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Welcome to explore and experiment in Lappeenranta!

Schedule

The Science Day for families will take place at Lappeenrannan Ylioppilastalo, Laserkatu 10.

Lunch will be served at Restaurant Yolo from 11.00. The Science Day program starts at 12.00 noon and ends at 15.00. The science show of Tutkija Pii will be held at 13.00. You're welcome to participate in the event freely according to your own schedule between 11.00 and 15.00.

Please register soon or by 30 September, as places are limited and fill up fast!

Program

The Science Day will include hands-on science activities, using child-centred experiments and science discoveries to explore chemical reactions in liquids, the flow of electricity in different circuits, the effect of gravity, the wonders of magnetism, virtual reality and robot control. In popular workshops, you can make your own handicrafts to take home with you. LUT Junior University is a partner of the Science Day.

Tutkija Pii (Scientist Pi) – the official scientist of the Science Day – will guide young scientists in workshops. There will be a chance to try out real research tools, without forgetting the artistic aspect. At 13.00, the Science Show by Tutkija Pii will be full of excitement and dangerous situations (suitable for children).

We will also have a chance to admire the Cloud Chamber from the University of Jyväskylä's Department of Physics, which shows us the motion of subatomic particles caused by ionising radiation, or background radiation. Read more about the Cloud Chamber in Finnish here.

You can also learn more about the wonders of space at a workshop organised by the European Space Education Resource Office ESERO Finland (link in Finnish). There will be a real model of a satellite flying in space, which you can dismantle and assemble yourself.

The Science Day program works best for kindergarten and primary school children, but all ages are welcome.

Coffee/tea, lemonade, sweets and popcorn will be offered during the event.

Find out more about LUT and the TEK Lounge

During Science Day, there will be guided half-hour tours of the LUT campus. On the tour, you can take a peek at the James Hydeman Centre and the TEK Lounge. The tours will be conducted in groups, which you can sign up for during Science Day.