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Phew! End of Week 1. Since the site went live for students to interact with on Tuesday we’ve had: 3350 unique visitors to the website 429 questions – including “What’s string theory?”, “How long will it take you to die if you head gets cut off?” and “Do people who play with lego have a higher IQ?” 26 half-hour live chats between scientists and classes – discussions have covered marijuana, kidney stones, salty oceans, animal testing, cloning and biotechnology. Participants have said to us: “My office buddy says ‘When do we get you back’ #IASAus is super-addictive” :)” – Kate Patterson, Scientist in Food Zone “Thank you for the live chat before as well, you all taught me a lot in only roughly 10 minutes!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 :)” – Tamara, Student “There was a collective groan from the class at 3.00pm when the chat session ended. Students wanted to … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Australian pilot of I’m a Scientist! We can’t wait to get started next week with:- 3 zones 15 scientists (five scientists in each zone) from WA, SA, Qld, NSW and Vic 1,500 students in 34 schools and colleges from WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW and Vic James, Kristin and Sarah from Bridge8 will be guiding you all the madness from Tuesday 14th June. Who’s taking part in June? We have now chosen the scientists and schools for I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here! in June. Zones Our pilot has 3 zones, one general called ‘Hydrogen’ and two themed zones, one on ‘Health’ and one funded by the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (SA) on ‘Food’. Our pilot funder is the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Aus) who also provide resources for schools on enabling technologies through TechNyou. Schools There’s a … Continue reading →