Dallas does Sheffield

Today was bank holiday Monday. Cleverly socialism gives us this day off to nurse hangovers. As someone who has never ever had a hangover ever, not even a weeny one, I knew that I'd be fresh and able to have an enjoyable day with my son and friends. We applied for tickets for BBC Bang Goes the Theory live which was being held in Sheffield.




The stage show was great: lots of groany jokes and some fairly stupendous explosions. We had seen a few of the experiments when we went in Manchester before Christmas but a big rocket is going to be a hit with a 9 year old boy (and a 40 year old Mum) whatever. This time nearly the whole team were there: Jem Stansfield, Dallas Campbell and Dr Yan.








The real strength of these BBC roadshows is that they let kids learn complicated scientific concepts in a fun interactive way. Afterwards my son got to learn the basics of jet propulsion by playing with a beach ball




And how our optic nerves and brains process information via the use of some 3D glasses with a missing lens and a pendulum




There was also a free site outside where you got to make your own electricity via pedal power and deep freeze bubbles on dry ice.








Also there were a lot of sports science experiments. I can stay in the air during a jump for .365 seconds. I'm 40. I think that's pretty good. My son was better.




Oh, we got to meet Dallas Campbell too. Something for the kids, something for the mums...




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