Yearly Archives: 2010

I’m sure you are all on the edge of your seats to find out who’s taking part in the next I’m a Scientist event, so here they are! We are having five ‘zones’ in March (in each zone there are five scientists, talking to 20 classes of students, with one prize up for grabs in each zone). Two of these zones have a theme (the Genes Zone and the Brain Zone) and the other are general, with a broad mix of scientists. The general zones are named after elements. The themed zones are a new thing we are trying out for this event, and teachers seem to really like the idea, so I think they’ll turn out well. The event runs 15th – 26th March, and you can watch everything that happens on the website.  Only the students taking part can ask questions, chat to the scientists and vote, but … Continue reading →

I’m getting a lot of requests from teachers for more info about the next event, so I thought I should put up the answers here and save people writing to me. Not that I mind people writing to me, I hasten to add, but hopefully this will save time all round. When is the event? Teacher registration closes: 9th Feb – we will let everyone know that day if they have been selected Scientist registration closes: 19th Feb – we will let everyone know that day if they have been selected Event begins: March 15th Event ends: March 26th The event lasts for two weeks. The first week is ‘getting to know the scientists’ week, the second week is chucking them off week:-D. We have evictions almost every day in week two, with the winner in each zone being announced on the Friday. Where is the event? It’s online! You … Continue reading →

This is a weird moment. I can’t quite believe I’m actually doing it. I am now declaring registrations open for the first full scale I’m a Scientist event! We are ready to hear from classes and scientists who want to take part in I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! 2010. Teachers should register here. Scientists should register here. Getting us this far has taken a large proportion of my professional life for the last three years. Too large a part, Mr McCracken would say. It’s also taken loads of work from dozens of  other people – the lovely (and long-suffering)  teachers panel, all the previous participants, the people who’ve worked with us and the many people who’ve supported us. I’m proud of what we’ve done. Thank you everyone. The event this year is going to be amazing. But I tell you what, if I’d known what hard work … Continue reading →

This is just a quick post to keep you all in the loop. My pre-publicity has obviously been too successful and I keep being contacted by people who want more info about taking part in the event this year! We will be running two I’m a Scientist events this year (details below). If everything goes to plan we will open registrations on Friday this week (22nd Jan). March event | 15th-26th | 5 zones | 25 scientists | 100 classes June event | 14th – 25th | 20 zone | 100 scientists | 400 classes If you just can’t wait to let us know you want to take part, then feel free to email me (sophia@gallomanor.com), but it will just mean I send you an email on Friday telling you how to register:-). There’s more info about the event here, but, of course, if you’ve got more questions then get … Continue reading →