GALLERY: National Science Week kicks off

by | Jul 30, 2013

  • YUM: Karabo Mashiloane, 3rd year Chemistry serves Amasi ice-cream which was a hit, with people queuing up to taste the delicacy. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

  • WHAT'S COOKING?: Sinayo Ndwabu, 3rd year Chemistry mixes Amasi, sugar, yoghurt, vanilla essence and liquid nitrogen to make ice-cream in just 5 minutes. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

  • Where's your head at? Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

  • THE SKULLS: Lizanne le Grange, MSc Paleoanthropology points out the differences among anatomically modern humans, archaic humans and neanderthals. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

  • STICK INSECTS: Macleay's Stick insects do not look like sticks but resemble dead leaves. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

  • Just chilling. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

  • PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES: Kamani Murugan,MA in Pharmaceutics (right) explains how polymer beads are formed, into which non-specific drugs are trapped to administer to patients. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

  • GAME ON: Students can try out different board games, such as Xhi (above) to test their strategic and mathematical skills. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

  • SCIENCE WIZ: Witsies test their general science knowledge and stand to win prizes courtesy of Samsung. PhotoL Pheladi Sethusa

  • UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Wits' first hybrid car on display at Senate House Concourse. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa

By Mia Swart and Pheladi Sethusa.

This week is National Science Week in South Africa. Wits Senate House Concourse is playing host to a number of stalls during the week, to showcase some great innovations by young scientists at Wits.