Infectious Diseases Report – June 2014 – About I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here

Infectious Diseases Report – June 2014

The Infectious Diseases Zone had a high number of fast-paced and intense live chats, as a result of over 400 students from 9 schools taking part. The students were really interested to learn more about how microbes can affect our health. Given that one of the scientists’ research interest was in Human Papilloma Virus, students got the perfect opportunity to ask questions about STD’s that they might shy away from asking in a different context. The scientists in the zone were particularly good at handling cheeky questions and comments from the students.

Download the complete report here.

Posted on July 16, 2014 by modangela in 2014, Zone Reports. Comments Off

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What is I’m a Scientist?

I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here is an online activity where school students get to meet and interact with scientists.

It’s a competition between scientists, where the students are the judges.

Students challenge the scientists over intense, fast-paced, online live Chats. Then they Ask the scientists all the questions they want to, and Vote for their favourite scientist to win a prize of £500 to communicate their work with the public.