As part of the nationwide event, the Weizmann Institute will open its doors for guided tours and lectures as part of the Scientists' Night
What do scientists do when they get up in the morning? How are scientific discoveries revealed? How are patents and advanced technologies born? The Davidson Institute for Science Education, the educational arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, and other science and education institutions, open their doors to the general public and offer answers to these questions - and many more - in an evening of diverse, intelligent and entertaining activities for the whole family. Entry and participation in all activities are free of charge.
The "Scientists' Night" events, sponsored by the European Union, will take place in research and higher education institutions and science museums across the country on Thursday, September 22, from 17:00 p.m. to 22:00 p.m.
The Davidson Institute for Science Education, which brings together the educational activities of the Weizmann Institute of Science, invites the public to take part in a long and varied series of activities, which will take place on the institute's campus and in the surrounding cities:
• Scientists and research students from the Weizmann Institute of Science will meet with the public and discuss various topics from the front of science: Is there a danger of an asteroid hitting the Earth? What exactly are superconductors, and how are they related to quantum physics? And is nuclear fusion the answer to the energy crisis? All these and more, in 9 "Science Coffee" meetings - conversations over a cup of coffee and at eye level, which will take place in coffee shops, Pis clusters and educational institutions from Ashkelon to Tel Aviv (see full details below).
• Scientific workshops and activities for the whole family will be held in the Klor science garden, a unique science museum operating under the dome of the sky. Come tour the garden's facilities and perform experiments in "Eco-Spira" - the unique ecological complex in the Science Garden. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
• Guided tours will be held in research laboratories and showrooms throughout the campus. Come see "Foucault's Pendulum" which proves that the Earth does rotate, watch 12D proteins in the molecular theater, find out how a particle accelerator works, and tour the home of the first president and his wife, Dr. Chaim Vera Weizman. Recommended for ages XNUMX and up.
• In the halls of the institute, there will be a variety of shows with a scientific flavor: a glassblowing demonstration, chemical demonstrations "spectacular demonstrations in chemistry - soft matter: letters from noses and CDs to tissue engineering" with Prof. Jacob Klein, and a host of demonstrations showing the magic of science.
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List of "Science Coffee" meetings - conversations with scientists in a cafe atmosphere (starting at 20:30):
• The Center for the Gifted in Ashkelon - Biography of Memory in the Brain (Dr. Avi Mendelson)
• The "Ofek" adult education center in Ashdod - on taste and smell: changes in the senses in children born small for gestational age (Orit Margolis)
• Davidson Institute cafeteria, Rehovot - mass extinctions and the danger of asteroids (Ilan Manolis)
• Cafe Joe, Rehovot Mall - Sakret - complications, solutions and innovative treatments (Dr. Avital Beck)
• Karmi Yosef Winery - Science Fragrance (Idan Fromin)
• Beit Gil Zahav in Be'er Ya'akov - stem cell transplantation of the blood system: have we found the super transplant? (Yaki Idelstein)
• Eshkol Pis Ramla - A star born in the laboratory: solving the energy crisis through nuclear fusion (Guy Rosenzweig)
• Eshkol Pis in Rishon Lezion - Superconductivity: Quantum Physics on the Table (Lior Ambon)
• Hamada Tel Aviv - smell, memory and everything in between (Yara Yeshuron)
The "Night of the Scientists" events are taking place for the sixth year, in cooperation with the European Union, coordinated by the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports and with the participation of science and education institutions in Israel, including the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports, the Weizmann Institute, the Davidson Institute for Science Education, the Migal Technology Center in the Upper Galilee, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Madatech - the Museum of Science, Technology and Space in Haifa, Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University and Bar Ilan University.
On the national website of the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports -
And also on the Facebook page - Night of the Scientists
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I would like to come with my partner to the meetings. We are a couple of pensioners and want to know more things