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Animals Behaving Badly

Attention all budding wildlife biologists! Join us for a workshop where you can observe real animal behaviour at close range. Then have your observations interpreted by our experts!

14 April, Starts at 10am (Lasts for 5 hours)
Prices include light lunch.
Edinburgh Zoo
Body of Evidence

Join Dr John Reid, Consultant Radiologist, as he presents a series of astonishing images of the inside of the human body, ranging from the earliest drawings to the most modern MRI scanning techniques.

4 April, 2pm ()
Ticketed Lecture. Tickets for the lecture are available from Surgeons’ Hall Museum. For further information please telephone 0131 527 1649 or visit www.edinburgh.surgeonshall.museum.
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - Symposium Hall
Capturing the Colour of Stars

Let us tell you the about the colours of stars with shadow puppets. Watch our show, then make your own shadow puppets and explore how different colours of light mix together.

4 & 10 April, Starts at 2pm (Lasts for 1hr 30mins)
Age 4 to 10
£10 Family Ticket. Booking is essential. Tickets are available from The Royal Observatory. For further information please on 0131 668 8404, email vis@roe.ac.uk or visit www.roe.ac.uk/vc
Royal Observatory Visitor Centre
Dan Holdsworth: At the Edge of Space, Parts 1–3

Dan Holdsworth's mesmerising large-scale photographs explore the limits of perception and the possibilities of photography.

17 February to 29 April, Starts at 11am ()
All ages
Event and admission to the Gallery is free. For further information please telephone Stills Gallery on 0131 622 6200 or visit www.stills.org
Stills
Dino Dig and Prehistoric Poop

Become a paleontologist for the day and dig for dinosaur remains, examine fossils handle and pre-historic poop! You’ll have a roaring good time!

9 to 13 April, Starts at 10.30am & 13.30pm (Drop in)
All ages
Admission charges Adult £8.95 /Child £5.75, concessions available. For further information please telephone Our Dynamic Earth on 0131 550 7800 or visit www.dynamicearth.co.uk .
Our Dynamic Earth
Edinburgh Zoo Conservation

Join us for a special behind the scenes tour and learn all about the Zoo’s role in conservation and our captive breeding programmes.

4 & 8 April, Starts at Wednesday 6pm; Sunday 10am (Lasts for 2 hours)
Meet in reception at least 5 minutes before tour start time.
Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh's Volcanoes: Red and Grey

Dr Angus Miller
Explore the hills of Criaglockhart and Blackford to understand how the different periods of volcanic eruptions – the red and the grey - shaped our unique city.

10 & 13 April, Starts at 2pm (Lasts for 3 hours)
Age 11+
Not suitable for those with limited mobility
Geowalks, Meeting point specified on ticket
Ingredients for Life

Come and do your own microbiology experiments to find out what ingredients we need to have life on Earth.

5 April, Starts at 2pm (Lasts for 1hr 30 mins)
£10 Family Ticket. Booking is essential. Tickets are available from The Royal Observatory. For further information please on 0131 668 8404, email vis@roe.ac.uk or visit www.roe.ac.uk/vc
Royal Observatory Visitor Centre
Meet the Surgeons at Surgeons’ Hall Museum

See and try using medical equipment from the past at Scotland’s largest medical museum. Learn about Edinburgh’s important place in the history of surgery. For these days only visitors can join a surgeons’ tour of the museum.

3 & 10 April, 10am - 4pm
For further information please telephone 0131 527 1649 or visit www.edinburgh.surgeonshall.museum. Prices include admission to the museum.
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - Surgeons' Hall Museum
North Berwick's Volcanic Past

Dr Angus Miller
The islands, hills and rocky headlands of North Berwick can all be traced to volcanic eruptions from millions of years ago. Explore the remains of these volcanoes and their contribution to East Lothian’s unique landscape.

9 & 11 April, Starts at 10.30am (Lasts for 5 hours)
Age 11+
Not suitable for those with limited mobility
Geowalks, Meeting point specified on ticket
Professor Egghead’s Ultimate Killers

Are you faster than a peregrine falcon? Stronger than a crocodile? Nastier than a piranha? test yourself against some of the world’s deadliest animals in Professor Egghead’s Ultimate Killers workshop.

2 to 15 April, Starts at 2pm (Lasts for 1 hour)
All ages
Admission charges Adult £6.95/Child £4.50/Family Tickets
Scottish Seabird Centre
Rocket Workshop

Get the whole family working together as a team to design and build a rocket. How far will it fly? Can you change your design to make it fly further?

11 April, Starts at 2pm (Lasts for 1hr 30mins)
Age 8 to 12
£10 Family Ticket. Booking is essential. Tickets are available from The Royal Observatory. For further information please on 0131 668 8404, email vis@roe.ac.uk or visit www.roe.ac.uk/vc
Royal Observatory Visitor Centre
Science Festival Church Service

Join us at St Giles' Cathedral - the church at the centre of Edinburgh's religious life. The service will be preceded by a Grand Procession from the City Chambers to the Cathedral. There will be a guest speaker from the world of science.

25 March, Starts at 11.30am ()
St Giles' Cathedral
Stories in the Stars: Perseus and Andromeda

Come and join us as we tell the story of how the hero Perseus saves Andromeda, the beautiful princess, from a dreadful sea monster!

6 April, Starts at 11am (Lasts for 1 hour)
Age 4 to 10
£10 Family Ticket. Booking is essential. Tickets are available from The Royal Observatory. For further information please on 0131 668 8404, email vis@roe.ac.uk or visit www.roe.ac.uk/vc
Royal Observatory Visitor Centre
Stories in the Stars: Twelve Labours of Hercules

Come to the Planetarium and help us tell the story of Hercules who had to do twelve challenges to atone for his sins.

6 April, Starts at 2pm (Lasts for 1 hour)
Age 4 to 10
£10 Family Ticket. Booking is essential. Tickets are available from The Royal Observatory. For further information please on 0131 668 8404, email vis@roe.ac.uk or visit www.roe.ac.uk/vc
Royal Observatory Visitor Centre
The Man Who Discovered Time

Dr Angus Miller
James Hutton, father of modern geology, used the rocks of Scotland as evidence for his ‘theory of the earth’. Visit ‘Hutton’s Section of the Salisbury Crags and discover the story of man who changed forever how we understand the world.

8, 12 & 14 April, Starts at 2pm (Lasts for 2 hours)
Age 11+
Not suitable for those with limited mobility
Geowalks, Meeting point specified on ticket

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