here’s the full list of them all:

• Online
• Offline
• Events, Activities & Exhbitions
• Science on Stage & Screen
• Sharing Ideas & Information
• Competitions
• Partner Programmes

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online resources

ASE CDRoms ONLINE
Inventive FREE teaching resources for both primary and secondary classes

KS2/3 PASSPORTS
A downloadable schools’ resource to help pupils make the jump from KS2 to KS3

PLANET SCIENCE NEWSLETTERS
News, events, information, freebies and jokes sent straight to your inbox every Friday

‘LITTLE BOOK OF EXPERIMENTS’ ONLINE
Searchable database of amazing experiments, activities and demonstrations

FREE SOFTWARE
Cutting edge curriculum-linked material available online

‘COMPUTERS IN SCIENCE’ BOOK
Book, CDRom and website containing ideas and resources for using computers in science lessons at KS2 and 3

PLANET JEMMA
Join in Jemma’s online world of friends, fun and undergraduate physics

CITIES OF SCIENCE
Online guide to the science places and faces in cities around the country

SCIENCE WORLDS
An umbrella website highlighting what’s available at science centres around the UK

SCIENCE TEACHER CLIMBS EVEREST
Collaboration with New Media to support record-breaking online science lessons from a physics teacher at high altitude!

WHODUNIT
New section of the Planet Science website dedicated to the exciting forensic investigation event, the Planet Science Whodunit

SCIENCE LINE
The science information free phone service - now closed, but all the questions and answers are in the database and can be found on this site

offline resources

ASE CDRoms
Specially created teaching resources for both primary and secondary classes

‘USING THE DIGITAL MICROSCOPE’
Full colour instructions and ideas for making the most of the Intel digital microscope, given away to schools during Science Year

LAUGHLAB
The British Association’s quest to find the world’s funniest joke…

FRONTIERS: SCIENCE IN LIBRARIES
During Science Year a network of science reading clubs was run by the Chartered Institute of Libraries and Information Professional. There is no longer any information about this on the web

SCIZMIC
The science club discovery network across the UK, brought to you by ECSITE-UK

FACES OF MODERN SCIENCE
A series of posters produced using photographic profiles of scientists working in a diverse range of careers

‘LITTLE BOOK OF EXPERIMENTS’
Book and website packed with wow-factor home and classroom demonstrations that really work

POSTER POWER
Two posters produced by Graphic Science to help raising the profile and appeal of science in schools

‘COMPUTERS IN SCIENCE’
Book, CDRom and website containing ideas and resources for using computers in science lessons at KS2 and 3

WHODUNIT EVIDENCE KIT
We cannot supply these for free anymore but we have made them available from Edulab for £19. Click above for more info

SCIENCE LINE
The science information free phone service - now closed, but all the questions and answers are in the database and can be found on this site

ANTARCTIC WAVES
Software project allowing students to compose music based on data gathered by antarctic scientists – funded by NESTA

events. actitivities & exhibitions

THE GIANT JUMP
One million kids took part in our earth-shaking experiment . Try for yourself!

THE PLANET SCIENCE WHODUNIT
A nationwide forensic investigation to solve a dastardly celebrity crime

DNA DAY
A world-beating celebration of the "secret of life"

TOMORROW’S WORLD LIVE
Live demonstrations and activities on stage, plus a chance to meet the public

SCIENCE YEAR ON TOUR
On the road with the Campaign to Promote Engineering in public places around the UK

BA SCIENCE DISCOVERY DAY
The Albert Hall alive with science activities of all shapes and sizes

THE ASDA ‘BIG SCIENCE’
Exploring the science of the supermarket

CERN TEACHERS CONFERENCE
Physics teachers have a (atom)smashing time at Europe’s particle accelerator…

LAB DAYS
Laboratories invited the public to come in and see what they do

FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE & CULTURE 2003
The Festival of Science and Culture celebrated cultural diversity in scientific achievements and focused on space exploration. The highlight of the festival was a visit from Dr Guion Bluford, the world’s first Black astronaut. Dr Bluford’s visit was the focal point of a larger event to share Black contributions to science, engineering and technology to all sectors of the community. African Caribbean children were targeted for the purpose of raising aspirations and other communities were invited to encourage inclusiveness and raise awareness

science on stage & screen

‘PUT YOUR TEACHER ON THE SPOT’
A series of super-quick Channel 4 films featuring intriguing home experiments…

