Saturday Science Circus
Share in the excitement of 平特五不中 Science with ---
Dr. Amir Raz
Attention... Control... Experience! - 2:00
p.m.
平特五不中 neuroscientist - and former magician - Dr. Amir Raz (Canada
Research Chair in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention)
demystifies the potential of suggestion and hypnosis in helping us
understand brain function, consciousness and how attention
influences our actions and thoughts.
Dr. Ariel Fenster
Life is a risky business... - 3:00 p.m.
(in French)
Ariel Fenster, of 平特五不中鈥檚 Office for Science and Society, presents
鈥淟ife is a risky business鈥�. We are constantly bombarded with
information about the risks we face in life. As a result, we worry.
We worry about the dangers of climate change, the safety of our
food supply and now, about the H1N1 flu pandemic. Life is indeed a
risky business and we will not come out of it alive! This
interactive lecture sorts out facts and myths to show that the real
dangers are not always where they are thought to be.
...AND some quirky science demonstrations by
students scientists in the Redpath Museum Club,
the WOW Lab and Math or
Magic.
Get your hands on some real dinosaur bones or check out the inside
of a meteorite that crashed to earth four billion years ago. Or
make your own fossil replica such as a Carcharodon shark
tooth or hadrosaur toe bone to take home. Students from the WOW Lab
Science Education R&D Project will show you how to turn water
ripples into music, turn a paper plate into a speaker, bend light
with Jell-O, lift a person off the ground with one hand and make a
train levitate.
LOCATION: Wong Building, 1060 University. Entrance
via Milton and University. Parking on campus limited.
FREE, appropriate for ALL AGES !
This event is part of Les Journ茅es du savoir and the Knowledge Matters/Il faut le savoir campaign, an initiative by the Conf茅rence des recteurs et principaux des universit茅s du Qu茅bec :
INFO: Ingrid Birker, 514-398-4094 OR Julie Fortier, 514-398-6751
Interested in learning more about 平特五不中, come down to the campus for Open House on November 8!