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| STARDATE 350 | Friday 23rd April 2010 Ahem! We hate to be repetitive - ah say we hate to be repetitive but did we mention we’re moving? You need to sign up again asap. We don’t want to lose you, not after all this time. After all, we are good together aren’t we? The line-up this week: |
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1. The Future of Planet Science 
Planet Science Website and Newsletters will be run day-to-day by www.tinopolis.com, a successful TV and online company in Wales, and just in case that’s not exciting enough, there will also be an online Planet Science ‘Collection’ in the
www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk virtual vaults. The Collection will emphasize usefulness of PS content for education purposes, whilst the website and newsletters will be full steam ahead with engaging content and projects for young people and the adults that support them in their science lives. The tiny team at NESTA will be replaced by a company that’s large enough, and well connected enough, to push Planet Science into a vaster orbit. The Tinopolis team will maintain contact with all the familiar science education and engagement organisations in the form of an advisory board, to make sure events and projects dovetail. Over the next few months there will be a new design, better structure, and more searchability, and in time, new friends and partners for the site. If you’d like to sign up to belong to the Planet Science Feedback Panel Email List, to have ideas bounced off you, then please contact dyfed.lloyd@tinopolis.com to join the fabulous Panel stalwarts already going with the site. Final handover will be late April so we won’t say goodbye just yet. Back to Top  |
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2. NEWSLETTER SIGN UP Right!! Now’s the time. TO CONTINUE GETTING YOUR FREE AND FANTASTIC PLANET SCIENCE NEWS please click here and sign up afresh with Tinopolis so they have your details when we finally hand over to them. Back to Top |
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3. Gimme Five - facts about Planet Science 
1. The Planet Science website started life as the public face of the Department for Education and Skill's Science Year initiative.2. Science Year launched across the UK on 7th September 2001 with THE GIANT JUMP 3. Planet Science has been run by NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) since 2003. 4. One of the most fondly remembered Planet Science activities is the Planet Science Whodunit 5. In 2008 Planet Science celebrated Superman's 70th birthday by inviting Planet Science readers to create a new generation of superhero(in)es and villain(esse)s. Planet Super Powers was born! These facts were gathered from the Planet Science site. Back to Top |
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| 5. Joke of the Week It’s always good to use a bit of scientific reasoning... Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fall asleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.” Watson replies, “I see millions of stars.” “What does that tell you?” Watson ponders a minute. “Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?” Holmes is silent for a moment, then speaks. “Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent.” Another prime specimen from the Planet Science joke collection See you next week! Back to Top |
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| Remember... If you would like to view the Planet Science Newsletter Archive click here. You can also read back issues of Randomised for younger teens here. Or you can read back issues of Hay-Wire for Under 10s. PS if you would like to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, just reply to this email with the word 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the title. Back to Top |
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