SciCraft
We’ve been invited back to Drink Shop & Do, and this time it’s for the entire day.
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On Sunday the 14th of October Science London will be bringing Space (and the science that entails) to Kings Cross. We are still working on the full details but we will have crafty things, activities, talks, films and real scientists on the day to help you learn and play all about the inky blackness beyond our blue planet.
Plus, in preparation for the day, Drink, Shop & Do are holding a special planet-making ‘Do’ on Thursday 11th October. Pop along from 7pm and build a planet to adorn the cafe on Space Day. Date: Sunday 14th October 2012 |
 Image courtesy of NASA |
Schedule:
Upstairs:
10:30 to 18:00 – Space themed origami, film and competition for the best space themed fact
12:00 – Rocket building workshop with Dr Simon Foster from Imperial College London
13:30 – Rocket building workshop with Dr Simon Foster from Imperial College London
15:00 – Rocket building workshop with Dr Simon Foster from Imperial College London
16:30 – Rocket building workshop with Dr Simon Foster from Imperial College London
There are limited places in the workshops, to book your space email rockets@science-london.com with your name,number of people and preferred time.
Downstairs:
18:00 to 20:00 – Chat with our space specialists. Want to learn more about space? Have a burning question? Come talk to some of the brightest minds in the field with Kate Gray (AKA Space Kate) hosting Louisa Preston, Marek Kukula and Alex Salam
Dr Louisa Preston is a Geologist by training but an Astrobiologist by choice who spends her time thinking up ways to find life on Mars. She looks at microbes that live in the most extreme places on Earth such as the geysers of Iceland and red acidic rivers of Rio Tinto in Spain, to practice ways of finding life on other planets. She did her PhD at Imperial College London, spent 3 years in Canada running analogue space missions to the Moon at Western University, and is now a Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Open University.
Dr Marek Kukula is the Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Marek completed his doctorate in Radio Astronomy at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire and carried out research into black holes and distant galaxies at a variety of astronomy centres, including the University of Edinburgh and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, home of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Dr Alex Salam works with with NASA’s Behavioural Health and Performance Element on human adaptation to long duration space missions and NASA’s Habitable Volume Community of Practice on psychological issues relating to the design of deep space habitats. Previously he researched the effects of extreme isolation and confinement and stress on the human immune system, behavioural health, and sleep at Concordia Station on the high Antarctic plateau.
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You may not know it, but algae is undoubtedly the world’s most important organism. Scientists estimate that, rather vitally for all of life, it produces between 70 and 80 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Thanks, algae!
On Saturday 20th October, Science London will be making an appearance at the Bloomsbury Festival to show you what it’s like being algae. Forget angels and pin-heads, we will be conducting a craft-based investigation to see how much algae can fit into a waterdrop. Expect hands-on activities and probably more algae facts than you can handle. Date: Saturday 20th October 2012 |
 Summer Bloom in the Baltic Sea courtesy of NASA |
Pictures from the event van be seen here:
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Scientist’s Crafternoon Tea Party
| Science London goes to Green Man!
Science London has been invited to take their fantastic SciCraft team to the Green Man Festival in Wales. For three days the guys and gals from Science London will be coding necklaces, building organs and playing with patterns in the Einstein’s Garden. We won’t be alone the lovely people from Okido will also be there probably having just as much fun as us. Date: Friday 17th, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August 2012 |
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The dinosaurs are back!
Science London will once again be heading over to Drink, Shop & Do for an evening of origami fun. This time round we’ll have a brand new dino for you to try out, as well as real life dinosaur expert Prof. John Hutchinson from the Royal Veterinary College. Also brush up on your dinosaur knowledge as there’ll be prizes available for the best fact. No origami skills necessary! Date: Wednesday 1st August 2012 |
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Photos from the night can be seen here on Flickr.
