The Powerof Light
We took a 3x6m gazebo into the central courtyard of the Southgate shopping centre in Bath for Saturday 26th September 9am-7pm. The main focus was an activity building a hand-held spectroscope using a...
View ArticleNappy Science Gang
Nappy Science Gang is a user-led citizen science project for parents who use reusable (cloth) nappies, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society for Chemistry. The project ran from March 2015...
View ArticleThe Nazare Wave: a trigger for learning
The principal [tangible] result project The Nazare Wave: a trigger for learning is a 5-minute movie entitled The Nazare Wave available at the YouTube platform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIM3bSRaaeI
View ArticleAverage Human
The Average Human was a multi-sensory installation taking science directly to a busy city centre cinema and exhibition complex. Visitors went on a journey of discovery into the daily nutrition, sleep...
View ArticleThe Beaches of Cascais: past and present
An outdoor science-based exhibition. Twenty-eight large prints (2x1m) showed the same beach as captured by old and recent photographs, with the images displayed side-by-side. One print displayed a map...
View ArticleI'm an Engineer, Get me out of here – Ingenious Grant
This Ingenious Grant allowed us to exceed many of our objectives and connect 2,047 students from 55 schools with 25 engineers. 89% of the students who logged in actively engaged with the site. There...
View ArticleNASA in Aberdeen: Inspiring the Next Generation
Aberdeen Science Centre brought together a steering group of various companies and STEM Learning providers in Aberdeen including; the Society of Petroleum Engineers (Aberdeen Section), Energy...
View ArticleSTEM Clubs
Each STEM Club is organised in blocks of 6 weeks, running on either a Sunday morning or Wednesday after school. There is a changing 6 week programme, with families invitied to attend the last session...
View ArticleI'm a Biomedical Engineer
We ran 8 zones, distributed across four events, including five engineers and an average of 391 students in each. • 2 zones in I’m an Engineer June 2014: Food Zone, and Health Zone • 2 zones in I’m an...
View ArticleI'm an Engineer, Get me out of here – Ingenious Grant
All six zones were delivered. Three additional engineers (33 total) were involved after a decision to increase the number of engineers in each zone from five to six. More than 2,800 students from 78...
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