Name: The seeds of curiosity in the young generation
Start: 2016-05-23T
End: 2016-05-23T
Location: The Maypole

Do you think of scientists as weird, pale, short-sighted men wearing white coats? Can you recall what you felt the first time you visited a museum? Did you enjoy school trips to the forest but hate memorising the periodic table? More importantly, do YOU still ask as many questions as kids do?

If you believe in the importance of growing curiosity and feeding scientific instinct in children, but wonder how it can be done in an engaging manner, head to the Maypole on the 23th May and be prepared for a night of discoveries…

Interactivity in Science Outreach

We will be discussing the benefit of hands-on and engaging science outreach. And, of course we will also engage the audience on the topic with examples and demonstrations.

Ambition for all pupils - cultivating curiosity

Education led by-enquiry inspires students. We are developing a common sense; values-based approach to improving pupil outcomes and fostering independence. Ensuring pupils are engaged and enriched augments the development of resilient, co-operative, responsible and respectful pupils. In turn, these students will be enabled to enter the next phase of education with the ability to maximise the increased opportunities within and outside the education system.

Conveying Abstract Science to Kids

I will demonstrate how we approach helping young learners to understand scientific concepts that may seem abstract or counter-intuitive. For example, the idea that air has substance (mass) in the same way that liquids and solids have substance, only the substance or mass of liquids and solids is more obvious.

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