Science for Everyone
Science for Everyone is a group created in 2018. Everyone interested in science and nature is welcome, no special previous knowledge is required.
The group meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 2 p.m.
This Group is currently meeting via Zoom
Some meetings will be visits to museums etc, and will take place at the same time where possible, but we might also choose to attend one-off events on other days/times.
2023
9 Jan: Duncan Wright: "Lichens: making tree hugging acceptable"
13 Feb: Communications
13 Mar: Local marine scientist Wyville Thomson & the Challenger Expedition, followed by a discussion on Marine Biology.
10 Apr: Continuation of Marine Biology
8 May: Royal connections to science
12 Jun: Visit to Surgeons' Hall Museum, Edinburgh
11 Sep: Topics based on Surgeons' Hall display - anatomy, surgery
9 Oct: Food, nutrition & diets (diet in the widest sense)
13 Nov: Food, nutrition & diets (continued)
2024
12 Feb: Extinctions through geological time
11 Mar: Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland.
8 Apr: Insects and climate change.
13 May: Plants and plant lore.
Medicinal plants, poisonous plants, their use in herbal medicine, traditional tales of the properties of plants, the symbolism of plants.
(This topic could continue into another session if there is too much for one.)
10 Jun: (TBC) Visit to the University of Dundee Botanic Garden
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For further information, please contact a Group Leader on 01506 440064 or 01506 834072.