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UPDATED website- The Life Science Centre- with new, detailed course brochures that are curriculum aligned, specific to each awarding body for GCSE and A-Level.
The Life Science Centre at Castle Head Field Centre, Grange-over-Sands exists to generate enthusiasm for science in young people and to inspire the pursuit of scientific careers. We also believe this unique opportunity helps young people develop the skills needed for employment and enterprise. We do this in response to the current shortage of quality science graduates in the UK.
| Royal Society Partnership Grants
Royal Society Partnership Grants
| STEM Ambassador Induction Booklet
To view the Ambassadors induction documents please go to the STEM Ambassadors pages on our website or alternatively follow this link to the STEM Networking Resource Pages:
| FREE science resources for teachers
The new educational resource website created by the charity Jeans for Genes. Genes Are Us teaches children about the influence that genes have on our everyday lives, from the colour of our eyes to the way our body works, grows and develops.
| Inspirational Science Learning KS 3,4 & above.
How inspired would your science students be if they could go to the North Pole, work with NASA or take part in game relocation in South Africa.
| Link to the Life Science Centre
The Life Science Centre, based at the Castle Head Field Centre in Cumbria, is open for business from September 2009.
GCSE & A level pupils will have the opportunity to work alongside scientists in an industrial standard laboratory fully equipped with state of the art equipment. They will be engaged in vocational science projects highlighting the relevance of scientific study in the classroom to the world of work and biomedical research.
| Future Morph
This website is designed to show you just some of the amazing and unexpected places that studying science, technology, engineering and maths can take you. Think of this as your basecamp, your launchpad, the door is open come on in and explore.
| STEM Challenges Launch
The STEM Challenges can be completed either in the classroom or as part of an after-school STEM Club. They will get students thinking about the real-life issues that the STEM professionals behind the scenes of the 2012 Games face on a daily basis and also give young people across the country a chance to connect with the Olympic and Paralympic Games between now and 2012.
| The James Dyson Foundation
The new James Dyson Foundation website aims to provide a wide range of free and easily accessible resources that schools and universities can use at any time. Resources like the Education Box - a disassembly and product analysis tool containing a Dyson DC22 and parts. There is also a new selection of educational videos to download online and a design engineering Teacher’s Pack that can be integrated into lessons. Visitors will also discover what designers inspire James Dyson – in Design Heroes; what is involved in engineering – in the Design Process; and learn about what it’s like to be a Dyson engineer - in our Engineering Profiles.
| Make It
Choosing the right career is a vital decision. The question is which job!
The 'Make It' things world has loads of choices - creating today's essentials - like iPods, trainers or medicines. Perhaps, more critical are the jobs developing tomorrow's - carbon-free cars, robotics or cures for disease.
It's challenging, enjoyable and rewarding - what's more, the money's better than most. Click on the links below to find out what it can offer. Meet the people and discover the jobs shaping tomorrow's world today.
| Primary, Secondary & advanced leaders award
A unique FREE opportunity for students aged between 5 and19 yrs to be recognised as ‘STEM’ Leaders for their schools and colleges.
The Leaders Award has been developed to recognise pupils who are actively
engaged in STEM projects and have a keen desire to help other pupils become
involved.
| 3M Worldly Wise
3M Worldlywise is designed to encourage more pupils at secondary school to study STEM subjects beyond GCSE to A-level and right through university.
| Survival Rivals: The Competition and win a FREE trip to the Galapagos Islands!
FOLLOWING IN DARWIN'S FOOTSTEPS: SCHOOL GROUPS OFFERED CHANCE TO WIN UNIQUE TRIP TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.
The winning students will get a once in a lifetime opportunity to undertake research accompanied by a creative practitioner.
| I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!
I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! is supported by the National Science Learning Centres as a great way to engage students with science and develop their discussion and critical thinking skills. It is funded by the Wellcome Trust.
++Info for teachers on I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!++
FREE to schools! More info and to sign up http://imascientist.org.uk/for-teachers/
Do you want to get your students engaging with real, live scientists?
Would you like some well-tested resources to help get across tricky concepts in How Science Works (HSW)?
Would you like your students to be looking forward to their science lessons?
I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! is an award-winning event, funded by the Wellcome Trust, which gets your students talking to real scientists, online. It’s been thoroughly tested in a wide range of schools and includes lesson plans, information sheets and other resources that support and deepen students learning.
