Your guide to key STEM events in the region and throughout the UK.
This event will provide a series of interactive sessions that will allow participants to assess the relative health of their garden soil. Participants will gain hands on experience of environmental analysis using their own soil as the test sample, they will be provided with guided demonstrations of how an analytical laboratory works and the complex instrumentation that lies within it. This event is free and is aimed at secondary school pupils
Following the success of last year’s competition, ‘Diagnose it in the NHS’ will be running again during National Science and Engineering Week (12 - 21 March 2010).
Aimed at Year 9 students, the competition encourages students to think about the career opportunities for scientists in the NHS and help them to develop job seeking skills and make informed decisions about important GCSE or Diploma choices. Students are challenged to select one of 51 science careers available with the NHS and, working individually or in teams of up to four, create a job description, a job advert and a CV of the perfect candidate. Alternatively they can produce a short film interviewing a Healthcare Scientist. The first 50 schools to register are guaranteed the support of an NHS Healthcare Science Ambassador for their school entries and to develop links for future careers’ events.
The competition deadline is March 31st 2010. Schools need to register at diagnoseit@dh.gsi.gov.uk. They will then be sent a resources pack and be matched with a Healthcare Science Ambassador.
De Montfort University are hosting the launch to the NSEW in Leicester with a Science Festival Event 12 – 13th March. The two-day programme will include a school activity day on the 12th March for young science enthusiasts looking to explore and investigate the various displays, interactive workshops and projects that exhibitors have on offer. The 13th March is a family orientated day that invites all with a science interest to come along and join in on talks and debate topics, find out more about business innovation in the science sector and enjoy the hands-on activities run by experts in the industry. Please note that bookings are essential for both dates, Saturday 13th is available to the general public and admission is free of charge.
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Can you put a kebab skewer through a balloon without it going bang? Can you create a tornado in a bottle of water? Are you strong enough to put a straw through a potato? Come and meet Nottingham's very own physics buskers to find out how to perform these and many other physics tricks.
Come Alive with Science activities taking place at 30 secondary schools across the East Midlands
Healthcare Science Week, supported by the Department of Health, is intended to both acknowledge the important contribution made by all healthcare scientists in the NHS, and to educate young adults, the media and other NHS staff about the different roles played by healthcare scientists in healthcare today. Healthcare scientists are being encouraged to register as a Healthcare Science Ambassadors at www.stemnet.org.uk and to help engage schools with the ‘Diagnose It’ competition: http://www.fedhcs.net/hcsweek-2010.pdf
The region-wide innovation festival in 2010 is going to build on the successes of 2009 and demonstrate the progress being made in making our region a proud, innovative place for business, research and the wider community.