Scottish Parliment Family Day

The Scottish Parliament

FREE

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FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY

FREE

To mark St Andrew’s Day the Scottish Parliament has a range of special free events for families and visitors.

SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER

Cool science

Hot air balloons Could you be an Olympian?

Rockets and Plane crazy Magnificent magnets Take the K’NEX challenge

Saturday 1 December 10:00-17:00, last entry 16:30 Become immersed in some fascinating science as you investigate gases, forces and magnets.

Build your own hot air balloon, design and launch your own rocket, test your strength, speed and agility and take the K’NEX challenge.

Visit From Grain to Glass, the exhibition of the Scotch Whisky Association. This exhibition, which is part of the Scotch Whisky Association Centenary, brings together the tools of the trade, the artwork, and maps of Scotland’s distilleries to show how Scotch Whisky became a national icon. You’ll also have the chance to see a cooper at work and find out/learn how whisky barrels are made.

Take a tour of the building, see the Debating Chamber and find out how the Scottish Parliament works.

For enquiries:

To mark St Andrew’s Day the Scottish Parliament has a range of special free events for families and visitors.

Email: sp.bookings@scottish.parliament.uk Telephone: 0131 348 5200 or 0800 092 7600 Textphone users: 0800 092 7100 We also welcome calls using the Text Relay service.

Saturday 1 December

Address: Visitor Services The Scottish Parliament Edinburgh EH99 1SP

10:00-17:00, last entry 16:30 Become immersed in some fascinating science as you investigate gases, forces and magnets.

Build your own hot air balloon, design and launch your own rocket, test your strength, speed and agility and take the K’NEX challenge.

SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER

Cool science Hot air balloons

Visit From Grain to Glass, the exhibition of the Scotch Whisky Association. This exhibition, which is part of the Scotch Whisky Association Centenary, brings together the tools of the trade, the artwork, and maps of Scotland’s distilleries to show how Scotch Whisky became a national icon. You’ll also have the chance to see a cooper at work and find out/learn how whisky barrels are made.

Take a tour of the building, see the Debating Chamber and find out how the Scottish Parliament works.

FREE

FREE

FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY

The Scottish Parliament

Could you be an Olympian?

Rockets and Plane crazy Magnificent magnets

www.scottish.parliament.uk

Take the K’NEX challenge

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Fascinating science...

Hot air balloons

BodyWorks

Work together in this family group activity.

Make and launch your very own hot air balloon as you learn all about the properties of gas.

How high can I jump?

How much water is in my body?

How flexible am I? What will I look like if I smoke?

The exciting BodyWorks exhibition is a fully hands-on, active learning experience. Investigate your amazing body and what it can do.

Forces See Isaac Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion made easy. If you love discovery, laughing and “having a go” then you’ll enjoy this interactive physics experience.

Could you be an Olympian?

Come to the Fit Lab and test your strength, speed and agility with the state-of-the-art light-gate system.

Rockets Design and launch a rocket to hit a target. Investigate Newton’s 3rd law – ‘every action has an equal and opposite reaction’. (For every force in one direction there is an equal force in the opposite direction.)

Magnificent magnets Aimed at younger children, this activity will develop an understanding of magnets and how they work.

Make your own magnet and take it home.

Plane crazy Whose plane can fly the furthest? This activity is for people of all ages. There are many different planes to choose from. How far will yours go?

Take the K’NEX challenge Compete as a family group to see who can make the tallest tower out of K’NEX with a set kit, in a set time. Be creative and reach for the sky.

Cool science Even though you can’t see it the air around us is filled with lots of different gases. Come and explore some of the properties of carbon dioxide and nitrogen in this uniquely chilling opportunity.

FREE

for families and visitors

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What’s on Guided tours - FREE Tours are free of charge and usually include a visit to the Debating Chamber. They include information about the work, history and procedures of the Scottish Parliament and also about the design and architecture of the building. Booking required.

For enquiries: From Grain to Glass - FREE Explore the history of the Scotch Whisky industry and find out the true heritage of Scotland’s national drink in a new exhibition at the Scottish Parliament. This exciting exhibition will show Scotch Whisky’s strong cultural heritage, its position as an iconic Scottish product and demonstrate how vital it is to the country’s economy and society. The exhibition will also chart landmark events in the last 100 years.

Email: sp.bookings@scottish.parliament.uk Telephone: 0131 348 5200 or 0800 092 7600 Textphone users: 0800 092 7100 We also welcome calls using the Text Relay service.

Address: Visitor Services The Scottish Parliament Edinburgh EH99 1SP

Cooperage demonstrations - FREE Saturday 1 December, Demonstrations will take place at 11:30 and 14:00 John Carberry is a Cooper with 23 years’ experience in the industry. John will be giving a public demonstration to show how casks are made and repaired showing how a traditional craft is still as relevant today as it was over 100 years ago. You will be guided through the complexity of cask building and re-building as barrels are constructed to ensure that they are robust enough to be filled.

St Andrew’s Day Debate - FREE Monday 3 December, 16:30-18:00, Debating Chamber Working together, the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government and the English Speaking Union have organised the annual St Andrew’s Day Debating Championship. University and secondary school pupils from across Scotland will join together and form teams that will debate their way through several heats before taking their place in the championship final in the Debating Chamber. Booking required.

www.scottish.parliament.uk