SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2025 - Live Demonstrations, Interactive Displays, Meet Local Scientists, Science in 15 (Micro-talks) Games, Prizes & Surprises and more

Overview: Involve all departments. QR Codes will be mounted at various locations around the faculty and students will have to follow the clues to move from the starting point to the end. Students will need their smartphones or tablets to download QR code reader and use it to participate in the hunt

AUDIENCE: High school students (15 students per session)

Overview: Involve all departments. QR Codes will be mounted at various locations around the faculty and students will have to follow the clues to move from the starting point to the end. Students will need their smartphones or tablets to download QR code reader and use it to participate in the hunt

AUDIENCE: High school students (15 students per session)

Overview: Fire! Delve into the world of Crime Scene Investigations (CSI). Participants will learn basic information about burn patterns and accelerants. Using a series of physical clues and deduction, determine the cause of a fire and solve the case.

Target Audience: High school students Capacity: 15 students per group

Overview: Fire! Delve into the world of Crime Scene Investigations (CSI). Participants will learn basic information about burn patterns and accelerants. Using a series of physical clues and deduction, determine the cause of a fire and solve the case.

Target Audience: High school students Capacity: 15 students per group

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

Overview: This demo will take you through the entire process of measuring samples using gamma and XRF spectroscopy.

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

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

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