TAIT Hall in Kelso is preparing to host The SCI-FUN Roadshow as part of the currents Borders Science Festival this weekend, writes Reagan MacQueen.

SCI-FUN, presented by the University of Edinburgh, takes the experience of a science centre directly to local communities and secondary schools.

The aims of the scheme are to encourage more young people to consider taking Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within their future subject choice mix, and for everyone in society to have a greater appreciation of the role STEM in everyday life.

These goals are really important given the imminent data-science opportunities at the heart of Edinburgh City Region Deal which includes the Scottish Borders region.

The show, which will take place from 10.30am until 3.30pm this Saturday (May 19), contains a range of around fifty interactive activities suitable for the whole family that allows visitors to discover a variety of ideas from across the sciences.

Activities include; seeing a hole in your hand, solving a crime, understanding why a twenty-pence piece is the shape it is, exploring animal tracks, separating (fake) blood, seeing objects apparently roll uphill, and even using a spinning chair to introduce angular momentum.

There is also an array of illusions and problem-solving activities to get thinking about how we see and understand the world around us.

For more information, visit www.scifun.ed.ac.uk or www.liveborders.org.uk/BSF2018