SCI-CIRCUS
High-wire science in action from No Fit State Circus on tour. Details can be found in the Calendar of Events. Search under keyword 'Circus'

‘ROBOT WARS’ ON TOUR
The metal-munching mob went on the march, supported by Science Year

THEATRE OF SCIENCE
Simon Singh and Richard Wiseman bring science to life in an entertaining stage-show

FOOTPRINTS
A touring show about genetics from Amoeba Theatre and the British Association

JOHNNY BALL’S TALES OF BLOOMING SCIENCE
Through the history of science and technology with songs and demos galore…

WELLCOME TRUST SCIENCE CENTRESTAGE
A series of regional festivals and national performance of student-led science theatre

CHELTENHAM SCIENCE FESTIVAL SCIENCE THEATRE
A series of science theatre shows, which were performed live by students at the Festival

NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE
A series of 2-week long residential courses and performances for young people from all backgrounds

sharing information & inspiring ideas

HEROES OF SCIENCE YEAR
Inspirational teaching ideas recognised and shared.

THE TEACHING AWARDS
Science Year joined forces with BP to honour the Science Teacher of the Year 2002

STUDENT REVIEW OF THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM
Young people assess school science and make recommendations to the government

THE SCIENCE YEAR LECTURE SERIES
Transcripts, references and other resources from the famous lecture series

DREAM LAB
Does what you read affect what you dream about? We joined forces with CILIP and Dr Mark Blagrove to find out…

THE SCIENCE YEAR / NUFFIELD SEMINAR SERIES
A series of meetings exploring issues in science education and communication.There is no longer any information online about this

competitions

PUT YOUR TEACHER ON THE SPOT!
Competition to find an experiment for filming by Channel 4

VISION 2020: DESIGN A FUTURE
An online competition to design products and systems that would meet the needs of our future world…

PHILIP HARRIS ‘CREATIVE KIT’ COMPETITION
In 2002 this was a competion for teachers to design an innovative new piece of classroom kit with the winner exploring whether their idea is viable for commercial production. For more on Philip Harris click above

DENFORD SPONSORSHIP: F1 in SCHOOLS
Science Year contributed towards the challenge in 2002. The F1 Team in Schools Challenge is a competition, open to all UK based secondary schools and colleges, to design and manufacture CO2 powered model racing cars (dragsters). Student teams compete against each other in a national championship to determine the best engineered and fastest car in the UK

partner programmes

A raft of other projects and activities to be undertaken by our partners, as part of Science Year

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION
A rolling series of resources, activities and events funded by Science Year, including:
National Science week
The BA Festival of Science
Sci-Bars: topical science up for discussion in a convivial environment!
CREST Awards and Young Investigators
Small grants scheme

THE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
A rolling series of resources and events funded by Science Year including:
Specially created CDRoms full of classroom resources
Downloadable Key Stage 2-3 Bridging ‘Passport’
Small grants scheme

NESTA
A series of resources funded by NESTA including:
Planet Jemma
South Downs Planetarium
Antarctic waves
Vision 20:20 competition
Theatre of Science
Cities of Science
Science Worlds which now include the questions and answers from ScienceLine

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AMBASSADORS
A nationwide register of scientists and engineers as careers role models in schools – run by the Department for Trade and Industry

W.I.S.E. VEHICLE PROGRAMME
Science Year funding for the travelling Women In Science bus, encouraging more girls to study science

PFIZER SCIENCE AND ARTS FESTIVAL
Music, drama, dance and artwork all in the name of science…

THE ROYAL SOCIETY PARTNERSHIP GRANTS SCHEME
School grants scheme administered by the Royal Society

branded projects

In addition to funding projects, Science Year and Planet Science allowed a number of schools, organisations and other parties to use our logo