EXPLORATHON - Heriot

SEPTEMBER 25TH
12 PM - 6 PM
Paddock
Paddock
Dinosaurs Return
Entry Point
Animal Antics
K une K une
Pigs
12:15pm
3:00pm
Gelada
Baboon
Egyptian
Vulture
Scottish
Wildcat
Toilets
Koalas
Tapir
2
Birds
EDUCATION CENTRE
3
1
P enquins
Rock
2:15pm
Small Monkey
Magic Fo rest
Sun Bears
Pudu
Cassowary
Otters
Chimpanzees 8
Budongo Tr ail
Lemur
10
11
Picnic Area
Budongo Trail
& Living Links
Last entry 5.30pm
9
Play Park
Animal Antics
Hilltop Viewpoint
Kiosk
Members’ Gate
Sea Eagle
Chinese
Goral
African
Aviary
Car Park
Face Painting
Monkey
Walk
Through
First Aid
CAR PA RK
EXIT
Flamingo
Tr ee Porcupine
Walkabout tour
Meerkat
P ainted
Hunting
Dog
Restaurant
Shop / Outlet
Gibbon
JUNGLE
CAFE
Monkey
House
Cafe
Squirrel &
Capuchin Monkeys
Living Links
Brilliant Birds
MANSION
HOUSE
PENGUIN
COFFE E
SHOP
Giant
P anda
6
Pygmy
Hippos
Binturong
GRAS SLANDS
REST AURANT
Disabled Toilets
7
5
Banteng
Mobility vehicle
pick-up point
Wallaby
Outback
Visayan Warty Pig
and Deer
4
Zebra and Antelope
African Plain s
Ti ge r
Asiatic
Lion
Hoofstock
Paddock
Rhino
11:45am
2:30pm
4:00pm
Giant
Anteater
4.30pm
Welcome
Talk
Day Route
ZOO
ENTRANCE
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Timed
Event
Wet Weather
11:00am
Pelicans
Birds
HOTEL
9:30am
Shelter
Suggested Detour
SHOP
MOBILITY VEHICLE
PICK-UP POIN T
CAR PARK
ENTR Y
Explorathon Touchpoints
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Science Safari
Would you like to know all the interesting science spots around
the zoo and earn some rewards by visiting them? If yes, then the
Science Safari app is just what you need!
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Talks @ the Penguins
Mind Reading - @ 1 pm & 3 pm
Come and learn about excitable cells, the electrical currents inside
your bodies and the shocking history of bioelectricity! Have your
brain-waves recorded and find out how this can be used in the
future!
Extreme (A)Symmetry @ 1.45 pm & 4 pm
Is symmetry even a thing? And what's that got to do with you?
From definition to beauty to the Big Bang, come and shine a new
light on your world!
2
Little Minds @ Rhinos!
Ever wondered how the brain works? Come and play with some
brain models, and find out more about what goes on inside your
head!
3
Education Centre
Hands-on Biology
Join us extracting DNA from strawberries, see protein crystals form
before your eyes, come face-to-face with a sabre-toothed tiger
(and other large beasts) and hear researchers talk about the
impact their work is having in the real world.
The Phantom Entomologist
Glimpse into an age of insects where micro-politics of
organisation, habitat and co-operation are revealed through
inventive bodies.
Extreme (A)Symmetry
Use paper, scissors and toothpicks to play with crystals and create
rainbows. Plus, do you wanna build a snow...flake?
Sonopil
Go on a fantastic voyage and see how doctors, scientists and
engineers are currently working to build a micro-robotic pill that
can help diagnose and treat a variety of gut diseases.
6
The Big Griller
Climate Change – can rocks be the answer?
Geology in a shoebox - how can we tell what types of rocks are
under our feet and can they be used to stop climate change?
ScienceSea Sketches
Create your own cartoon characters to add to the zoo creations
and colour in some sciencesea marine creatures!
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Scientists out of White Coats @ Living Links
Come and learn how to be a comparative psychologist for the
day studying the behaviour of apes, monkeys and humans. Learn
how to tell the monkeys apart and who’s who. Learn all about
glitter poo and have a go at some puzzles that monkeys, chimps
and children have done.
Toxicologist Training @ the Ecohut
10
From cells to snails - figure out which critters aren’t feeling so
well and learn to think like a toxicologist! Come meet the team of
wee beasties that help to keep the land and sea clean!
Budongo
8
EnLightenment
Come and experience a secret universe inside living cells.
Compete for prizes in ‘Build your own microscope’ races and use
your mobile phone as a powerful microscope! See how glowing
jellyfish let us see inside the tiny world of living cells and look
under your own fingernails with microscopes - ewww!
Creative Cameras
How do you take images so fast that you can see light travelling
through the air? How do you use the latest technology to look
round corners and see objects hidden from view? Come along
and see the world in a brand new way.
Weather Games
Help Brad the ice-cream seller to choose where to go based on
weather forecasts: we will show you how technology can help
you make better decisions!
Squirrel Wars
Explore the plight of the red squirrels as they battle the grey
squirrels for survival. Make a red or grey squirrel for the squirrel
map of the UK to show where you can find reds and greys.
Lighting up the Lung
Come and try out hands on science activities and find out how a
group of chemists, physicists, engineers and medics are
revolutionizing health care for critically ill patients.
Mixed up Science - Does Sugar Rush?
What happens to all the sugar you eat? Come and see how
different scientists work together answer this question!
Anomalous Animals
Race your family and friends in the great animal ‘odd one out’
challenge. Can you tell one Giant Panda from another and know
your leopard print from your jaguar print? Come and test your
skills and find out why we teach computers to find the ‘odd one
out’ too.
3D Printing Body Parts
See a 3D printer at work and learn about the cans and can’ts of
3D printing.
Blood Factories
Do you know we can manufacture blood? Researchers at
Heriot-Watt are working on this tremendous topic and will allow
you to enter this bloody world.
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The RZSS Team
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9
Come and meet the RZSS team and explore how the
wildgenes team are helping protect animals from illegal
trading, and how the Conservation team use camera traps to
survey for rare and endangered cats both at home and
abroad.
Come aboard the Wild about Scotland Bus and learn about
our native animals and some of the issues they face!
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Quantum Robin on the Main Lawn
Learn how birds use the magnetic field to find their way –
follow their paths and navigate like a bird!