Develops discussion and critical thinking skills
Covers key concepts in HSW
Gets students engaged with science
Registration now open for March event. Differentiated resources for age and ability level. Yrs 9-13.
FREE to schools! More info and to sign up http://imascientist.org.uk/for-teachers/
| The Potato Story
Introduction
Improving the health of the nation has never been more at the forefront with the government encouraging the nation to Change 4 life. School children are a natural starting point for education initiatives to help improve health; teaching children about good nutrition and healthier lifestyles will help them make more informed and better choices both now and in the future.
Some healthy eating messages are already making an impact, for example children now are more aware that they should be eating at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Where there appears to be a job to do is on understanding food provenance, with the research from the British Heart Foundation revealing 1 in 3 children do not know chips come from potatoes.
Child psychologist Richard Woolfson believes greater understanding of food provenance and preparation is crucial in teaching children about healthy eating, "Lack of food knowledge and a misunderstanding of what constitutes 'healthy food' may have a serious impact on the eating habits of children. The Potato Story is a great way of teaching kids about healthy food and where it is from, in a fun and interactive way. This will help them grow up with a good understanding of healthy eating."
| School Science - Revitalise your Science!
Science news, resources, competitions and much more!
| The second STEM Challenge
The second STEM Challenge
Do you have a team of pupils that can help design an adidas glove for canoeing, sailing or rowing?
If so, they could be in with the chance of spending the day with an Olympian!
In this challenge, adidas is challenging students to design a new glove for use by athletes in the above sports at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Students will investigate and test suitable materials for a glove and the winning glove design could even be prototyped by adidas.
This challenge provides an opportunity for any KS3 student to be a part of London 2012. The challenge should amount to no more than eight hours of work, from which students create a ten minute presentation.
The second challenge is now under way and runs until Sunday 25 April.
Team names must be registered by Monday 22 March.
| The BDAE
The Association membership consists of about 300 people who are or have been involved with or interested in the engineering disciplines. We specifically are not a professional institution though many of our members are professional engineers and as such belong also to their respective particular institutions. This means that we can extend our membership to the wider public who express a genuine interest in all things engineering.
We run a programme usually of six lectures on the third Thursday of the months of September, October, November, January, February and March. An AGM is held for members in April.
The council of the Association meets monthly. Each member of the Association is allocated to a councillor and is usually contacted once a month with information about the Association's activities. A news letter is issued annually just prior to the start of the lecture season.
The lectures have over the years covered every discipline and been at various levels of technicality. Attendance is usually between 25 and 100 at each presentation which is normally held at a suitable local hostelry so that the pre and post meeting periods form an integral part of the evening. The actual lectures start at 7.30 p.m. and last for up to an hour with up to 30 minutes questions and discussion following. Facilities such as a slide projector, OHP, video etc. are often used as aids to presentation.
The aim of the Association is and always has been to spread the engineering gospel to the wider audience and not just the committed engineer who already knows how fascinating and vital it really is.
| Life Science Centre
The Life Science Centre, Grange over Sands, Cumbria
The Life Science Centre is now taking bookings for 2010-2011 and space at the Centre in the summer term and popular periods is filling up quickly. Please contact us as soon as possible if you plan to book for next year.
Our “PCR & Gel Electrophoresis” Day Course for A Level students has proved to be extremely popular and we have received excellent feedback from pupils and teachers alike. The pupils reported that the practical sessions have helped in their understanding of the theoretical concepts and that they thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to carry out practical sessions in our super dooper lab. Teachers have found that it has helped them greatly in the delivery of the course, one teacher reporting that our one day course covers 3 chapters of the text book. Again, we are now taking bookings for next year and also have a few days available this term. Please phone us to check availability (01539 538131).
We have just introduced new Microbiology courses for KS4 and also for A Level, these are residential courses which will provide plenty of opportunity for investigation in line with How Science Works and will help you cover aspects of Microorganisms & Food, Biotechnology, Microorganisms in Health & Disease and also Antibiotics & resistance. Course brochures can be found on our website: www.thelifesciencecentre.org.uk
Finally, for those of you in deprived wards or rurally isolated areas, we have a couple of free residential courses available for 2010-2011. Please go to our website for an application form http://www.thelifesciencecentre.org.uk/application_for_funded_course.pdf
| Children Challenging Industry
This highly successful primary science programme
has been running successfully in the North West for
10 years. An advisory teacher works with your staff
& children to combine exciting, practical classroom
investigations with stories from industries.
| K'Nex Quotes from Teachers and Ambassadors
| Link to new ScienceScope website.