Science London ‘do’ crafty patterns
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From crystals to pineapples, science and nature are full of patterns. For our next craft night, Science London will be bringing these to life with a printing workshop at the fantastic Drink, Shop & Do. As usual we’ll be giving out free cocktails to the people with the best brains and best creative streak. And even better, Drink, Shop & Do, have recently expanded so there’s no need to pre-book, just pop along on the night to get a place.
Date: Wednesday 28th March 2012 |
 SciCraft at Drink, Shop & Do |
Photos from the event can be seen in our Flickr set for the night.
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| Join us at The Hunterian Museum for some infectiously good Valentine’s night fun. Craft your own cuddly bacteria that even Joseph Lister wouldn’t want to kill, learn about Lister’s loving wife Agnes and other less romantic stories from the archives; and find out more from our expertly entertaining speakers about the things that you wouldn’t want to catch from close contact.
Date: Tuesday 14th February 2012 No booking required. |
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Photos from the night can be seen here on Flickr.
Science London ‘do’ hovercrafts!
| Science London are back at the lovely Drink, Shop & Do for a night of craft and science. This time we’ll be teaching you how to make your very own hovercraft to take home and impress your friends. And as usual we’ll be giving out free cocktails to the people with the best brains and best creative streak.P.S. You are of course welcome to drop by on the night but to be sure of getting a table email Drink, Shop and Doto book a place.
Date: Wednesday 9th November 2011 |
 SciCraft at Drink, Shop & Do |
Photos from the event can be see here on Flickr
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Science London ‘do’ cuddly bacteria!
Science London are back at the lovely Drink, Shop & Do for a night of craft and science. Pop along to make your very own cuddly bacteria to take home and love, and perhaps even learn a little something along the way. There’ll be a free cocktails for the person with the best bacterial knowledge and for the most beautiful creation.
P.S. We’d love for you to just pop by on the night. However our last scicraft event ended up being rather busy so if you can’t make it for 7pm you might want to email Drink, Shop & Do to book a table.
Date: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Time: 7pm
Place: Drink, Shop and Do, No. 9, Caledonian Road, N1 9DX [gmap]
Cost: Free!
To download the guide on how to make your own cuddly bacteria and the bacteria quiz and, click here.
Photos from the event can be seen here on Flickr
Come Get Felt Up Vs Super/Collider Science Craft Session
We have teamed up with Super/Collider, Come Get Felt Up and Bright Star Catalogue to create an afternoon of music and science-inspired arts & crafts. Come listen to the latest breakthroughs in Biology while competing for prizes in a messy, hands-on, all-out craft competition.
Speakers:
5pm – Chris Binny’s day job is researching viral gene therapy at UCL, but he also works on a more hands-on project called DIYBio. This growing community is applying the hacker ethos to biology, taking it out of the lab and into amateurs’ kitchens and workshops where they make new organisms, explore their own genomes and create living art.
6pm – Jay Stone is a final year PhD student at the Institute of Ophthalmology working on the biology of eyes. She’ll be popping along to tell us exactly how how our peepers work, why they can sometimes deceive us and what happens when our sight goes wrong.
Date: Sunday 22nd May 2011
Time: 4pm to 8pm
Place: The Book Club, 100 – 106 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH [gmap].
Nearest tube: Old Street or Shoreditch High Street.
Cost: Free
Photos from the event can be seen here on Flickr
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Science Craft – origami dinosaurs
We are hosting our first craft night at Drink, Shop and Do, a design and craft café tucked away in Kings Cross.
Pop along for drinks, chat and learn how to make your very own origami dinosaur to take home and keep. You will hopefully learn a few prehistoric facts along the way, and the person with the best prehistoric knowledge and origami skills will win a free cocktail! No previous origami experience necessary!
Date: Thursday 13th January
Time: 7pm
Place: Drink, Shop and Do, No. 9, Caledonian Road, N1 9DX [gmap]
Cost: Free!
The origami pattern and dinosaur quiz used on the night can be downloaded from here (a single PDF). The design is by Stephen O’Hanlon who we thank for allowing us to use his design. You can find more origami dinosaur patterns on his site here.
You can see photos from the event here.
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