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Celebrate National Science Week
As part of National Science Week, Portsmouth's Blue Reef Aquarium is inviting younger visitors to try their hand at becoming marine biologists for the day.
Until Sunday March 15 all visitors to the aquarium will be able to take part in a series of free science-based activities and talks.
Among the activities on offer are Shark Science Workshops, demonstrations, observational experiences, quizzes and competitions.
Organiser Jenna MacFarlane explains: 'National Science Week is an annual event to celebrate science, highlight its importance to our every day lives and, hopefully, get more people interested in the sciences in general.
'As part of the event we are undertaking a series of fun and entertaining observational experiments and activities around the aquarium.
'In the Shark Science Workshops younger visitors will be able to learn about what makes sharks function; how they hunt, how they float and how they move. They'll also find out how scientists can tell different sharks apart.
'There will be the chance to examine a selection of shark teeth, jaws and skin with magnifying glasses and to try out some shark identification of their own with our resident native and tropical shark species,' she adds.
The Shark Science Workshops will take place daily at 1.30pm throughout National Science Week until Sunday.
The aquarium, on the seafront at Southsea, is open from 10am every day with last admission at 5pm.
Admission costs 9 for adults and 7 for children. Call (023) 9287 5222 for further details.
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