Posts Tagged ‘Girl Geek Afternoon Tea’

Girl Geek Tea Party v21 review

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The Sun in a Whole New Light with Dr. Lucie Green

Most days in Manchester are grey and rainy, but last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Lucie Green who brightened up our day with her talk on our planet’s closest star – the sun.

Dr. Lucie’s work is specifically on coronal mass ejections (CME) which are eruptionscaused by immense magnetic fields that occur on the sun. She showed us some extraordinary videos of the activity between pairs of sunspots which act as opposite poles of magnetic fields where these CMEs occur. These activities on the sun have an impact on us. Disruptions in our electricity grids, pigeons getting lost and the northern lights are just some of the examples of the effects these CMEs have on our planet. (more…)

Girl Geek Tea Party v21

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Girl Geek Tea Party

Title: Girl Geek Tea Party v21
Location: MadLab
Description: Talk by Dr Lucie Green, Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2012-01-22
End Time: 16:00


In the depths of darkest mid-winter, our January tea party will be a nice lecture about solar physics to warm you up! Sun expert Dr Lucie Green, from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, will be coming to talk to us about the sun and how lovely and warm it is.

“I have been fascinated by the workings of our local star for almost 15 years – ever since a chance view through a telescope in the Ukraine showed me the Sun in a new way. The telescope I visited was equipped with a filter which allows you to see a narrow region in the Sun’s atmosphere; a region where a startling amount of detail and activity suddenly became obvious. From this point on I wanted to understand this activity and I do this by using telescopes in space that allow us to see the X-ray and ultraviolet light given off by the Sun’s hot atmosphere.

During my years in research I have helped further our understanding of how magnetic fields in the Sun’s atmosphere evolve and drive violent activity and have had some fascinating times working with ESA, NASA and the Japanese space agency. This talk will cover my journey into solar physics, my current research and why working within an international team of space scientists is such a rewarding job to do.”

We will of course be having our usual tea and cakes, so feel free to bring along some sun-themed (or otherwise) goodies you have made – perhaps a lemon drizzle cake, or sun-shaped biscuits?

Tickets
This is a free event, but admission is by Eventbrite ticket. Click here to book yourself a place!

The Sun

Dr Lucie Green

Science Jamboree with Manchester Girl Geeks and Teawitter

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Science Jamboree

Title: Science Jamboree with Manchester Girl Geeks and Teawitter
Location: MadLab
Description: Manchester Girl Geeks and Teawitter team up to bring you a full afternoon of fun, food and Science!
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2011-10-30
End Time: 17:00

Science Jamboree (upstairs)

Enjoy talks, stalls, science busking shows, hands-on activities and much more! Explore everything from kitchen chemistry and mathematical origami to brush bots and cake!

Science-themed Teawitter (downstairs)

The teawitter party is an excuse for Manchester’s lovers of things tea (and coffee!), cake and twitter related to get together and swap tales, put names to faces and enjoy the best in home made confection!

It’s a social gathering, a way to meet friends old and new, and build on the thriving tea party twitter community!

The format is simple, make something to share, bring it along, we’ll keep you in tea, coffee and whatever else you want to drink. Come meet friends old and new and put a friendly face to the online crowd!

If you have any special dietary requirements, please contact us as soon as possible so we can make arrangements.

Manchester Girl Geek Tea Party : Mathematical Origami

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

This month’s tea party was an exciting workshop based around some different mathematical objects which can be made with origami. Dr Nicolette Rattenbury of the School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University was leading the workshop, and it was obviously a very popular theme, since the workshop was very well attended. We had a full house, and every table was packed with girl geeks ranging from kids up to big kids, eager to have a go at making things out of paper.

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Girl Geek Afternoon Tea – Robots & Art

Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Girl Geek Afternoon Tea

Girl Geek Afternoon Tea

Title: Girl Geek Afternoon Tea – Robots & Art
Location: MadLab
Description: Girl Geek Dinner has got a little sister – Girl Geek Afternoon Tea!
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2010-05-23
End Time: 16:30

Cost: £4 for parts, ink, paper… – please bring along on the day!

Girls, book your tickets here.

