Science Week South Dublin Libraries

04/11/2004

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South Dublin  Libraries to Host Science Week  November 7^th -14th

Science Week in Ireland is now in its 8^th year and it is the time when both adults and children can experience how interesting, exciting and entertaining science can be. Science fairs and events will be held all over Ireland and in South Dublin Libraries we have arranged some thrilling visits. The programme this year so far includes star-gazing in a planetarium, 4 days of visits to the libraries from the Pfizer bus, and the ‘Big Bug Show’ from the UK with live tarantulas and bugs.  The staff at Forfas were responsible for making the bug show available to the libraries. For adults a series of talks on environmental issues such as composting is being prepared (Ballyroan Library) and we are also producing a listing of ‘popular’ science book titles for adults, everything from Hawking to Dawkins and much more in between.

Pfizer Science Bus (check out the dcu website)

Tallaght  15^th November  9.30 – 2.30pm

Ballyroan 16^th                  9.30  - 2.30pm

Castletymon 17^th             9.30 – 2.30pm

Clondalkin 18^th               9.30 – 11.30 am

Lucan 18^th                  12noon -2.30pm

Big Bug Show (www.bigbugshow.com)

Tallaght    8^th November       10am

Castletymon     8^th November       12 noon

Ballyroan     8^th November       7pm (family show but must book)

Clondalkin    9^th November       10am

Lucan     9^th November       12 noon

Planetarium (15 children at a time, class visits except for Lucan – open booking)

Tallaght   8^thNovember        2pm

Ballyroan    9^th November       10am

Lucan    9^th November       3.30pm

Mad Science Workshop

Castletymon  16^th November  3.30pm

For further information please contact your local library.