Cambridge Festival’s family weekend to offer more free events and activities
It is family weekend at the Cambridge Festival this weekend (29-30 March), and there is much to see and do.
At the New Museums site in Bene’t Street, look out for ‘The World of Water’ from 11am-4.30pm on Saturday.
This interactive drop-in session will explore how water interacts with its environment, discuss what lives in our local waters, and study how water travels around Cambridgeshire, and is suitable for ages 6-plus.
Elsewhere on Saturday, the Department of Pathology will host the School of Biological Sciences Day, offering insight into its labs.
Explore the fascinating research through hands-on experiments, interactive games and captivating storytelling.
Visitors will also be able to experience what it's like being a crew member tasked to a life-threatening emergency with East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity, and can enjoy some hands-on biology with students from Hills Road Sixth Form College.
Get hands-on with Cambridge Archaeology and see and handle artefacts and find out what it's like to be an archaeologist - or try your hand at becoming an insect pollinator for Cambridge University Botanic Garden’s giant flower.
There is also ‘How to support your mental health - it's not all in the mind’ with YPMH: The Foundation for Young People’s Mental Health and ‘Decode diseases’ with AstraZeneca.
On Sunday, events include ‘Monster Makers’, from 11.30am-12.30pm on Sunday, 30 March, at the Cockcroft Lecture Theatre in Pembroke Street, a talk for those aged 12-plus exploring why we still love monsters like Godzilla, and keep creating them.
There was a lot happening at the festival last weekend too, as Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology hosted the Big Biomedical Campus Day on Saturday (22 March).
It explored everything from ‘awesome organs’ to the ‘metabolic maze’.
Cambridge Clinical Research Facility explained what it does, while AstraZeneca gave insights into STEM and career pathways.
Other events were titled ‘Pints of squash and buttock-squeezing: donating blood during a cluster-randomised trial’ and ‘What’s up your nose?!’
Scientist Letizia Diamante presented ‘Open Wide!: Jaw-dropping mouths of the animal world’. Letizia said: “Seeing curiosity spark in people’s eyes – especially children’s eyes – reminds me how much I love science outreach.
“The Cambridge Festival is all about making learning engaging, fun, and full of surprises.”
David Cain, Cambridge Festival manager, said: “One week into the Cambridge Festival and the atmosphere has been nothing short of incredible.
“Last weekend, we welcomed thousands of people eager to engage with groundbreaking research from across Cambridge.
“With over a week still to go, including what promises to be another packed weekend, there’s plenty of time to get involved.”
Visit festival.cam.ac.uk for more.
