In all, 3,100 young students from 25 schools who packed the auditorium were left screaming for more as Japanese scientific “edutainer,” Soichi Nishimura converted textbooks theories into a series of action-packed experiments.

Nishimura demonstrated the principle of aerodynamics through a boomerang that sailed across the length of the auditorium and back. But the highlight of the show was a series of short new experiments called Science Jugglery on the theories of absorption and of specific gravity.

To explain the theory of absorption, Nishimura lined the inside of a vase with highly-absorbent polymeric material. He then poured water into the vase and overturned it – students were audibly thrilled when the water didn’t fall out of the vase. Explaining its benefits in everyday life, Nishimura showed how this theory was put to practical use in products such as disposable diapers. The show ended with the ever popular finale that highlighted the principles of conductivity and static electricity. The young audience throughout the auditorium linked hands thereby experiencing a collective jolt as static electricity passed through the human chain.

 “We are very pleased that Sony brought the Sony Science Show back to Dubai for a fourth consecutive year. This will go a long way in raising interest in science amongst Dubai’s school children, which, according to Sony’s recent survey, is already quite significant,” said Taha Ahmed Alhamri, Acting Director, Administrative Services Unit, Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority. “I would also like to encourage schools to take up this example and look at how creatively they can engage their students through interactivity and edutainment.”

Osamu Miura, Managing Director, Sony Gulf FZE, said: “Our recent poll of Dubai’s school children revealed that as many as one-in-four have career ambitions in science and that it is the favourite subject of a significant number of students. Judging from the excited faces of the children attending this year’s Sony Science Show, we are pleased to be contributing to this growing interest in science.”