New ScienceScope Website
We have now launched our brand new website. The website has details of all of our dataloggers, sensors and GPS system. There are also sections on current offers, investigations and a page for downloading current versions of software.
Please follow the link below for the new website:
www.sciencescope.co.uk
Lights, Camera, Action...
We have been filming during the school holidays and are starting to publish instructional videos on 'You Tube' of how to use our products.
The first videos that we have published are 'How to use the ScienceScope RocketLogger' and 'A Titration Of Cola And Sodium Hydroxide' We will publish further video links on our website and in our newsletter.
'How To Use the ScienceScope Rocket Logger'
'A Titration Of Cola And Sodium Hydroxide'
New Volume & Gas Sensor
We have a new Volume & Gas Sensor that combines a Volume Sensor 60cc with a Volume Gas Syringe. The sensor comes with 2 interchangeable syringes.
This sensor makes the investigation of gas laws and titrations much more simple. We have produced a video demonstrating a titration using cola and Sodium Hydroxide with the new volume sensor.S1938 Volume 60cc & Gas Sensor £120 plus VAT
ScienceScope Loyalty Points Scheme
We are offering a points reward scheme. Every pound that you spend with ScienceScope will entitle your school to a loyalty point. These points can then be redeemed against selected products that we offer each month in our newsletter and on our website.
Find out your current points total
We are offering points retrospectively so our existing customers can call us to find out how many points they have accumulated and how the scheme works.
*This offer is only available to UK schools
| Circuit Ominos Guidance Notes
Please click this link to download the Circuit Ominos Guidance Notes.
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| Jame Dyson Foundation - Priduct Analysis Resources KS3,4 & 5
The James Dyson Foundation is an international charity created by James Dyson in 2002. We are dedicated to encouraging young people to think differently, make mistakes, invent and realise theier engineering potential.
| Schools into Industry - chance to win prizes
Do you want access to;
• Curriculum-mapped design project with the chance to win prizes worth £2,500
• Free interactive programme with visits to employer premises
• Register on www.theits.org.uk for further information, free schemes of work and teaching materials
| Are you interested in virtual Robots?
Design and build your own robots in the the interactive construction labs and discover the basic skills needed for becoming an expert roboteer.
| STEMNET E-Alert - Closing Dates approaching.
We’d like to invite you to engage with the following free opportunities to help inspire your students in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
| updates to the STEM Clubs and STEM Challenges websites
We applied some updates to the STEM Clubs and STEM Challenges websites earlier this week. Here’s a summary of the new features:
Clubs website
Users can now affiliate directly via the website (http://www.stemclubs.net/register) – there is no longer any need to email requests to the join address. Any remaining requests in the queue at Join@stemclubs.net will still be actioned, so there is no need to take any action if you’ve recently sent a request through. This route will remain open, but we would strongly encourage all club leaders/teachers to go via the website as it will be much more efficient.
Registration via the website will be much quicker and easier to complete and a new club leader at an un-affiliated school can be registered within a matter of minutes.
To summarise:
· A member of school staff can affiliate their club directly via the website (www.stemclubs.net/register)
· They will receive an authentication link via email which they must click on to complete their registration
· More than one club leader can be added per school (as at present), but only one will be used as the main contact
· If a main contact is no longer at the school, the STEM Clubs support team can easily change the main contact (as at present)
· New schools can be added during the sign-up process (e.g. if a school isn’t already listed, is a new academy or an independent school)
Challenges website
We’ve modified the sign-up process to allow optional entry to a challenge at the same time as registering. Therefore, a school that is new to the STEM Challenges can register and enter teams all in one go. Teachers must click on the link in the authentication email that will be sent in order to complete their registration.
We hope that these modifications will make is easier for teachers to engage with both projects. Moreover, the clubs website form will allow you to register a club leader during a face-to-face meeting. It also allows you to have real-time sign-ups at any events, conferences or meetings that you attend. It’s a really easy way to get new affiliations.
We’re always interested to hear your comments and feedback, particularly about these new features. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
| STEM Ambassadors will have extra resources to help teach pupils about sustainable living and the challenges of climate change, thanks to the latest additions to an innovative educational website.
