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Highlights from 2011 Family Day

Highlights from 2011 Family Day

Family days, OISF 2011

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Highlights from 2010 Family Day

Highlights from 2010 Family Day

Family days, OISF 2010

Rockets and robots, wave power and waste re-use – it was all part of the Family Day at the 2010 Orkney International Science Festival.

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Highlights from 2009 Family Day

Highlights from 2009 Family Day

Family days, OISF 2009

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ABOUT OISF

A science festival has a radical role in developing a creative climate for a region. Here is the story of how it began, and how Orkney was involved from an early stage in the concept.

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