BA Festival of Science 2006
Europe's largest science Festival arrived in Norwich on 2nd September 2006, for the first time in 21 years, hosted by the University of East Anglia.
TSN played a major role in organising this hugely successful event, when science took centre-stage across Norwich and Norfolk.
A full report about this event was produced by the BA and is available here
The BA are now known as the British Science Association, and the British Science Festival continues to move around the country every September. For more details, visit their website http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/BritishScienceFestival/index.htm
Main programme
Presentations by
Phil Smith, Teacher Scientist Network, Norwich
“Pioneering true partnerships – 1994 to the present - pioneering best practice. ”
Eric Albone, Clifton Scientific Trust, Bristol
“Transforming perceptions of Science through School-Scientist Partnership, global and local”
Rebecca Edwards, Qualifications & Curriculum Authority,
“Helping to deliver a new vision for curriculum science”
Chloe Sheppard & Bonnie Laverock, The Royal Society,
“Scientists at large: exploring the impact of research culture on public and schools outreach”
Mary Bownes, University of Edinburgh,
“Researchers in Residence – the next generation”
Young peoples programme
"The children had a fabulous time and it really started the term with a bang!"
TSN organised the 8-13 yrs. young peoples programme and contributed much to the 14-19 programme (that was organised in-house by the BA)
In December 2006, we published our own report about the 8-13 programme which can be downloaded here.
Not put off by the strenuous endeavours of the preceeding week, it was business as usual at the weekend with an oportunity for many enthusiastic children to bring their parents along to a selection of science shows such as "Bending it like Beckham"
City programme
'Making faces' was a major Art event for Norwich generously funded by the Wellcome Trust. The exhibition explored the science and art behind various areas of Face Biology and recognition. Website here.
TSN's model eye contributed to an interactive display - Eye Spy - hosted by Jarrold's department store in central Norwich and organised by UEA's School of Biological Sciences and Panasonic.
A team of scientists took high-resolution images of the eyes of visitors to display the beauty of the human iris and explain the different parts of the human eye.
Visitors saw for themselves how unique the Iris is, and its role in Iris Recognition technology.
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