Who:
Girl Geeks, bring along anyone you like! Your friends, sisters, mums, cousins, daughters, colleagues… who might be interested in doing some techy stuff… Even boys can come if you want to bring them as your date!
1 ticket means 1 robot – if you want to work in teams, only 1 person has to get a ticket, just bring the other one along without a ticket!! (We’ve got parts for 20 bots).
What:
In this workshop we’ll build (drum roll) ROBOTS!! Yesss, we’re teaming up with the HacMan boys for a “Ms HacMan” themed Girl Geek Afternoon Tea. We’re going to build so-called BrushBots from random bits and bobs, make them drive around, and probably take over the world at some point. There’s no previous knowledge needed, it’s going to be very basic, so don’t worry if you’ve never built anything like that before. There will be enough people from HacMan around to help out when you’re stuck.
After building the little BrushBots, we’re going to let them drive around on paper sprayed with ink, to create something like this [1]:
Can I say AWESOME!!
The GGAT workshops are normally free, but since we had to buy parts for the BrushBots, we’re asking for a £4 contribution this time to cover the costs.
Bring along…?
£4 contribution for parts (you get to take the brushbot and painting home of course!)
Some old clothes that you don’t mind getting covered in ink
Your favourite mug!
Your favourite biscuits, cupcakes, tea, coffee (we’ll have the basics, but in case you fancy something slightly more interesting… :)
Your friends, sisters, mums, cousins, daughters, colleagues… who might be interested in doing some techy stuff.
IMPORTANT!!!
We’re going to work with ink & paints, so it’s quite likely to get MESSY. PLEASE: Wear clothes (including shoes) that you don’t mind getting stains on, we’re not responsible for any ink-induced damages on your outfit! :)
Many thanks again to Madlab for letting us use their space & giant teapot! Check www.madlab.org.uk for more information & directions.
The event is completely not-for-profit and there will be only charges for the bots (which you then get to take home) – however, MadLab would be very happy to get a few donations (for the official MadLab donation cat) to keep the space running! There’s also a “Donate via PayPal” link on the MadLab page.
[1] http://artdesignwhatever.com/ArtDesignWhatever/BrushBots.html

Who

Girl Geeks, bring along anyone you like! Your friends, sisters, mums, cousins, daughters, colleagues… who might be interested in doing some techy stuff… Even boys can come if you want to bring them as your date!

1 ticket means 1 robot – if you want to work in teams, only 1 person has to get a ticket, just bring the other one along without a ticket!! (We’ve got parts for 20 bots).

What

In this workshop we’ll build (drum roll) ROBOTS!! Yesss, we’re teaming up with the HacMan boys for a “Ms HacMan” themed Girl Geek Afternoon Tea. We’re going to build so-called BrushBots from random bits and bobs, make them drive around, and probably take over the world at some point. There’s no previous knowledge needed, it’s going to be very basic, so don’t worry if you’ve never built anything like that before. There will be enough people from HacMan around to help out when you’re stuck.

After building the little BrushBots, we’re going to let them drive around on paper sprayed with ink, to create something like this [1]:

Brush Bot Van Gogh

Brush Bot Van Gogh

Can I say AWESOME!!

The GGAT workshops are normally free, but since we had to buy parts for the BrushBots, we’re asking for a £4 contribution this time to cover the costs.

Bring along…?

£4 contribution for parts (you get to take the brushbot and painting home of course!)

Some old clothes that you don’t mind getting covered in ink

Your favourite mug!

Your favourite biscuits, cupcakes, tea, coffee (we’ll have the basics, but in case you fancy something slightly more interesting… :)

Your friends, sisters, mums, cousins, daughters, colleagues… who might be interested in doing some techy stuff.

IMPORTANT!!!

We’re going to work with ink & paints, so it’s quite likely to get MESSY. PLEASE: Wear clothes (including shoes) that you don’t mind getting stains on, we’re not responsible for any ink-induced damages on your outfit! :)

Many thanks again to Madlab for letting us use their space & giant teapot!

The event is completely not-for-profit and there will be only charges for the bots (which you then get to take home) – however, MadLab would be very happy to get a few donations (for the official MadLab donation cat) to keep the space running!

[1] http://artdesignwhatever.com/ArtDesignWhatever/BrushBots.html