14-20 MARCH 2012
SCIENCE ROCKS!
Our very own “DNA Detective”, Prof. Valerie Corfield will be hosting daily DNA CSI Workshops at Scifest Africa 2012 between 14h00 – 15h00 @ the Monument Council Chamber, Grahamstown (Appropriate for Grade 10+)
Learn how to be a CSI detective and the important ways to preserve DNA evidence.
NB: Rape and violent deaths, the nature of crime scenes, and the type of DNA evidence collected at crime scenes, will be discussed sensitively, but frankly, in this workshop. Therefore, we ask that parents, guardians and educators ensure that learners have received sufficient basic sex education and have been warned about the content of the workshop. The workshop is not suitable for any learners under the age of 16 years, and the decision to allow any learner to attend, should be made in this context.
Scifest Africa is South Africa’s National Science Festival and aims to promote the public awareness and engagement with science, technology, engineering, mathematics and innovation (STEMI).
The project consists of two components, namely the annual week-long National Science Festival held in Grahamstown in March every year, as well as a range of local, regional and national outreach programmes implemented around the country throughout the rest of the year.
Scifest Africa 2012 will take place in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape from 14-20 March 2012 and we invite you to join us and make this the festival that rocks all festivals.
The theme for Scifest Africa 2012 is “Science rocks!” and will explore Earth sciences, archaeology, palaeontology, astrobiology, GIS, chemical and civil engineering, music… and any other -ology or -graphy you can think of that has anything to do with rocks.
Download the Scifest Africa 2012 programme here.