3M Worldlywise, which is designed to support the teaching of sustainable living to 11-16 year-olds, now boasts a new geography section in addition to the existing maths and science areas. There is also a new section for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Ambassadors – working people who volunteer their time to help school pupils look at these subjects and careers from a fresh perspective.
The interactive geography section covers a wide range of topics including farming, forestry, power stations, recycling, pollution and renewable energy, whilst the STEM section takes ambassadors straight to a suite of resources that have been designed specifically for classroom activities.
John Klee, corporate communications manager for 3M, said: “These new sections will not only help sustainable living to be taught as part of the geography curriculum but also provide STEM Ambassadors with some great off-the-shelf resources, helping to minimise the preparation time needed to deliver engaging activities to pupils.”
3M Worldlywise was launched in November 2009 to support the teaching of STEM subjects and encourage more students to study them beyond GCSEs and, ultimately, on to university. To date it has attracted 40,000 visits, and 1,000 teachers have registered to access more than 60 free classroom worksheets available on the site. These have been downloaded more than 25,000 times.
The website can be found at www.3Mworldlywise.co.uk.
| Build a model racing car: An opportunity for STEM work in school
Pearson Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting resource that promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) in schools.
The 'F1 in Schools Curriculum Resource' enables students to follow the steps that a professional team would take in preparing to race a car.
It prepares students for the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, a multi-disciplinary contest in which teams of students use computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacture (CAM) software to design, analyse, manufacture, test and then race miniature balsa wood racing cars powered by compressed gas.
Intended to develop students' interest in, and knowledge of, engineering and design, the 'F1 in Schools Curriculum Resource' enables schools to run a cross-curricular project. It is an excellent way to move STEM work from after-school clubs to timetabled classroom activities, and thereby give STEM more prominence in school life.
The resource is provided online, and an annual subscription costs just £295+VAT per school. Discounts are available if several schools purchase together; please contact us for further details. You can also encourage schools in your area to subscribe by sending them the following link to an information site, which is at:
http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/fscr/
To view a brief demonstration of the 'F1 in Schools Curriculum Resource' (Bloodhound SSC), enter the user name 'demo' and the password 'password' at: http://fscr.pearson.co.uk/
To subscribe, a school should print out, complete and return the order form provided at: http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/fscr/subscribe
This edition of the 'F1 in Schools Curriculum Resource' is for the 9-14 age group and Bloodhound SSC level of the challenge; subsequent editions for the F1 Class level will be available shortly. To express your interest in editions for the 11-14 or 15-19 age group at the F1 Class level of the challenge, or for any other queries about the 'F1 in Schools Curriculum Resource', please email fscr@pearson.co.uk or call
01223 350555.
| Key Stage Solutions
Welcome to Key Stage Solutions
Key Stage Solutions is an innovative company based in the South-East of England providing learning and development opportunities across the STEM subjects for teachers, parents and students alike. If you are looking for exciting science enrichment activities, science shows and workshops, investigative science kits, or development opportunities for teachers and assistants at any Key Stage, we have the solution.
| Space Explorers Club
Space Explorer’s club meets once a month at the museum on a Saturday afternoon? It’s for 9 – 16 year olds and members of the Eddington Astronomical Society input into the sessions. See the museum website:
| I'm A Scientist - Get Me Out Of Here
I'm a Scientist, Get me out of Here! is an online event that gets school students talking to scientists online, learning about real science and How Science Works.
One of the benefits for you is that as it's online, scientists can take part without leaving the lab, so it's perfect for ambassadors who can't spare the blocks of time for school visits - or who are perhaps intimidated at the thought of speaking in a school. It's also supported by well-tested lesson plans, developed in consultation with teachers, so it really does make teachers lives easier and help them teach How Science Works. It's also a really fun event to take part in, so encourages both scientists and schools to do more in future.
In 2011 we're running events in March and June. We'll be choosing the schools to take part in the March event at the start of next term, and scientists shortly after, so please pass this info on to those you think may be interested, so they have time to sign up. This award-winning event is free to schools and funded by the Wellcome Trust.
There's information below to pass on to teachers or STEM ambassadors. Of course, feel free to get in touch if you have questions or we can help in any way.
Info for teachers
I'm a Scientist, Get me out of Here!
Do you want to get your students engaging with real scientists?
