Welcome to those of you who have recently signed up to the Young People's Programme e-newsletter from the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science)
Here's what's coming up...
- BA CREST SCIENCE FAIR 28th FEBRUARY 2005
- NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK REMINDER!
- SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE WORKSHOPS
- NEWS FROM MEMBERS - MID GLAMORGAN SCHOOLS
- ACTIVITY - DELICATE EGGS
- RECOMMENDED WEBSITE
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY EDUCATION OUTREACH - TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR
- THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY - SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY COURSES
- LAST WORD
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1) BA CREST SCIENCE FAIR 28th FEBRUARY 2005
Projects as varied as studying students’ attitudes to vaccination, developing a hepatitis B genotyping tool and designing a bridal gown for actress Liv Tyler were amongst those awarded prizes at the prestigious national BA CREST Science Fair. The fair, held at the Royal Society, London, on 28 February, showcased science and technology projects from students aged 11-18 across the UK and was described by host Vivienne Parry as the “science Oscars”.
The fair brings together the best students from the BA CREST Regional finals and 15-19 year old self-nominated students, all of whom have carried out outstanding science,engineering and technology projects.
At the fair, budding scientists presented their projects to a panel of judges including scientists, educators and science journalists, and could win trips to prestigious international science fairs.
View the full list of prizewinners here
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2) NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK REMINDER!
National Science Week 2005 (11-20 March) was launched today. There will be controversy, explosions, laughter, debate, experiments and cups of tea over the forthcoming week.
Visit the programme online to see what’s on in your area – with almost a thousand events up and down the UK, there’s bound to be something close to you. And if there isn’t, there is a wealth of resources on the website for you to do your own activities at home.
UNIVERSE
The Universe poetry competition, which invited people to submit poems on the themes of time, space and energy, proved a phenomenal success, with over 2,000 poems submitted.
Read the winning poems here
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3) SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE WORKSHOPS
The BA’s Young People’s team is keen to share its practice with teachers and, hot on the heels of our workshops at the Association for Science Education Annual Meeting in Leeds, we will be holding two workshops at the Science Learning Centre, London. The workshops are on:
RUNNING A SCIENCE CLUB: PROMOTING INVESTIGATION WORK IN SCIENCE AT KS1, KS2 AND KS3
15th March 2005
A successful science club can motivate and encourage children of all ages and abilities and promote the development of pupils' investigative skills (Sc1). This interactive session looks at the resources available, provides practical advice on how to get started and provides hands-on experience using activities taken from the BA's First Investigators and BA Young Investigators awards.
FEE: Maintained Schools: £100; Others: £250
DURATION: 1 Day
CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: HOW TO SET UP A CREST AWARD SCHEME FOR YOUR PUPILS
24th May 2005
Open-ended investigations give students a flavour of science in the real world, build problem solving, practical and communication skills and motivate students of all ages and abilities. This course provides up-to-date information on BA CREST and similar schemes as well as hands-on experience of what such project work entails.
FEE: Maintained Schools: £100; Others: £250
DURATION: 1 Day
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4) NEWS FROM MEMBERS - Mid Glamorgan Schools
Three award ceremonies have been held to celebrate the success of hundreds of BA First Investigators in Mid Glamorgan Schools. Assembly Members, Directors of Education and local dignitaries join in the celebrations to present the children with their certificates in recognition of their achievement.
Mid Glamorgan Eduation Business Partnership organises the ceremonies and will arrange a further three award ceremonies in June for BA Young Investigators. Last year 20% of certificates awarded in the UK were presented to children from Mid Glamorgan Schools.
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5) ACTIVITY
Delicate eggs activity (PDF 41KB)
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6) RECOMMENDED WEBSITE
Yucky Kids is part of Discoverykids.com. It is a really fun site exploring the Yucky side of science, which will no doubt entertain both children and adults. Test your skills with Whack-A- Roach. Find out all you need to know about barfing, belching, and blackheads! Plus mad scientist fun in Yucky Labs!
In the 'Teacher Center' section of the site you will find 'Yucky' teaching units including classroom activities (for 8-14 year olds KS2-3), which correlate with the science topics on the Yucky Site.
Discovery Kids is dedicating a whole week’s worth of programmes to science, to mark National Science Week 2005. Running from 14 – 18 March, Science Frenzy will include a week of Discovery Kids’s most popular science-related programming.
To view the schedule of Science Frenzy programmes please visit here.
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8) LAST WORD
We want to hear about what our members are up to! Please send in any news, examples of work, photos etc which we can include in future e-newletters. We want to celebrate the work of our members.
The next newsletter will be emailed on 15/02/05.
Finally the YPP Team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Have fun!