an opportunity to shape research and get involved in a citizen science project.
Open to all but registration is required.
Registration: Citizen Science
When: 13th Nov
Time: 6-8pm
Where: Room HG22, Block H, Nursing Building
Tuesday, November 14
Real Humans, Virtual Worlds
10:00am
A two-hour workshop that explores what it means to be human in the context of Virtual Reality and stimulates creative thinking about the benefits and potential pitfalls of using VR in a series of applied settings. Experiences of VR will be an integral part of the event.
Sessions are suitable for a secondary school audience.
When: 14th Nov (Fully booked)
Time: 10am -12pm
Where: Room HG 19, Block H, Nursing Building
Plastics: Friend or Foe?
10am - 10:45am, 11am - 11:45am and 12pm - 12:45pm
In this workshop, students will learn about the good and the bad side of plastics. There will be a demonstration of the production of a biopolymer and an introduction to 3D printing.
Sessions are suitable for a secondary school audience.
Fully booked
When: 14th Nov
Time: 10am - 10:45am, 11am - 11:45am and 12pm - 12:45pm
Where: Room XG24, Lonsdale Building
Citizen Jury
4:00pm
Developing and facilitating a Citizen Jury to learn about and deliberate the topic of "Artificial Intelligence - opportunity or threat to humanity". A cross-section of citizens from the local community will hear from and question experts in the field and deliberate the pros and cons of AI.
Open to all but registration is required.
Sessions are on Zoom.
Open to all.
Humans and Health
6:00pm
An interactive discussion covering many aspects of humans and health from epilepsy, ACL injuries, the smell of illness to allergies and asthma.
Open to all but registration is required.
When: Tuesday, 14th Nov
Time: 6pm-8pm
Where: SA105 Stokes Building
Register: Humans and Health
Wednesday, November 15
Introduction to Psychophysiology
10:00am
Using the EEG to measure cognitive processes in the human brain.
In this workshop participants will be given a demonstration on how EEG can be used to record brain activity to help us to measure and assess different cognitive functions and how this information can be linked to human behaviour. The workshop will focus on how we can obtain temporally precise measurements of how simple decisions are formed in the human brain.
Introduction to Psychophysiology
Fully booked
When: 15th Nov
Time: 10-11 am
Where: EEG Lab, 1st Floor, Block H, Nursing Building
Sustainability - a Discussion
6:00pm
A talk and roundtable discussion about water quality in Ireland and beyond, the threat from pesticides and the need to reduce plastic consumption.
Open to all but registration is required.
When: Wednesday, 15th Nov
Time: 6pm-8pm
Where: SA105 Stokes Building
Register: Sustainability - a Discussion
Thursday, November 16
Maths Quest: Ready, Steady, Solve!
9:30am, 11:00am and 12:30pm
These one-hour, hands-on interactive maths sessions will involve students working in teams to solve a range of logic puzzles and fun maths games.
Sessions are suitable for upper primary school students from fourth class to sixth class
Fully booked
When: 16th Nov
Time: 9:30am - 10:30am, 11am - 12pm and 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Where: Room XG14, Lonsdale Building
Citizen Jury
4:00pm
Developing and facilitating a Citizen Jury to learn about and deliberate the topic of "Artificial Intelligence - opportunity or threat to humanity". A cross-section of citizens from the local community will hear from and question experts in the field and deliberate the pros and cons of AI.
Sessions are on Zoom.
Open to all but registration is required.
Human Engagement with the Universe
6:00pm
Telescopes, time travel, satellites and atomic clocks - an interactive discussion on various aspects of human involvement with space and the Universe.
Open to all but registration is required.
When: Thursday, 16th Nov
Time: 6pm-8pm
Where: SA105 Stokes Building
Register: Human Engagement with the Universe
Friday, November 17
LifeLab
Classes will participate in a carousel of interactive and engaging activities exploring human health.