Do you want help teaching How Science Works (HSW)?
Do you want to get your students enthused about science?
Well sign up to I'm a Scientist, Get me out of Here!
FREE to schools. This is an award winning project that gets school students talking to real scientists, online, funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Your students talk to real scientists online, learn about How Science Works and vote for the scientist they think should get a grant of £500.
The event is supported by well-tested lesson plans and resources and has been developed in consultation with teachers.
Suitable for years 9-13. The next events will be in March and June 2011.
For more info, and to sign up http://imascientist.org.uk/for-teachers
| The Salters' Institute E-newsletter
2011 is about to get very busy for the staff at the Salters' Institute with the Festivals and Camps almost ready to begin once again! If you have not yet entered a team for the Salters' Festivals of Chemistry, or sent in applications for your students to participate in the upcoming Salters' Chemistry Camps, there is still time to do so
| Class Room Medics
WE HAVE A NEW BLOG!
Just before half term we launched our new blog www.classroommedicsblog.co.ukwhere will release a new blog every Wednesday morning. The last blog was on top tips for parents to help their kids in exam season where you can download a free revision planner for your pupils. Feel free to use it in your lessons at school!
There will be regular blogs on medical TV shows such as House, Holby City and Casualty as well as resources to use in lessons. If you have any requests for explanations of medical terms or have seen something you would like explained, just let me know! The best way to get the latest blog is to visit the site and sign up on the left side of the page. You will then get an email every Wednesday with the latest blog.
NEW WORKSHOPS
To link in with the Olympic Games, we have a new workshop called Sports Hall Physics where pupils can investigate and test their predictions on what is fastest. They will be able to test the speed of a nerve impulse, ball throw/kick and themselves sprinting as well as analyse how fast Usain Bolt and a BMX biker can travel. We have incorporated the formula for speed, acceleration, power and even horse power so pupils can compare themselves to top athletes and even top sports cars! The workshop is being used by Shropshire STEM as part of a project with the Bloodhound SSC (the car that is going to travel 1000mph!)
NEW KIT
We have added a couple of new pieces of kit to our workshops as well. We now have an endoscope camera for pupils to examine a false airway and lungs with! We need a name for our head/ lungs to go with Stan and his half brother 'Andy the injection arm'. Any suggestions welcome!
NEW ARRIVALS
Due to demand we now have four new workshop deliverers who are based in Wolverhampton, Manchester, Liverpool and London. We have Jemma a 2nd year medical student, Simon a physiology graduate and Max a psychology graduate. Our new recruit in Wolverhampton is my baby daughter Beatrice Louise who was born on December 9th 2010! Keep a look out on Classroom Medics TV for some special appearances very soon! (Mom and Bea are doing well for those that know me personally :-)
TOUR DATES FOR 2011/12
If you are super organised take a look at our tour dates for the 2011/12 academic year to see when we are in your area for reduced workshop costs (Midlands schools can take advantage of tour rates all year round!). We are expecting our Sports Science workshops to extremely popular for 2012 so book early!!!
As usually if you have an questions, just let me know!
Speak to you soon.
Tom & the Classroom Medics team
PS: If you are on Facebook, take a look at our facebook page and give us a thumbs up / like!
| Subsidised Day Courses - Life Science Centre
The Life Science Centre offers secondary school pupils the chance to experience what working as a biomedical scientist is really like. Students conduct hands on research investigations in an industrial standard biology lab using state of the art equipment, guided by expert scientists. Students engage practically with topics such as the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to identify breast cancer gene mutations or analysing bacterial clones to identify those that have been genetically engineered to produce human insulin. The courses provide an intense experience for groups of 12 students, placing the curriculum in a real world context, bringing it to life and promoting understanding of How Science Works. Students also participate in ethical debates.
We are delighted to let you know that we have secured a new sponsorship from AstraZeneca to allow us to offer The Life Science Centre day courses for the accessible price of £10 per student, during the summer term of 2011.
There is limited availability for these subsidies and they will be allocated on a first come first served basis. As of today 7 of 13 courses remain. They can be awarded for either GCSE or A-Level day courses. To download course brochures, please use the links below.
