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13 National Science Week in Pictures
15 National Science Week Contributors
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CONTENTS13 National Science Week in Pictures
15 National Science Week Contributors FOREWORD
A two hour flight from our Cape Town headquarters and an almost three hour drive ensured we reached Polokwane just in time for the official launch of the National Science Week at the University of Limpopo (UL). When we finally got to the UL campus where the National Science Week was being launched we could feel the excitement in the air. The place was a hive of activity; scientist, students, government of-ficials, and teachers had all converged on the campus. This is a festival that really gets the Science Stars team excited as we know its an opportunity for us to see our passion, science - in action. The Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom noted that the science sector still had much to do in promoting and working hard in the science field, we silently agreed and felt more encouraged to do our best in bringing you an informative and solid maga-zine. He was however impressed with the high turnout.To some of you who are not so sure of what the National Science week is all about here is a brief ex-planation. It is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). And it is a countrywide celebration of science involving various stakeholders and role players conducting science-based activi-ties during the week. The event is run simultaneously in all nine provinces at various sites per province. The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) has been appointed by the DST as the implementing agency and has the role of national project manager for the National Science Week.Each year a different theme and sub-theme is chosen and activities are offered to the target audiences around these themes. This years theme was ‘Celebrating scientific areas in which South Africa has a competitive edge’. And the sub-theme was “International year of water cooperation”. The main objective of the year is to raise awareness of both the potential for increased cooperation and the challenges facing water management in the context of greater demand for water access, allocation, and services.To say the launch event was a huge success would be an understatement. The event was truly amazing, from the electric car on display provided by the ministry of environmental affairs to the speaking robot on stage, the surprises kept coming. And thankfully your friend Science Stars was there to capture every moment. When we finally displayed our magazines we could not keep up because they were flying of the stands and we had a tough time bringing in new boxes as they kept running out. We were happy to answer any questions our young readers had and encouraged them to study hard and dream big!
In this special issue we have given you a brief of the event and outlined some of the events that were taking place in different provinces. The beautiful pictures are really worth looking at. We hope you enjoy this special edition.
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The Cape Town Science Cen-tre had a variety of activi-ties as part of its National
Science Week 2013 programme. Our main attraction for National Science Week was the WFS Fam-ily Fun Day on Saturday 3 August where entry to the Cape Town Science Centre was only R5. Visi-tors could take part in various hands-on workshops, take a tour of the Camera Obscura, watch a Planetarium Show or a Science Show.
Visitors also had the opportunity
National Science Week 2013 at the Cape Town Science Centre
Visitors could take part in various hands-on workshops, take a tour of the Camera Obscura, watch a Planetarium Show or a Science Show.
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to go on various excursions during National Science Week. They could explore the cutting edge of computing at the Cen-tre for High Performance Com-puting, take a tour of the Heart of Cape Town Museum and see where the world’s first heart transplant took place or they could visit the Groote Schuur Engineering Works and get a behind the scenes tour of this large hospital built in 1938.
We had a busy day on Saturday 3 August with 634 visitors to the Cape Town Science Centre and a number of other visitors taking part in the various tours and excursions around Cape Town Town.
Dr Lindsay Magnus from the Square Kilometre Array pre-sented a Science Out Loud talk on Wednesday 31 July, the topic was ‘The Square Kilometre Array - A new ruler for the stars’. We had 45 visi-tors braving the cold to attend this talk.
All in all the Cape Town Sci-ence Centre has a good Na-tional Science Week and im-pacted a number of general public who would ordinarily not have been able to visit the Cape Town Science Centre.
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National Science Week (NSW) is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) which aims
to excite our youth with science at an early age and to encourage them to develop an interest in studying mathematics and science subjects. Whilst placing emphasis on our youth, awareness is also created amongst those sectors of society bearing an influence on the subject and career choices of learners.
Key objectives
• To contribute to the development of a society which values and appreciates Science, Engineering & Technology (SET)
• To provide a platform for scientists to engage each other and also to engage with the non-scientific community
• To promote partnership between media and scientists
• To profile the work of the DST and its priorities
• To attract learners to SET
career (including research)
Theme
The National Science Week was celebrated under the theme “The Role of Science in Economic Development”.
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National Science Week
The National Science Week was officially launched at the
University of Limpopo. A number of young students were
invited to the event and different schools were represented.
Teachers, students, government officials, scientists, exhibitors
and facilitators were all part o
f the vibrant event.
The Minister of Science and Technology Derek Hanekom was
at the event and highlighted how proud he was at the high
attendance. He also emphasised the need for students to take
their studies seriously especially in the science sector. Hanekom
expressed his disappointment at the low rate of passes in the
science fraternity at Matric level. However he noted that the
future looked promising as he believed the ministry and the
Department of Science and Technology were making strong
strides in improving the sector..
Various scientific gadgets were on display showcasing the
innovation and intelligence of our very own home-grown
scientists. One of the crowds favourite
was the talking robot,
which spoke to Minister Hanekom. The hydrogen car was also
another revelation as people got th
e opportunity to sit in the car
and ask about the way it o
perates. Overall the launch event was
a success and showcased the scientific talent of South Africa.
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SOME OF ThE NaTIONal SCIENCE WEEK CONTRIBuTORS FOR ThE 2013 EDITION
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