World Water Day is a themed day instituted by the UN that is observed on March 22 each year. The goal is to reach young people with information about water issues and arouse commitment to water-related problems.
This year the theme is “Water and gender” and at Vattenhallen we are highlighting this through themed activities, researcher meetings, free screenings in the Planetarium and experiments in our chemistry lab! We are celebrating all weekend – see the program here!
SUNDAY'S PROGRAM:
1:00 PM-3:00 PM Craft corner with Fredens Hus on the main stage
Join us and solve puzzles about water, watch short films, read a comic book or paint an invention that will save the oceans. For you between 5-9 years old. Fredens Hus' project Water, water, water has met with 290 classes and worked on issues about water and sustainability.
1:30 PM-5:00 PM Microscope for rotifers, green algae and other microorganisms!
Vombsjön is one of Skåne's largest lakes, located between Lund and Sjöbo. The lake is approximately 12 square kilometers in size and is used as a drinking water source for large parts of the region. Vombsjön has a rich population of planktonic algae as well as aquatic and floating leaf plants.
Meet water scientist Per Wilhelmsson and look at some of the microorganisms that live in Lake Vombsjön!
3:00 PM Water show
Join our students as they perform a show about water and other liquids on the big stage. What is carbon dioxide ice and what happens when liquid nitrogen meets boiling water? And how are currents formed? You will learn that and much more in our water show! At 15.00-17.00 Experiment in the chemistry lab
3:00 PM-5:00 PM Experiment in the chemistry lab!
Put on your lab coat and step into our chemistry lab for an exciting climate lab!
No tickets needed, first come, first served.
Theme activities
Mix your own soap bubbles and make a density tube in the red corridor. Try building a water wheel at the hydroelectric power plant!
Free viewings in the Planetarium
The planetarium has shows at 1:00 PM (English show) and 2:00 PM and 2:45 PM, and shows the show “The World of Coral Reefs”. Free on this day for those with an entrance ticket. Recommended age from 5 years.
On Sundays at 13.00 p.m. we offer a show in English in the planetarium. This Sunday we show "Expedition Reef" because of World Water Day, its free of charge if you have an entrance ticket to Vattenhallen.
Do not miss to go on a guided tour of our exhibition about the Intestinal Canal! Free tickets are distributed at the box office, limited number of places - first come, first served.
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