At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Space Zone was busy throughout, with most questions received in the first week yet lots of live chats in both weeks. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Ruthenium Zone was quiet at first but got much busier towards the end. There weren’t many live chats booked, but this was made up for by the large numbers of questions submitted in Ask during the second week. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Rhodium Zone was consistently steady throughout the event, with some really interactive live chats and some great insightful questions. Both the scientists and students really got into it and there were some intelligent and perceptive conversations with a healthy mix of wit and humour. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Palladium Zone received a steady flow of questions outside of the live chats, while more live chats took place in the first week. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Medical Physics Zone was busy, especially towards the end of the first week and at the start of the second week in terms of live chats, though few new questions were submitted outside of the chats in the second week. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Health Zone was quieter than many of the other zones – there weren’t many chat bookings and very few new questions were submitted in the second week. Despite this, chats and questions were mostly on topic and there were some really good questions asked. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Food Science Zone was very busy – there were lots of questions early on and although it did calm down, there was still a steady flow of questions coming in outside of the live chats throughout the fortnight. There was at least one live chat every day of the event. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Drug Development Zone got off to a slow start with very few live chats in the first week, however it picked up quickly during the second week and there was plenty of interaction and entertainment. Students started off asking lots of generic questions about drugs, but they soon got into it and there were some really intelligent conversations. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Cancer Zone was steadily busy throughout the event. Students asked lots of generic science questions at the beginning but as it went on they asked deeper, complex questions, often all about cancer. Live chats were really entertaining with scientists and students having a healthy mix of science and humour. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Cells Zone started off slow, with only a few questions and live chats. But it soon picked up and turned out to be a very exciting zone as students started asking lots of questions and live chats were lively. Live chats featured a range of questions on the basics of what cells are to the workings of synapses between neurons. Download the report here.
At the end of each event we compile a report about each zone, containing moderator observations and our web data. This report provides a summary and some meaningful information on the zone. The Genes Zone was busy straight from day one, with students asking loads of questions and having intense live chats. Student questions gradually slowed down in the second week, as students started asking fewer but more complex questions. Download the report here.
Our I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! event has been awarded a grant of £209,000 by the Wellcome Trust, so that we can roll it out nationally over the next two years. Hallelujah! Long bit of waffle about how this came to pass Long time readers will remember that we ran a pilot of the event in June 2008, funded by Wellcome. We then ran a second event in March 2009, funded by us, with assistance from Bristol University. These events went really well. As you can see from the evaluation reports, they got students really engaged with science, changed students views of science and scientists and were memorable and exciting learning opportunities. Since then we have been chasing the funding to roll the event out bigger and better and give the same great learning experience to thousands more students. It’s been a frustrating experience – so many … Continue reading
I have been wandering around the office looking smug at people today, and was even, at one point, quite tempted to do a little victory dance. Why was that, you say? Ah, I’m glad you asked!
I’ve been looking at research on young people’s attitudes to science. Partly to help me work out how we are going to measure any change caused by taking part in I’m a Scientist, and partly to help me understand what their attitudes are and so inform the materials we put together. One of the most interesting things I’ve found out is that according to this
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.