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We’ve had two weeks of hot debate, stimulating chat and mind-boggling facts. In each of our zones five scientists started out in the competition ready to tackle any question, but as the students voted the scientists were eliminated one by one. Today the final vote revealed the ultimate winner for each zone… The winners of I’m a Scientist Get me Out of Here are: JOE from the Brain Zone KERSTIN from the Genes Zone KATY from the Hydrogen Zone MARTIN from the Helium Zone KIRAN from the Lithium Zone Congratulations to all the lucky winners and may each of you enjoy communicating your wonderful science ideas further with your £500 prize. Hard luck and thank you to all you other clever scientists who took part, as each and every one of you contributed to the success of this year’s event. Thank you to all the wonderful teachers for your enthusiasm … Continue reading →

The pressure is really on now for the scientists, with only two days to go before the final winner is declared! Here’s a round-up of the evictions so far… On Tuesday the first round of voting closed and the scientist with the least votes in each zone was eliminated from the competition. In the Brain zone Mariana was voted off, in the Genes zone Chris was the one with the least votes, Pamela was eliminated from Hydrogen, Emily from Helium and Sarah lost out in the Lithium zone. The remaining scientists were sad to see their new friends leave, but had to work hard to ensure they survived the next round. Wednesday‘s eliminations produced some surprising results. Anne was the second scientist to leave the Brain zone, Lorna lost the contest in Genes, over in Hydrogen it was Helen who was voted off while in Helium Natalie was forced to … Continue reading →