| Friday 3 September |
| 10:00:00 am 11:00:00 am | Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall |
| THE MOST IMPORTANT PROCESS ON THE PLANET |
The ultimate source of energy for all life on earth is the sun. The process of photosynthesis builds up plants – with oxygen as a rather useful by-product for us. As part of a schools science collaboration with UHI, Dr Paul Beaumont of the Scottish Schools Equipment Research Centre explains the process – and gives some colourful demonstrations.
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Part of UHI Science Day
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| 11:30:00 am 12:30:00 pm | Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall |
| NEW CROPS FOR THE NORTH |
Orkney College UHI's Agronomy Institute is investigating several promising options. Bog myrtle (sweet gale) is in demand for pharmaceutical oil. Ornamental plants used in Scandinavian gardens are another area of research. Dr Geoff Sellers and Dr Xianmin Chang report.
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Part of UHI Science Day
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| 1:00:00 pm 1:05:00 pm | Peedie Kirk, Kirkwall |
| The One O'Clock Toast |
Today's toast, to the mapmaker Murdoch Mackenize, is given by Rev. Jack Muir. Lunches with soup and Orkney fare are served in the Peedie Kirk from 12.30 pm.
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| 2:00:00 pm 3:00:00 pm | Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall |
| IS CLIMATE REALLY CHANGING? |
A look back over the past 400,000 years with Prof. John McClatchey of the Environmental Research Institute at North Highland College UHI: the evidence of climate change and its causes in the past, changes measured by instruments over the last 150 years – and what the next 100 years may hold for us.
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Part of UHI Science Day
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| 3:30:00 pm 4:30:00 pm | Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall |
| DIGGING DEEPER |
Current archaeological research projects at Orkney College UHI are applying various scientific techniques to open new windows into Orkney's past. Researchers report on the insights that are emerging from them.
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Part of UHI Science Day
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| 5:00:00 pm 6:00:00 pm | Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall |
| SCIENCE AT WAR IN ORKNEY |
Geoffrey Stell with the story of a range of technologies that gathered intelligence and defended Scapa Flow. World War I saw the use of electricity, wireless and telegraphy, under water as well as on land. In World War II there was radar, in networks of stations and at sea; rockets and hydrogen-filled balloons; underwater indicator loops and remotely-controlled minefields.
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Sponsored by The Orcadian
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| 7:30:00 pm 10:00:00 pm | King Street Hall, Kirkwall |
| STEAMING TO THE FUTURE |
It has produced some of the world's most beautiful engines – and its clean and energy-efficient qualities may now bring it to the fore again. Lyndon Shearman and Derek Rayner present an evening of news and films on the comeback of steam in various countries, on rail and also road; and Dennis Whittaker describes the operation of a wood-fuelled steam launch. And you can sample at the interval some engine drivers' cake and Victorian lemonade.
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Organised by Orkney Vintage Club in association with Old Glory magazine
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| 7:30:00 pm 10:00:00 pm | South Ronaldsay and Burray Parish Church |
| THE SHIFTING SANDS AT THE CHURCHILL BARRIERS |
Currents have changed, and sand has built up a new landscape. Dr Katherine Selby of the University of York explains the process. Julian Branscombe of SFLPS describes how wildlife has colonised the dunes.
With photographs of the Barriers over the past 70 years, and refreshments afterwards. Admission free.
A site visit from Barrier No 4 takes place tomorrow morning (Saturday 4) at 10.30 am.
For further information contact Anne on (01856) 873535 ext 2882 or Joyce on ext 2883.
Organised by the Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership Scheme (SFLPS)
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