Getting up close and personal to dinosaurs at last year’s event
23 Oct 2012 Some of the daring displays will include balancing a cork and two forks on their nose, creating ghostly fish, diving in a bottle, tricking taste buds and even making musical notes out of baking trays. All 11 buskers are researchers at the university and have never done anything like this before. They underwent an intense day of training which featured a lot of laughter and home-made slime! They then spent a few hours in action at the Museum of Science and Industry to get a feel for interacting with the public. But busking for strangers on Oxford Road will be a whole new challenge. Thomas Smith, who's normally a PhD Chemist, says: "I love science, I love engaging with the public, and I love teaching people new things. Doing science busking is an amazing combination of all of these things. Going to the training session gave me some new ideas about how to engage with people of all ages to demonstrate scientific knowledge using just simple equipment. Now with a lot of practice and some new ways of thinking about the tricks, our performance on Saturday is set to be a feast of learning and fun that people won't forget in a hurry." The science buskers are part of the free Science Spectacular event in Whitworth Hall and The Manchester Museum. Over 40 interactive exhibits, staffed by up to 200 of our leading science staff, will offer hands on science activities including: Graphene: Unexpected science in a pencil line - have a go at making the Nobel Prize winning material with some sticky tape and a pencil. What's wrong with Teddy?
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