Go to www.imascientist.org.uk for the event website.
Just to let you all know that now that schools are back, we’ve posted out I’m a Scientist mugs to all the teachers who took part in the pilot event. They are just a little thank you for your support and the effort you put in to make the event a success. We really couldn’t have done it without you. Hope you like them!
Feel free to liven up the blog by sending us photos of yourselves with your mugs:-)
Here in the office we’re busy getting ready for ‘I’m a Councillor, Get me out of Here!’, which will be in October, for Local Democracy Week. I’m a Councillor is the event I’m a Scientist is based on, and we’ve been running it for five years now. If any of you know Citizenship or Politics teachers who might be interested in the event, then point them in the direction of the information for teachers on our website. The council needs to sign up (to volunteer some councillors), but we have a list of which councils are doing it, and who would be organising it at each council.
A crateload of very stylish “I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here” mugs just arrived at Gallomanor HQ. Mugs are on the way, as a small thank you present, to scientists, teachers, and friends of IAS. More info (and pictures) after the cut.
In other news, the final evaluation report is nearly finished and will be available soon.
So much so, we suggest you have other people’s say too! Or, to put it another way, the government are running a consultation on how to increase the engagement between science and society, and you can join in. Read the rest of this entry »
BBC Radio Oxford interviewed Dr. Liv Hibbitt this week. You can listen to the interview, hear all about Liv’s experience of I’m a Scientist, her gene therapy research, who could beat Chuck Norris in a fight, and find out why Marmite is better in New Zealand.
Cheers, Liv!
If you can’t listen to MP3s on your computer, drop me an email (ben@imascientist.org.uk) and I will send you a written transcript of the interview.
Audio courtesy of BBC Oxford 95.2FM. Their website is www.bbc.co.uk/oxford
(apologies for last week’s broken link… it works now, honest!)
Moderating I’m a Scientist was like driving through a terrific summer storm. Now the chatrooms have cleared, and emails have slowed to a patter, it’s time to venture out and take stock. Goodbye, question and answer sessions; hello, feedback forms! My favourite feedback response so far: “The scientists SEEM like normal people but I can’t be quite sure…” - thanks to imwithstupid for that comment.
Well, the event is all over now (bar the evaluation…) and the students have spoken. The winners of the first ever I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! are:-
GCSE 1 - Jenny Barnes
GCSE 2 - Ian Walker
6th Form - Nick Dickens
Thanks so much to everyone for taking part. The votes were all really close, the scientists all did great jobs, and the students and teachers had such enthusiasm and energy.
We’re off to the pub now to celebrate. And then I, personally, plan to sleep all weekend! Although I do feel a bit sad it’s over.
The event has been going great and we’re all having a lot of fun. We’re amazed at how busy it is, and what great questions and answers we are seeing. The students, the teachers and of course, the scientists are all total stars. Some of my favourite questions so far:-
The site for the pilot event is www.imascientist.org.uk, please update your bookmarks.
http://imascientist.org.uk/ will continue to point to this blog.
Please go and have a look at the site! If you are not one of the participants you are very welcome to enter the site as a guest, and have a look around. Many of the scientists have got their info up already, and there are also lots of teaching materials, which are free for anyone to use.
Sorry about the delay everyone. The site will be going live in the next hour, but it can take up to 24 hours for the domain change to propagate around the internet.
If you can read this then you are not accessing the new site yet.
It may be tomorrow before you see the new site at this address.
Teachers: In the meantime, you can use the info sheets and the lesson plans (e.g. IVF debate) which do not require the site.
I’m a Scientist is a science dialogue and engagement event which gets young people talking to real scientists online.
The I’m a Scientist site and event is published by Gallomanor Communications Ltd and supported by the Wellcome Trust.
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