GCSE: http://www.thelifesciencecentre.org.uk/html/gcse_day_courses.html
A-Level: http://www.thelifesciencecentre.org.uk/html/as_a2_day_courses.html
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards
Michelle Mobbs
Director
The Life Science Centre
www.thelifesciencecentre.org.uk
Tel: 01539 538131 Mobile: 07725 693123
Castle Head Field Centre, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6QT
| Smallpeice Courses
- Current Yr 8 students (course takes place in October 2011 and students will be Yr 9), Physics in Engineering, Reed’s School, Cobham, Surrey. 20 places available.
Girls in particular, are encouraged to apply.
- Yr 9 Automotive Engineering, Coventry University. £50. 36 places available. This course is only open to students in Coventry and Warwickshire.
- Yr 9 Engineering Experience. 2 venues: Harper Adams University or University of Wolverhampton. £145. 60 places available.
- Yr 9 Marine Technology, University of Southampton. £145. 15 places available.
- Yr 9 Nuclear Marine Engineering, HMS Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire. £145. 28 places available.
- Yr 10 Electronic Engineering. University of Portsmouth. £175. 3 places available.
- Yr 10 Marine Technology, University of Strathclyde. £175. 22 places available.
- Yr 11& 12 Mobile Communications, Cardiff University. £175. 5 places available.
- Yr 11 & 12 Railway Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham. £175. 14 places available.
- Yr 12 STEM Experience, Lancaster University. £FREE. 14 places available. Widening Participation students only.
Prices include all accommodation (3 nights), meals, course materials and fully supervised social activities. Full details can be found on our website.
Teachers are advised to encourage pupils to apply as soon as possible on our website as applications are reviewed and places allocated on a first come, first served basis.
For larger courses like Marine Technology and Engineering Experience courses, teachers can send up to 10 students on the course. For our other smaller courses, teachers can send up to 5 students on the course.
Engineering Materials, Motorsport Engineering, National Grid Work Experience Week, Nuclear Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Supercomputing in Engineering, Mining & Minerals, Nanotechnology, Low Carbon Energy Challenge, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Naval Architecture are all oversubscribed.
| Free Teaching Resources from the Royal Academy of Engineering
Free teaching resources from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Perfect for KS3 students or STEM clubs
As part of the Engineering Engagement Project the Royal Academy of Engineering and STEMNET have developed a suite of high quality engineering based resources for use in your class or STEM Club.
Developed with teachers, the new resources show quick, easy and inexpensive science and engineering sessions to help inspire future generations to follow careers in science and engineering.
Each activity offers Key Stage Three curriculum links, handy hints, engineer or company profiles and tips for further work. These new and exciting resources are free to download.
Mix and match them, tailor them to suit your group and enjoy!
| What is Science for Conference
The conference will enable Secondary Teachers to engage with topical debates about the potential of today’s world, and will explore innovative and participatory teaching methods. Learn more about current issues and try out ideas for teaching them.
| Resources for Smart Resistant Materials
Pumpkin has recently released a new title on Smart Resistant Materials. The resource explores cutting edge smart materials and finds out how they are made, how they work and what their potential applications are both now and in the future. Case studies covered include; shape memory alloys and thermochromatic plastics. We also take a look at QTC and find out how it is being used by electronics companies to revolutionise touch screen technology.
The resource contains 40 minutes of video footage, teachers notes, student activities and PowerPoint. It is aimed at KS 3-5 and costs £49.
If you would like to order a copy of this resource, please go to our new website: www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk, where you can claim a 10% discount by ordering on line. Alternatively you can ring 01179 240250 and order by phone. If you want to place your order by fax, send it over on 0560 209 6668, or you can email it through on orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk.
| Biology Challenge and British Biology Olympiad 2012
| Scientists in Sport anti-doping challenge
Scientists in Sport anti-doping challenge
Five new performance-enhancing drugs have been added to the banned substance list – and it’s up to you to develop a portable kit to test whether or not an athlete has taken one of them. We’d like teams of 11-14 year olds to design and make a portable drug testing kit.
There are some fantastic prizes on offer – including up to £1000 worth of equipment for your school, official London 2012 merchandise, a tour of the anti-doping laboratory, gift vouchers for pupils … and more! Entrants will also be able to submit their work for a CREST Award.
