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I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! is an award-winning event, funded by the Wellcome Trust.

FREE to schools! Get your students talking to real scientists online! I’m a Scientist is designed to help teachers deliver the How Science Works (HSW) curriculum and bring real science to life for your students.

• Develops discussion and critical thinking skills
• Covers key concepts in HSW
• Gets students engaged with science
• Lesson plans, info sheets, and resources for different ages and ability levels, between years 9 – 13

Students can:
ASK questions
CHAT to scientists
Then VOTE for the one they think deserves the prize

As one teacher told us after the pilot event, “They worked really hard during this event, but they didn’t seem to think of it as work.” You can read more about what teachers, students and scientists thought about the pilot in our evaluation report.

Open to all schools, or other educational settings, in the UK or Republic of Ireland.

The event has been successfully used in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: in mainstream schools, sixth form colleges, special schools, pupil referral units and other non-mainstream educational settings.

It may sound like we are claiming it’s the magic event that can do everything, but the activity is very flexible because so much of the activity is pupil-led (e.g. they ask the questions they want to). This means different age groups, ability levels, and backgrounds all get something out of it.

An award-winning science enrichment and engagement activity.

Want to know more?

FAQs

Teachers’ notes, lesson plans, debate kits etc

Information sheets

Teacher answer sheets (answers to the information sheets)

All our resources are free for anyone to use! Whether you are taking part in the event or not, click these links to download lesson plans, information sheets, and teaching materials, including ones submitted by our fantastic teachers.

Hurry- register your interest for events in 2011, go to http://imascientist.org.uk/teacher-registration/

The next events will run in March 2011 and June 2011.