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Plastics r Fantastic

Plastics r Fantastic

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Venue: Earthship Fife Visitor Centre, Kinghorn Loch, Kinghorn, KY3 9YG
Dates: Sun 17 Mar
Times: 12noon - 4pm
Audience: Families/All

Have fun whilst being creative with rubbish! Try your hand at transforming used plastic drinks bottles into flowers, windmills, birdfeeders, spiders and rockets. Fun for all the family!

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Animal Madness

Animal Madness

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Venue: University of St Andrews, Bell Pettigrew Museum, School of Biology, Bute Medical Buildings, St Andrews, KY16 9TS
Dates: Sun 17 Mar
Times: 2pm - 3pm
Audience: Families/All

Come along to handle some real-life creepy crawlies and other fantastic animals while surrounded by a fabulous zoological collection.

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How does a Bird know what Nest to Build?

How does a Bird know what Nest to Build?

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Venue: University of St Andrews, School of Physics and Astronomy,North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS
Dates: Sun 17 Mar
Times: 2pm - 4pm
Audience: Families/All

Although people have watched birds nesting for hundreds of years, we have almost no clue how they ‘know’ what nest to build. Dr Sue Healy and Dr Stephanie Bunn will attempt to unravel this mystery, with the opportunity to try building a nest, at this fun crafting workshop!

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Discovering DNA

Discovering DNA

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Venue: Thornton Primary School, Station Road, Thornton, KY1 4AY
Dates: Mon 18 Mar
Times: 9.30am - 11.45am & 1.30pm - 3pm
Audience: Families/All

Come to Thornton Primary School’s Discovering DNA Day and extract your very own DNA in our Genes in a Bottle workshop, make a cell model, find out about Dolly the Sheep and lots more!

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What did Insects ever do for Us?

What did Insects ever do for Us?

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Venue: University of St Andrews, Arts Building Lecture Theatre, North Street, St Andrews, KY16 9AX
Dates: Mon 18 Mar
Times: 7pm - 8pm (doors open from 6.30pm)
Audience: Families/All

For some of us, insects are nasty creepy-crawlies that bite, sting or eat our prize cabbages. However, insects should be our best friends. This talk will show why we have insects to thank for our food, our health and even our happiness.

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Fife Science Festival runs from Friday 15 March through to Sunday 24 March - select a date below to browse the day's events.