What Sophia Pells did with her prize money…
Sophia was voted the winner of the Nuclear Zone in March 2019. She used her £500 prize money to teach students about the role of nuclear physics in medicine. If you’d like the chance to win funding for your own public engagement work, apply for the next I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here: https://imascientist.org.uk/scientists I have used the money to build a moving model of a SPECT scanner to teach students about the role of nuclear physics in medicine. I initially planned to build the model out of Lego but found it was cheaper and easier to use 3D-printed components. The model is powered by Rasperberry Pis and Arduinos so also teaches students about computing. I take the model to schools either as part of ‘Speed Networking’ events where students walk between tables and see demonstrations or I combine the model with a presentation to teach the class … Continue reading