Register your team online and receive login details to access the resources. Then follow these steps to success …
1. Using the recipes provided, make up solutions of chemicals and reagents
2. Print off the test procedure instructions so your pupils can start testing
3. Your pupils need to create a results table so they can test and identify an unknown sample and then design and make a portable test kit with instructions
4. Send for some samples and tell your pupils that they need to use their kit to identify the chemical solutions
5. Use the ‘drug metabolite profiles’ to work out if the athletes have taken a banned substance
6. Complete the entry form, with photographic or video evidence of the kit
7. Sit back and await the judges’ decision – the top teams will be invited to a Grand Final
Sign up now! www.scientistsinsport.com/challenge
We will host two Grand Finals – one at the London Science Museum and one at the Glasgow Science Centre. You can specify your preferred venue when registering your team.
Schools are welcome to enter as many teams as they wish – you’ll just have to create a different login for each team so they can access their online entry form.
GlaxoSmithKline and London 2012
Scientists in Sport is a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) schools outreach programme. GSK is the Official Laboratory Services Provider for London 2012. It has formed a partnership with King's College London (KCL) to provide facilities and equipment to enable KCL to operate a World Anti-Doping Agency accredited laboratory. During Games times, the lab will operate all day every day. More than 6000 samples will be tested – more than any other Olympic Games – helping to make London 2012 the cleanest Games possible.
Want to know more?
Register for the Scientists in Sport anti-doping challenge:
• www.scientistsinsport.com/challenge
For more free resources and CREST project ideas:
• www.scientistsinsport.com/resources
| In the Zone Welcome Trust
| The Bosch Technology Horizon Awards 14-18 Years
The Bosch Technology Horizon Awards 14 – 18 Age Group (UK)
The Bosch Technology Horizons Award, supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering is now open for entries. The aim of the award is to create an interest for engineering amongst young people and to encourage them to consider engineering as a potential career in the future.
The competition is open to all young people between the age of 14 to 18, and entrants need to write a 500 word essay answering just one of two engineering related questions. The winner will receive £700 and second place will receive £300, and there are five prizes of £150 each.
In 2011, Felicity Harer won with an essay on “What role can engineers play to ensure a greener world in the next 125 years?”. Her essay is available online.
The deadline for entries is the 20th April 2012.
http://www.bosch.co.uk/technologyhorizons/14-18/
| Technology4Good Awards - now open!
The UK Technology4Good Awards celebrate the many ways that technology contributes to the greater good in categories such as innovation and community impact, volunteering and fundraising.
CTT is pleased to be the key sponsor for the Innovation Category at this year's Technology4Good Awards, which are open to any individual or an organisation.
The aim of the Innovation Award, is to honour organisations or individuals that are using existing technology in innovative and effective ways to help meet the needs of others. Technology can be used to increase an organisation’s overall efficiency, to reach members of society or to provide a service for a community or specific individuals.
For example, a charity using standard business software to help visually impaired people to pay bills and read their post, or a community organisation helping individuals with disabilities to connect with each other and the wider community through social networking and online communities.
The Technology4Good Awards are free to enter and the deadline for submission is 18th May 2012.
What are you waiting for? Enter your nomination now!
| The British Science Festival Student Bursary Scheme
The British Science Festival Student Bursary Scheme enables institutions to offer one or more students the chance to experience the British Science Festival in person.
The British Science Festival is the largest annual public science event in Europe presenting the latest science, technology and engineering with over 250 events, activities, exhibitions and trips taking place over the week. The British Science Festival is unique among science festivals in the UK as it moves around the country and in the last few years has taken place in Liverpool, Guildford, Birmingham and Bradford.
This year the Festival will take place in Aberdeen from 4th -9th September, hosted by the University of Aberdeen with events taking place on campus and throughout the city. The theme for the 2012 Festival is ‘Energising minds’ with all of the events featured tailored for non-specialists, as are the debates, exhibitions and social events - which form an important part of the experience. For more information about the Festival please visit www.britishsciencefestival.org.
About the package:
Each bursary costs £350 and the package includes:
•Accommodation for 7 nights (Monday 3rd – Sunday 9th September 2012)
•Breakfast each morning
•Daily vouchers for lunch Tuesday - Sunday and dinner Monday – Sunday
•The opportunity to attend some of the headline events as VIP audience and free tickets to some pay for events
Each institution or company can purchase either one or a number of the bursary packages. You can do this by completing a student bursary order form. To guarantee a place, order forms must reach the British Science Association by 6 July 2012.
For more information, bursary order forms and information about the British Science Festival please visit www.britishscienceassociation.org/studentbursary.
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