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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.
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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.
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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.
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A reminder - sign up for I'm a Scientist, Get me out of Here!
Get your students interacting with real scientists, learning about How Science Works (HSW) and making decisions about science!
The next I'm a Scientist, Get me out of Here! will be in JUNE (14th-25th) and it's FREE to schools (funded by the Wellcome Trust). You can sign up (or find out more) here
Deadline for signing up is 3rd May.
They’ve produced a short film (only 3.5 mins!) which shows students, teachers and scientists taking part in the event. You can watch the short film on the webpage above (if your school firewall will let you!).
Also, everyone is welcome to use all the lesson plans, info sheets, debate kits and resources (whether you are taking part in the event or not). They are all copyright-free. You can download them from the link above.
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Survival Rivals
Getting nearer to the deadline now, so check out this competition with the a-maze-ing travel prize of visiting and undertaking research in the Galapagos Islands. The winning prize will be awarded to a teacher and four students in October 2010 half term. This competition encourages students aged 11-19 to communicate the science behind the Survival Rivals kits in a creative way. To enter you need to conduct the experiments, then make films or take photographs of your results, showing how you have brought science to life.
Find out more at www.survivalrivals.org
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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!
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