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Schedule

Date: Friday February 8
Date Time Type Details Venue
Friday February 8 10:00AM-10:45AM WORKSHOP

Overview: Three members of staff, Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy will guide the scheduled workshops. There will be two daily scheduled daily.

Target Audience: Specially invited High School students and visiting school groups.

The Writing Centre, Faculty of Humanities and Education
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 2:00PM TOURS

Overview: The department will be offering interesting tours for students and campus visitors daily. Come explore our world

Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Teaching & Research Complex
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 3:00PM PARTICIPATORY EXPERIMENTS

Overview: Demonstrating basic scientific principles and interactive demonstrations to excite High School Students.

AUDIENCE: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public

The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 3:00PM MATH GAMES

Overview: A Selection of Math games

AUDIENCE: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public

The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 3:00PM PARTICIPATORY DEMONSTRATION

Overview: Demonstration of earthquake waves and tours of the unit to see the equipment involved in earthquake measurement and monitoring.

The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology and The Earthquake Unit
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 3:00PM Selection of computer science and IT related activities

Overview: Selection of computer science and IT related activities

AUDIENCE: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public

Department of Computing
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 3:00PM TOURS

Overview: Come learn about the science and application of DNA Extractions and take a tour of the Centre.

The Biotechnology Centre
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 3:00PM EXHIBITION

Overview: Visit the Biotechnology Information desk and learn more about our research work and our various programmes.

The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
Friday February 8 10:00AM MuSEUMS AND BOTANY GARDENS TOURS

Overview: Campus visitors will have the opportunity to explore or research facilities and museums, by participating in the following tours:

  • Tour of Geology Museum
  • Tour of Map Library
  • Tour of Herbarium
  • Tour of Medicinal Plants (Botany Gardens)
  • Tour of Zoology Museum
  • Tour of the Natural Products Institute’s Mosquito Research facilities, Biochemistry Lab and Cell Culture Screening Laboratory.

Audience: UWI Students, High School Students, General Public

Venue Description: URD Students and Tours Centre, adjacent The Assembly Hall

URD Tours Centre
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 3:00PM PARTICIPATORY EXPERIENCE

Overview: Each Department will be represented by one (1) genius (15-20 minutes per hour) who will give a dramatization of a science concept – e.g. equation solving and proofs, Newtonian forces, etc. The audience will be engaged to participate.

AUDIENCE: High School students & their teachers

The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 2:00PM PARTICIPATORY EXPERIENCE

Overview: Participants will ride a bicycle and attempt to light up a series of light bulbs based on speed

AUDIENCE: High school students, FST students

The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
Friday February 8 10:00AM - 12:00PM FORUM

Overview: Unlocking Potential for Optimizing Student Research Output

Panellists: Professor Marcia Roye, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), Faculty of Science and Technology Dr. Saran Stewart, Senior Lecturer, School of Education Dr. Julian McKoy-Davis, PhD Social Policy Dr. Ricardo Anderson, PhD Computer Science

Moderator: Professor Minerva Thame, Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies), Faculty of Medical Sciences

The Assembly Hall

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