BA YPP e-newsletter 09/05/05
Welcome to those of you who have recently signed up to the Young People's Programme e-newsletter from the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science)
All over the UK, hundreds of thousands of people took part in science events to celebrate National Science Week 2005 (11-20 March). From Einstein Birthday parties to science extravaganzas, people of all ages were experimenting, discussing and getting their hands dirty, with even more events than last year. And if you didn’t make it to an event, you may have seen National Science Week on TV – even Paul O’Grady and Michael Parkinson carried out some special National Science Week experiments on ITV’s The Paul O’Grady Show.
The science department at Magdalen College School in Brackley held a themed activity at lunchtime every day, which included slime day, blood day, DNA day and a spaghetti challenge. Meanwhile the staff, in celebration of Einstein year, all wore Science Week T-shirts emblazoned with a picture of Einstein.
In the North East of Scotland around 8,000 from 184 schools, took part in the Highland Stag Challenge during National Science Week. The challenge involved building newspaper stags as tall as possible in teams of three in just 30 minutes!
Find out more about how BA Science Clubs got involved in National Science Week here
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2) LARGEST SCOTTISH BA CREST FINAL EVER TAKES PLACE
The 2005 Scottish Final of the BA CREST Awards took place at Dundee University on Thursday, 21st April. With 50 projects entered, 27 of them at Bronze level, this was the largest Scottish final ever.
To find out who the winners of the fair were here
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3) TOP YOUNG SCIENTIST TO REPRESENT UK AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR
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6) END OF TERM ACTIVITIES
For Young Investigators…
Here's what's coming up...
- NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK FEEDBACK
- LARGEST SCOTTISH BA CREST FINAL EVER TAKES PLACE
- TOP YOUNG SCIENTIST TO REPRESENT UK AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR
- SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE WORKSHOP
- NEWS & EVENTS
- END OF TERM ACTIVITIES
- RECOMMENDED WEBSITE
- BOOKINGS OPEN FOR THE BA FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE 2005
- BA CALLS FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC'S ATTITUDES
- LAST WORD
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1) NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK FEEDBACK
1) NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK FEEDBACK
All over the UK, hundreds of thousands of people took part in science events to celebrate National Science Week 2005 (11-20 March). From Einstein Birthday parties to science extravaganzas, people of all ages were experimenting, discussing and getting their hands dirty, with even more events than last year. And if you didn’t make it to an event, you may have seen National Science Week on TV – even Paul O’Grady and Michael Parkinson carried out some special National Science Week experiments on ITV’s The Paul O’Grady Show.
BA science clubs got involved in a range of activities to celebrate National Science Week.
The science department at Magdalen College School in Brackley held a themed activity at lunchtime every day, which included slime day, blood day, DNA day and a spaghetti challenge. Meanwhile the staff, in celebration of Einstein year, all wore Science Week T-shirts emblazoned with a picture of Einstein.
In the North East of Scotland around 8,000 from 184 schools, took part in the Highland Stag Challenge during National Science Week. The challenge involved building newspaper stags as tall as possible in teams of three in just 30 minutes!
Find out more about how BA Science Clubs got involved in National Science Week here
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2) LARGEST SCOTTISH BA CREST FINAL EVER TAKES PLACE
The 2005 Scottish Final of the BA CREST Awards took place at Dundee University on Thursday, 21st April. With 50 projects entered, 27 of them at Bronze level, this was the largest Scottish final ever.
To find out who the winners of the fair were here
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3) TOP YOUNG SCIENTIST TO REPRESENT UK AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR
This week, Gurjit Singh Sidhu is carrying with him the hopes of the UK as he represents our top young scientists at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, Arizona.
Gurjit was awarded a place at the fair, which runs from 9-13 May, after impressing judges at the BA CREST Science Fair in London back in February with his project testing equipment to measure the dose of radiation that cancer cells received during radiotherapy.
Find out more about Gurjit’s trip to ISEF here
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4) SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE WORKSHOP
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4) SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE WORKSHOP
Celebrating creativity in science and technology: how to set up a CREST award scheme for your pupils
Teachers keen to do more project work and open-ended investigations with their students may be interested to know about a course coming up at the Science Learning Centre, London on the 24th May.
The one-day course, delivered by the BA, will provide up-to-date information on the CREST award scheme, practical tips on how to manage and organise project work and hands-on experience of the sorts of investigations that students can carry out.
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5) NEWS & EVENTS
5) NEWS & EVENTS
King Edward's School, BA Young Investigators Science Club are soon to be television stars, Teachers TV film crew visited the science club in April to see the club in action. The footage will be used on the programme resources review that will be screened in May.
A BA Young Investigators Award Ceremony for schools in the North East of Scotland is being held in the Zoology Lecture Theatre at Aberdeen University on Thursday June 9th at 4.30 p.m.
A BA Science Discovery Day is being organised by SETPOINT Sussex. The event is being held at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place, mid Sussex on Tuesday 28th June.
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6) END OF TERM ACTIVITIES
If you are looking for something exciting to do towards the end of term (as relief from the end of SAT's for those of you in England and Wales) you may like to think about completing a BA CREST award.
For Young Investigators…
Staying ice cool activity (PDF 48KB)
For more activities, have a look at the BA Science Communicators example activities here
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7) RECOMMENDED WEBSITE
For more activities, have a look at the BA Science Communicators example activities here
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7) RECOMMENDED WEBSITE
NOISE (New Outlooks In Science & Engineering) is a new UK-wide campaign funded by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
It aims to raise awareness of science & engineering among young people by making these subjects more relevant and accessible. Young scientists and engineers across the UK can show you what a career in their field is all about.
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8) BOOKINGS OPEN FOR THE BA FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE 2005
It aims to raise awareness of science & engineering among young people by making these subjects more relevant and accessible. Young scientists and engineers across the UK can show you what a career in their field is all about.
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8) BOOKINGS OPEN FOR THE BA FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE 2005
Check out the great variety of events going on at the BA Festival of Science in Dublin through our searchable online programme. You can then book online through our secure booking system, or over the phone. Some of the events will sell out quickly, so be sure to take a look and reserve your place soon.
With hundreds of events taking place over the week of 3-10 September, there is certain to be plenty to appeal to everyone.
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9) BA CALLS FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC'S ATTITUDE
With hundreds of events taking place over the week of 3-10 September, there is certain to be plenty to appeal to everyone.
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9) BA CALLS FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC'S ATTITUDE
The BA has called for a better understanding of what underlies people's attitudes towards science. The call follows the survey into public attitudes towards science published by the Office of Science and Technology (OST) and MORI in March and coincides with the release of the BA's comprehensive review of research in science in society, Connecting Science (section 5 of the review focuses on Science Eduction).
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10) LAST WORD
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10) LAST WORD
Please send in any news, examples of work, photos etc which we can include in future e-newsletters. We really want to celebrate the work of our members.
This is the last ypp e-newsletter for the academic year. Have a fantastic holiday, see you in September!
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