Wednesday 9 June 2021

u3a Science Network virtual meeting Wednesday 11 August 2021

 u3a Science Network virtual meeting Wednesday 11 August 2021

10:30 AM to 3:00 PM

About this event

A science-based learning event with 3 presentations of 45 minutes followed by questions after each presentation, with a break for refreshments and for lunch. The meeting will start at approximately 10:30 (doors open at 10:00) and ending with a short plenary session at 3 o’clock.

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u3a Science Network meeting – Wednesday 11 August 2021

Session timings: 45 minutes for speaker presentations, 15 minutes for Questions sent and collected via Chat

10:00 – Meeting room open to allow people to arrive and check in

10:30 - Welcome and Introduction Mike Hollingsworth, Science Subject Adviser

10:35 – 11:35 Gunpowder Technology - Geoff Smith, Horndean & District u3a

10 minute break

11:45 – 12:45 Flint - Ros Mercer, Broomfield u3a

12:45 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 SETI – the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence – Leigh Edwards, Exeter u3a

10 minute break

14:40 – 15:00 Plenary session for those attending to suggest any changes and details of the October meeting.

Michaela Moody, Chair u3a Science Network organising team

If you have any queries, please send them to michaela.moody@u3a.org.uk