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IF Oxford science and ideas Festival takes place in venues across Oxford, and online each October with events and entertainment to inspire debate and celebrate research and creativity in Oxfordshire. The Festival has a vision of a world where the complexity, wonder and opportunities of scientific research are explored, challenged, celebrated and enjoyed across society.The Festival is organised by the Charity Oxfordshire Science Festival, Charity number 1151361

IF Oxford, the Oxford science and ideas Festival

Get hands-on with experiments and demonstrations, meeting friendly experts and inventors at this IF Oxford zone.

2 Fallaize Street

Zone ONE brings hands-on science, creative and technology activities to Oxford North, in a large interactive area overlooking Fallaize Park and its planets, a perfect backdrop for a cosmos of ideas. Please help IF Oxford keep track of venue capacity by booking your approximate arrival time. You can arrive at any time during your hour-long arrival slot, then stay for as long as you like. Event format: HANDS-ON INTERACTIVE ZONEAge: All agesTypical visit time: 1.5–2 hoursEvent duration: 5 hours 30Event start: 2pm, last entry 6pmTicketing: Pay What You Decide (PWYD) Parking: on-site parking available Activities include: What on Earth?: compare the sky through earth and space-based telescopes, then hold real pieces of asteroids, comets and even the Moon, and find out what they reveal about the solar system. AstroFun with Time-Travelling Star Explorers!: zoom through a river of stars with 17th-century sky-watchers Johannes and Elisabeth Hevelius from Gdańsk, spotting planets, solving cosmic puzzles and map the heavens. Poetry Lab: Come and experiment with award-winning poetry collective, Live Canon. Mix words, phrases and poems into your own concoction, and make something new and explosive! The Tamarind Galaxy: explore stories of planets, moons and stars through puzzles, tall tales and role play, drawing on astronomical traditions from across Africa and the constellations they named in the night sky. Why You Are What You Eat: discover how the food you eat helps your body move, grow and fight infections. Explore important roles iron and sugar play in your body, from carrying oxygen in your blood to powering your cells. Drone Football: take the controls and fly a drone through an obstacle course, finding out how drones sense, balance and navigate, and where they are put to work in science and industry. Fusion Fix It: get stuck in with robotics engineers to diagnose and repair robots using real tools and engineering logic. Find out what it takes to keep fusion robots running and pick up practical skills along the way. The Architect's Vision: discover the Oxford North masterplan and see how designs go from first sketch to finished building, with models, drawings and the thinking behind a new city district. Try making your own masterplan. Build with Hill: stack and arrange soft bricks into creative shapes and structures, while discovering how new homes at Canalside Quarter are designed, built and fitted into the wider neighbourhood. The Chemistry of Colour: discover the captivating world of coloured glass and its origins in metallurgy, minerals and mining. Extract your own metals and uncover the chemical secrets behind vibrant hues in glass. Colour and light: meet a stained glass maker and see how glass is cut, leaded and assembled by hand. Discover how medieval craftspeople achieved their brilliant blues and reds. Orbit: join performers for a guided outdoor digital journey around a landmark planetary sculpture, gathering stories from eight planets as Fallaize Park becomes a walkable map of the Solar System. Taylors café: delicious sandwiches, salads, freshly made pasta, sweet treats and speciality coffees served throughout the Zone ONE event, in The Red Hall, Oxford North, OX2 8GE. ................................................... IF Oxford uses Pay What You Decide (PWYD) ticketing, which means you can choose to pay whatever you want — or can afford. You can make your donation during booking, at the event, or afterwards. Please note that there is a free ticket option for this event. To make a PWYD booking, book 1 PWYD ticket for the group, then add extra FREE tickets for the rest of your party. This means there is only one donation for the whole group — you choose what to pay within the PWYD booking. This process is needed because Eventbrite treats a single PWYD ticket as the donation for the whole group — the PWYD ticket covers the donation (one ticket), and FREE tickets cover the rest of your party. All ticket options offer the same access. The contribution associated with this ticket is considered a donation in support of the Festival. Please choose the amount that feels right for you. Please arrive at least ten minutes before the start. Unclaimed places are released at the start to people waiting at the door, and entry may be refused once the event has begun. If you do not have a ticket, it is worth coming along — booked-up events often have space on the day. Ages are a guide only, under-16s to be accompanied by a responsible adult. The Festival reserves the right to modify event formats and manage the audience in accordance with the Festival's Attendance Policy:<a href="https://if-oxford.com/attendance-policy" title="https://if-oxford.com/attendance-policy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">if-oxford.com/attendance-policy</a> IF Oxford is run by The Oxfordshire Science Festival (charity #1151361). Any voluntary donation you make may be eligible for Gift Aid, where a charity can claim back an extra 25% of your donation at no cost to you:<a href="https://if-oxford.com/donate" title="https://if-oxford.com/donate" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">if-oxford.com/donate</a>

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