Science
| Meeting time | Monthly 4th Thursday 10:00am-12:00 noon |
| Venue | Springwood Community Centre, Waterlooville (see map)
Out and about field trips |
| Enquiries | For more information or to join this group : Email groups@waterloovilleu3a.org.uk Use our contacts page Or visit the Groups table at any Coffee Morning or General Meeting If the group is full, your name can be added to the Waiting List and you will be offered a space when you reach the top. |
The Science group dates back to the foundation of Waterlooville u3a in 2006. For several years meetings had taken place in members’ homes, moving to meet in Cowplain Business Centre in 2016 in response growing membership but in 2017 a larger meeting room was needed as our membership passed 25 and we now meet at the Sacred Heart.
Most meetings take place on the fourth Thursday of each month with group members taking turns to talk on a scientific or engineering topic of which they either already had background knowledge, or on a subject they have researched specially for the talk. However, we occasionally invite an outside specialist speaker and sometimes arrange visits to local sites of scientific interest.
Any Waterlooville u3a member interested in the activities of the Science Group should contact Group Liaison (see above) to arrange attendance at a "taster" meeting. Group members are expected to share the costs of hiring meeting rooms and any speakers - this is kept to a minimum.
The 2024 schedule is as follows :
| DATE | VENUE | TOPIC | Speaker/Organiser |
| 25th Jan | Springwood | Semi-Conductor Microchips | Bob Jarman |
| 22nd Feb | Springwood | Amateur Ham Radio | Robin Brown |
| 21st March | Springwood | Climate Change | Martin Diaper |
| 25th April | Springwood | Chip Wars | Bob Jarman |
| 23rd May | Springwood | Could we live anywhere else? | Lindy Bryant |
| 27th June | Springwood | A Dinosaur Question | Pat Chalmers |
| 25th July | Springwood | Parker Probe | Carol Bryan |
| AUGUST | SUMMER BREAK | ||
| 26th Sept | Springwood | Cryobiology | Martin Diaper |
| 24th Oct | Springwood | Moons in our Solar System | Lindy Bryant |
| 28th Nov | Springwood | Light and Photography | Judith and John Cook |
| DECEMBER | CHRISTMAS BREAK | ||
| 2025 | |||
| 23rd Jan | Springwood | Cholesterol | Carol Bryan |
| 28th Feb | Springwood | When Life nearly died | Bob Jarman |
To see what we've covered in previous years, click on a year below :