 Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 13:00 to 16:00 Free Pre Booking Essential Please note that Coder Dojo wil take place in Sciecne Gallery on Sunday this week. What is Coder Dojo? We hacked together a cool hangout that puts the real power of the internet and technology in the hands of the Irish youth. The true power of the net comes from coding, designing and having fun. CoderDojo is a place where you can learn from others and share what you are doing!
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 Monday, May 27, 2013 - 17:30 to 19:30 Free - prebooking essential What is Forest School? Who is this training for? Forest School is a long term project focused on bringing adults and children out into the woods, in every season. Trained Forest School Leaders bring people regularly to a natural, usually woodland environment over a long period of time. The group gets to totally immerse themselves in the experience and exercise body, mind and heart in nature. Free play, risk taking, awareness games, bushcraft, woodland skills and plant knowledge are all part of this experience. |
 Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 18:00 to 19:15 €5 - prebooking essential Why are some people better at dealing with risk and uncertainty than others? 'Risk Intelligence' doesn't correlate with IQ, but without it we would make terrible decisions. Dylan Evans, behavioural scientist and author of Risk Intelligence: How to Live with Uncertainty calls it "a special kind of intelligence for thinking about risk and uncertainty". Essentially, people with a higher Risk Intelligence are better at processing chance and probability. |
 Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free - prebooking essential Girl Geek Dinners are a chance for ladies in technology to get together, enjoy some nice food and drinks, and have fun meeting other women in their field. Head over to the blog to find out more information on GGD and RSVP for the event. |
 Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 16:30 to 17:30 Free - members only Get an exclusive look at the European Space Expo as it visits Dublin this June. This members-only tour will be lead by the Space Expo Dublin Programme Manager and astrophysicist Joseph Roche, giving you a unique insider's perspective on this exciting, interactive event. Inside the spectacular Space Expo dome, the wide range of benefits that space brings to Europe are literally at your fingertips. Science Gallery invites its members to see, touch and experience what Europe is doing in, and with, space – and how these initiatives are already improving our quality of life. |
 Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 10:00 to 16:00 Free - please contact shaun.oboyle@sciencegallery.com The Bridge21 model of technology mediated collaborative learning is ideally suited to the philosophy of Project Maths as a realistic, contextualized, problem based approach to learning maths. |
 Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free - happening in the exhibition space Call by RISK LAB to watch a poker game with a difference at our poker table. |
 Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 18:30 to 20:00 Free! DATA showcases the work of artists whose practice is actively engaged in Internet culture. Their work revolves around technology, games, social networks, commerce and politics. In their talks each artist discuss their approaches and ideas behind their interdisciplinary practice. Speaker on the night: PiNG |
 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free - prebooking essential REFRESH DUBLIN is an event that promotes design, technology, usability and standards. Refresh Dublin is a part of and inspired by the Refreshing Cities movement. The intent of Refresh Dublin is to provide a cross-discipline insight into all things design, interactive, creative and technical, so that different disciplines can learn from each other. Please contact one of the organisers if you want to speak. |
 Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 18:00 to 19:15 Free - prebooking essential Visitors to RISK LAB have been exploring the maths of probability and chance by playing roulette, sharing coincidences, and spinning the tombola of far-fetched fatalities. How does this hands-on approach to maths differ from the equations traditionally taught in the classroom? |
 Friday, June 14, 2013 - 09:00 to 20:00 Free - prebooking essential
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 Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 11:00 to 18:00 Free - prebooking essential
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 Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 11:00 to 18:00 Free - prebooking essential
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 Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free - prebooking essential What inspires you to think differently about how we live in the city? |
 Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 18:00 to 19:30 Free - prebooking essential For under €100, you could have your genome sequenced today. Simply send some saliva in the post to a personal genetics company, and they’ll have a look at your DNA before telling you whether or not you’re genetically predisposed to certain conditions or diseases. Genetic prediction could be revolutionary to healthcare, but a few aspects of the field remain open to intense debate. |
 Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free to Science Gallery members Join us for a first look at ILLUSION, our shiny new exhibition where nothing is quite like it seems. Curated by author of best selling books like Quirkology and 59 Seconds and Britian's only Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology Richard Wiseman, ILLUSION promises to be fascinating insight into the human mind, bringing together magic with pyschology and illusion with science. |
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00 Free - prebooking essential What inspires you to think differently about how we live in the city? |
