British Science Week 5th - 14 March

The theme in 2021 is 'Innovating for the future'.

Monday 8th March – Women in Science 

• 8th March is also International Women’s Day and one mission of this event is:  To celebrate digital advancement and champion the women forging innovation through technology. Read more: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Mission/Tech 

• Poster competition       https://www.britishscienceweek.org/plan-your-activities/poster-competition/

• 2pm Science with Neil – LIVE -   YouTube Big Science UK  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyOqJ1db4C0 Forces  (also see https://www.facebook.com/bigscienceentertainmentukltd/)

• A podcast for International Women’s Day: The Life Scientific: 2018 Nobel Prize winner, Donna Strickland, on laser physics. When the first laser was built in 1960, it was an invention looking for an application. Science fiction found uses for these phenomenally powerful beams of light long before real world applications were developed. Think Star Wars light sabres and people being sliced in half. 

        Today lasers are used for everything from hair removal to state-of-the-art weapons.

            https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002z2z

• Under-fives: cornflour and water  https://playofthewild.com/2020/05/27/7-cornflour-messy-play-activities-cornstarch

Shout out to All Women getting involved and being role models in Science.