Planet Science roots
In the begining the Planet Science website started life as the public face of the Department for Education and Skill's Science Year project, which was then extended and renamed Planet Science.
'Science Year' was an educational campaign aimed at inspiring young people and enhancing their perception of science. It was deemed to be a great success, and extended for another school year to 2003, and renamed Planet Science.
Planet Science Legacy managed projects not yet completed and ran until the end of March 2004.
The website and the Planet Science newsletter are continuing into the future.
Science Year / Planet Science
projects 2001 - 2003
The vision: for young people and their key influencers to engage with science and recognise it as a creative, inclusive and representative field of study that offering exciting rewards and diverse career opportunities. Also for teachers to work in effective learning environments with innovative, cutting edge equipment that inspires and empowers both them and their pupils.
The mission: to find sustainable ways to build partnerships, deliver innovative projects that work within the changing framework of science education, and challenge the stereotypical image of science.
what happened during 2001 - 2003?
Throughout Science Year and Planet Science, we ran a huge number of programmes and activities:
Science Year & Planet Science
all projects with links to more information.
Some of these Planet Science & Science Year Projects with pictures!
These programmes helped to contribute to our aims.
We worked with some of the country's leading science-communication and commercial organisations to ensure that activities were top quality and appealed to a wide audience of all ages.
who was behind Science Year / Planet Science?
Planet Science was delivered by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills. Planet Science Legacy was also delivered by NESTA.
Click here to meet Planet Science’s old team.
partners
The Association for Science Education (ASE) and the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA) were Planet Science’s key partners, and retained strong links for Planet Science Legacy, and the Newsletter.
We also worked closely with Science Line, the award-winning, and amazingly FREE, public-access science information line, to provide top quality web content and other resources for Planet Science. Science Line is no longer running.
friends
Yes we had friends who helped to support Science Year.
what do people want to know about?
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