"I'm A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here!"

Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesParticipation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event

Description

‘I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!’ is a free online event where school students get to meet and interact with scientists. It’s a free X Factor-style competition between scientists, where the students are the judges. Pitting students against scientists in a live round of intense, fast-paced, quick fire online live CHATs. Students get the chance to ASK scientists all the questions they want to, then VOTE for their favourite scientist to win prize of £500 to communicate their work with the public.

I was the 6th most active scientist in chats and forum posts in Spring 2024, and the 4th most active between January and July!

25 Schools I engaged in 2024 (some multiple times):
Albright Education Centre, Sandwell
Bedwas High School, Caerphilly
Bexhill College, East Sussex
Cantonian High School, Cardiff x 2
Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy, Torbay
Coombe Girls' School, Kingston upon Thames
Croftfoot Primary School, Glasgow City
Eastbury Community School, Barking and Dagenham x 2
Havelock Primary School, Nursery & Arp, Ealing
Hayes School, Bromley
Highsted Grammar School, Kent
Kent College (Canterbury), Kent
Kingsmoor Academy, Essex x 2
Litcham School, Norfolk
Manchester Communication Primary Academy, Manchester
Peterhead Academy, Aberdeenshire
Simon Balle All-Through School, Hertfordshire
Sir Herbert Leon Academy, Milton Keynes
St Bartholomew's School, West Berkshire x 3
St Dominic's High School, ANTRIM
The Gerrards Cross CofE School, Buckinghamshire x 2
The North Halifax Grammar School, Calderdale
Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hertfordshire
Westquarter Primary School, Falkirk
Whitley Bay High School, North Tyneside
Period1 Jan 202431 Dec 2024
Event typeOther
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • public engagement
  • schools
  • outreach