Visit the Science Complex at the University of Guelph between 10 am and 1 pm.

• Bring your favourite bug and see what it looks like under a microscope. Zoom in.. Way In!You can even take a picture and save it on your memory stick.

• Have you ever made art from a math equation?  The Math & Stats department will show visitors the intriguing art of fractals.  You can create and save your own mathematical artwork.

• Try your hand at extracting DNA from an onion.  You’ll learn how to analyse DNA on a gel and how crimes are solved based on DNA analysis.

• The University of Guelph Physics Department is going to Mars!

The Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), one of the scientific instruments on NASA’s next mission to Mars in 2011, was developed
under the scientific leadership by a team in the Physics Department at the University of Guelph. The new MSL rover will continue to explore
if Mars was ever a habitable planet and if possibly life arose there in the past.

Between presentations at 10.30 and 11.30 you can discover how to do geological experiments on another planet and talk to scientists involved in the project.

• Play with Magic Mud.  It’s a fluid that feels like a solid.  You can squeeze it between your fingers and even run across a pool of it.

• ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS ARE A SNAP!  Build an electrical circuit project and discover how these basic concepts are used in exciting and innovative engineering research at the University of Guelph. Presented by the Chair for Women in Science and Engineering – Ontario. www.cwse-on.ca.

• How much do you really know about animals and agriculture?  Check out our Agriculture Mythbusters and we’ll bust some common myths.

• Visit the robotics lab in the School of Engineering (Thornborough Building room 2199)  and play games such as tic tac toe with a robot.

At Ed Video (40 Baker St., second floor, Guelph, 10 am until 3 pm)  you’ll see “the Hidden World of Sci-Art” exhibit. Experience the fascination and beauty of science seen at a very small scale.                         http://www.edvideo.org/gallery-events/screenings/the-hidden-world-of-sci-art

The YMCA/YWCA will host Dr. Terry Graham (professor in the department of Human Health & Nutritional Science) as part of their Success Series. Dr. Graham will give a talk titled “Exercise and Nutrition – Make the Best of this Relationship“.  While we usually think that the health responses to exercise and nutrition occur slowly over many weeks and months, there are aspects that occur in hours. This presentation by Dr. Graham will discuss how there are responses of biomarkers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that occur in the hours after a meal.  He will discuss how these are modified rapidly by exercise and by altering the nature of the meal.  The talk will start at 2 pm with.

Science Cuts

Location: The Bookshelf Cinema

Time: 12 noon to 1:30 pm

SharpCuts Indie Film and Music Festival partners with Science Rendezvous to present a fun, interactive, and thought-provoking science journey through media. Enjoy some of the greatest – and most disastrous – science moments in film, groove to science-inspired acoustic sets from renowned musicians, and join maverick filmmakers and scientists for a lively debate about science in pop culture.

Guelph’s SharpCuts Indie Film and Music Festival has partnered with Science Rendezvous to explore science in cinema and music through discussion, film and song.
On Saturday, May 8th join us at the Bookshelf Theatre in Guelph to enjoy some of the greatest – and most disastrous – science moments at the movies, watch a lively debate between scientists and filmmakers as they discuss the portrayal of science and scientists in the media, and groove to the science-inspired acoustic sounds of Prof. Doug Larson.

Is cinema science ever accurate? Does the scientist have a place in pop culture? Would the dynamics of that car chase really happen that way? University of Guelph faculty, Drs. Terry Van Raay (MCB), Eric Poisson (Physics), and Doug Larson (IB), weigh in with their opinions, and exchange insights with a film director, a sci-fi writer, and a special-effects expert. A perfect opportunity to get your burning questions answered in this intimate, interactive and highly entertaining event!

Following discussion, the Storyteller guitar will make its appearance under the command of its creator, musician / ecologist Doug Larson. The guitar and its stories enthrall young and old alike.

ScienceCuts, the union of SharpCuts and Science Rendezvous, promises to be an engaging and stimulating event for the whole family.

More info: www.sharpcuts.ca

Sipping Science is an informal opportunity to join in a stimulating discussion on current scientific issues, with scientists in a relaxed environment. The conversations will take place in Starbucks within Chapters at Stone Road Mall from 6 to 8 pm. The scientists will be on hand to bring their expertise to the dialogue and to answer questions pertaining to their own research. Drop by, have a coffee, and put your two cents on the table!

Stone Road Mall will take part in the Malls of Science.

Stay tuned for more events!