Welcome to Milton Keynes Science Festival
As part of the 40th Anniversary celebrations of Milton Keynes, the city will host the first ever Milton Keynes Science Festival between the 6th and the 15th July 2007.
The week will be packed with a series of exciting, entertaining and informative Science, Engineering and Technology events and activities held in various locations around the city involving local schools, colleges, universities, societies and businesses.
To find out more about just some of the exciting activities planned as part of the Festival, see the events section on this site.
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Calling all budding scientists…
You can also get involved by taking part in our competitions or even doing experiments at home!
Each week Milton Keynes Science Festival with MK News will be running an Experiment of the Week for you to try at home. The latest experiment comes from Cranfield University and will show you how to make a paper aeroplane to rival the Wright Brothers! Simply follow step by step what the science festival robots are doing!
View instructions as a PDF file (861 Kb)
After all that practice you will be ready to enter the 'Great Paper Aeroplane Competition' on 14th July at Cranfield University. The plane that flies the furthest will win the builder the fantastic prize of a flying lesson from one of the UK’s leading flying training schools, Cabair.
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