Lancashire and Cumbria

Branch Fun Day 2004

The annual Physics Fun Day took place on Saturday 19 June. The theme was Physics and aviation with talks, hands-on activities, exhibits, competitions with prizes, supervised events for children, refreshments and lots of other fun for everyone.

Activities:

• Start 2 pm. meet in the foyer
• Welcome 2.15 pm. Chris Bowdery, branch chair
• Talk 2.20 pm. Martin Shelley, assistant director, British National Space Centre, Space: securing our future, unlocking our past
• Talk 4 pm. Bob Fairclough (retired engineer), Lessons from the TSR2- TSR2 web site
• AGM 5 pm. (for all branch members)
• Exhibit and presentation Nigel Marshall, Spaced Out/Saturn in Lancaster Exhibit see a glider aircraft outside the the George Fox Building
• Activity launch air-powered rockets
• Children’s activity fold paper darts and see whose flies farthest; plus games
• Competitions three age groups, throughout the afternoon – put your brain in gear
• Refreshments - the cafe will be open

The venue was the George Fox Building at Lancaster University. Travel directions and maps of Lancaster University can be found at http://www.lancs.ac.uk/travel/travel.htm.

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