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The University of Wollongong Siemens Science Experience Program

DAY 1, WEDNESDAY 23rd JANUARY

9:00 – 9:15am

REGISTRATION Building 41 Foyer Level 1, collect bag, name tag & meet your group leaders.

9:15- 9:30am

WELCOME Professor Rob Whelan Dean of Science and John Chapman Siemens NSW Manager (14.G01)

9:30 – 10:30am

SMART MOVES Questacon travelling team presentation (14.G01)

10:30 – 11:15am

YOUNG SCIENTISTS OF AUSTRALIA SCIENCE RELAY QUIZ (Duck Pond Lawn or Building 41 Foyer if wet)

11:15 – 12:30pm

CAMPUS TOUR

12:30 – 1:00pm

LUNCH – bring your own or purchase it on campus

1:00 – 2:30pm

Group A: COOL PHYSICS – MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF ABSOLUTE ZERO Engineering Physics (Building 41, Room 263)

Group B: EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (Building 41 Room 153)

2:30 – 4:00pm

Group A: EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (Building 41 Room 153)

Group B: COOL PHYSICS – MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF ABSOLUTE ZERO Engineering Physics (Building 41, Room 263)

4:00pm

END OF DAY - pickup point Building 41 Foyer Level 1

DAY 2, THURSDAY 24th JANUARY

9:00am

MEET in foyer of Building 41 Level 1

9:15 – 11:30pm

CHEMISTRY CREATIONS – A CRAZY CONCOCTION OF CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS Chemistry (Building 41, Room 340)

11:30 – 12:45pm

BBQ LUNCH – Hosted by Corrimal Rotary Club (Building 41 Foyer)

1:00pm

DEPART for Industry World

1:30 – 3:30pm

STEEL TOUR sponsored by BlueScope Steel Closed flat shoes and long trousers must be worn

3:30pm

DEPART for Science Centre

4:00 – 6:00pm

SCIENCE CENTRE AND PLANETARIUM – Science Show, Laser Concert and free time to explore the exhibits

6:00pm

END OF DAY - pickup point SCIENCE CENTRE Squires Way, Fairy Meadow

DAY 3, FRIDAY 25th JANUARY

9:00am

MEET in foyer of Building 41 Level 1

9:00 – 10:30am

Group A: THE SCIENCE OF COMPUTER HACKING (Building 3 Macintosh Lab)

Group B: MAGGOTS AND MURDER an investigative approach to entomology Biological Sciences (Building 42.101)

10:30 – 10:45am

MORNING TEA — (Building 41 Foyer) sponsored by Wollongong City Council

10:45 – 12:15pm

Group A: MAGGOTS AND MURDER an investigative approach to entomology Biological Sciences (Building 42.101)

Group B: THE SCIENCE OF COMPUTER HACKING (Building 3 Macintosh Lab)

12:15 – 1:15pm

LUNCHbring your own or purchase it on campus

1:15 – 2:00pm

UNIVERSITY COURSES AND CAREERS INFORMATION SESSION (Building 35 Room G20)

2:00 – 3:00pm

PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION (Building 35 Room G20)

3:00 – 3:30pm

FAREWELL AFTERNOON TEA Parents Welcome (Building 41 Foyer Level 1) sponsored by Hatch Associates

 
   

Last reviewed: 17 January, 2008 

 
   
 

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