Great to be working with a new set of Primary Science Ambassadors from Ferryhill & Chilton schools. It’s great to see them develop in confidence and hear their ideas for the future - watch out world 😍Well done to the 36 primary Science Ambassadors from Broom Cottages, Chiton, Cleves Cross, Dean Bank, Ferryhill Station and West Cornforth who were all amazing at their first training day courtesy of Durham University Physics Outreach, Business Durham, NetPark, Dr Research and Ogden Trust. Massive thank you to Dr Lorriane Coghill and Dr Jenny Search who inspired the girls with their love of science!
Been inspired by the Apollo anniversary, but not able to make it to our exhibition? Learn all about the Moon, including where it came from and how we travelled there, and download a My Moon Adventure booklet for your little astronauts to fill out at home or school on our Moon Hub! Visit iop.org/moon and begin your Moon Adventure online 🌕 🚀
I’ve got something in my eye 😍Hello I am Leah, one of the Science Ambassadors from Cleves Cross primary and I have worked with Ambassadors from all the Ferryhill, Chilton and West Cornforth primary schools. I have really enjoyed being a Science Ambassador this year. I loved doing the science clubs, training, the opening of the Phiz Lab, the Rolls Royce and Netpark visits and learning all the science facts. I hope next years Science Ambassadors love it as much as we did! Meeting an astronaut was amazing too! I enjoyed meeting Dr Jenny and Dr Lorraine and all the scientists. Our science club at school was super fun. We have made rockets, slime, oobleck and electronics. Oobleck is a liquid and a solid. In your hand it is a liquid but if you punch or poke it, it’s hard. Also we learned about electronics, we connected wires from a battery to a fan, a buzzer and a light bulb. It’s all been amazing thanks to the Ogden Trust, Durham University Physics Outreach, Business Durham and Approach Too.
Free event on Thurs night at Egglescliffe School to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings - the last few tickets are now open to the public (not just IOP members) but you need to book a ticket. events.iop.org/celebrating-50th-anniversary-apollo-11-moon-landing
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Fifty years ago, on 16 July 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. This mission was to make history, accomplishing a seemingly impossible goal...Fantastic day celebrating the achievements of our 9-11 year old science ambassadors from 6 schools from around Ferryhill and Chilton.Another brilliant and inspiring celebration event at Netpark for 36 Science Ambassadors from all the Ferryhill, Chilton and West Cornforth primary schools. Huge thank you to Dr Lorraine Coghill (Durham Uni Science Outreach Coordinator and Ogden Trust Primary Coordinator) Dr Jenny Search ( Regional Education Manager for Inst of Physics) and Gary Chaplin (Business Durham) You keep on amazing us.
I recently worked with two Y4 classes to introduce their new topic Electricity. We made some basic circuits and then used squishy circuits to investigate different ways of making circuits, different components and different ways to connect them up. They also had the opportunity to get creative with their squishy creations! I returned to the school a few weeks later and they’d made a fantastic display on what they’d learned so far
