Your guide to key STEM events in the region and throughout the UK.
Can you help to reduce the carbon footprint of spectators travelling to London 2012? BP - the official oil and gas partner of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games – is challenging Key Stage 3 (or equivalent) students to make proposals for sustainable travel options at Games time. The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games present London and the UK with a huge transport challenge: approximately 8 million tickets will be on sale during the Olympic Games, with a further 2 million available for the Paralympics. As part of making the Games sustainable, transport is an important consideration and much is being done to identify how CO2 emissions caused by transport can be greatly reduced. Spectators will be encouraged to use public transport, walk or cycle - in fact, London 2012 would like 100% of spectators and workforce to travel to London venues by the most sustainable modes.
The Challenge is to make sustainable travel plans for the journey from your school to two different Olympic and Paralympic venues. We suggest you take approximately four weeks to complete the Challenge, ideally this would be done as a Club activity. Your research should also be used to create a short presentation on sustainable travel. You will need to work in teams of four to six people, and think carefully about what your team can achieve in the available time – manage your time effectively, sharing out tasks and not taking on more than can be realistically completed.
Judging dates: between 1st and 8th December 2010. Challenge Final: at ASE Conference, Reading, Thursday 06 January 2011
National Pathology Week (NPW) is organised by the Royal College of Pathologists and is sponsored by Siemens. NPW 2010 will run from 1–7 November. This year's theme is mothers and babies incorporating the new strapline: ‘Pathology: the building blocks of life’.
Organised by LEBC, this event is to bring teachers and STEM Ambassadors together to discuss how Ambassadors can support teachers, particularly in healthcare-related areas.
This year Nottingham's young people get the chance to support their City in becoming a world class leader in science and innovation at the Science City Youth Parliament events in November. As part of the European 2Way project, which aims to help citizens have their say about science related issues, The Youth Parliament events will enable the young people to create a formal resolution which will be taken to the special European Youth Science Conference in Brussels in December. The Youth Parliament will be made up of up to 60 young people aged 16-19 from across the city and county.
Over two days the Youth Parliament will hear evidence from scientists and professionals about four of the life - science issues that currently affect the world we live in: stem cell research, use of genetic test results, genes and aggressive behaviour, personalised medicine. They will then plan their arguments, present their cases and debate all the issues before agreeing on a resolution. Two members of the Youth Parliament will then get the opportunity to represent Nottingham at the Brussels conference. In October the parliament delegates will also get a chance to visit a working laboratory, test their science skills and prepare for the discussions which will be held on the 4th and 5th November.
The scheme offers up to £3000 to support teachers, scientists and engineers in working together to inspire young people. Fantastic projects can be created by partnerships like these, allowing teachers to increase their scientific knowledge and giving scientists and engineers the chance to develop their communication skills and engage with enquiring young minds. Perhaps most importantly, these projects give school students a taste of science and engineering today, and their relevance for society. For successful applicants, the grant is awarded directly to the school, enabling the school to pay for any specialist equipment needed for the investigation, travel expenses for the scientist/engineer and/or the school group and possibly teacher supply cover.
A dedicated team at The Royal Society supports all stages of the application process, including advising on investigations you may be considering and guidance in finding a suitable scientist/engineer partner. The Autumn round of Partnership Grants applications closes on 5 November 2010.
Website: https://www.ncetm.org.uk/cpd/24089
Data Handling using ICT.
Post-16 careers event,
Exciting science days for GCSE science pupils. The Leicester event includes Professor Sir Alec Jefferies.