Frisbees in the snow

Register a National Science & Engineering Week School Event or Activity
1. Would you like your event or activity to appear on the National Science & Engineering Week event and activity map?: 
Yes
2. Name of school/organisation: 
Loughborough University
3. Event / activity title: 
Frisbees in the snow
5. Event or activity description (max 300 words): 

This workshop provides an opportunity to see first-hand the fabrication method for a frisbee (injection moulding) and the temperature effect on the performance of plastics in our industrial-scale processing plant. We will then rise to the challenge of demonstrating polymer processing in a lecture room! The workshop includes hands-on demonstrations of real-world processing, such as making a plastic bag from a milk bottle and hand moulding a low melting point polymer.

6. Type of event / activity (tick all that apply): 
Workshop
7. Keywords: 
Materials Science
8. Event start and end date and time: 
Wednesday, 20 March, 2013 - 09:00 to 12:00
9. Other timing notes: 
This is a morning session which may last two hours. Times are negotiable.
10. Your organisation/event website: 
www.lboro.ac.uk
11. Venue of the event/activity: 
Loughborough University
12. Venue address: 
Loughborough university
Loughborough
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
14. What age groups is it open to?: 
14–16 year olds
15. How many pupils will this reach in total?: 
20
16. Would you like to request a National Science & Engineering Week Marketing Pack?: 
Yes
Would you like you event to appear on our events map?: 
Yes
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Loughborough university
Loughborough
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
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