The guys at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have pulled together some activities and resources for children and young people. Thanks to our resident scientist Catherine Jones for the links. catherine.jones@stfc.ac.uk
Some resources and opportunities below:
· Talking Science
o We have two more Talking Science lectures scheduled – you can register here: https://talkingscience2019-20.eventbrite.co.uk. Talks coming up include “From citizen science to genetics” (Friday 15 May 18:00) and “Saving the Mary Rose Cannonballs” (Friday 12 June 18:00).
o You can find past lectures here: https://sas.stfc.ac.uk/vportal/index.jsp. You’ll need to enable Adobe Flash Player in order to view the recordings. The talks can be found under the “STFC Public Lectures” link on the menu on the left hand side.
· Remote3 Coding Challenges
o Every Monday at 11:00 we’re going to be holding a short webinar and introducing a new computing challenge, linked to our sister site the Boulby Underground Laboratory as part of the Remote Robots project.
o Each week will include a short talk, an introduction to this week’s challenge, and will highlight some of the projects completed as part of the previous week’s challenge.
o The challenges will be aimed at students aged 10-14, and can all be completed with the free online Scratch programming language (https://scratch.mit.edu/).
o To sign up (either to attend the webinars or to receive videos of them), please visit our website: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Remote3Online/
· Online workshops for primary school children
o Apollo 11 Storytelling (ages 5-11), Tuesday 12 May 10:30: This storytelling virtual workshop celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The session will contain a story reading, time for questions and answers, and some suggestions for extra activities for children to do. This will last approximately 45 minutes.
§ To sign up, please visit: https://apollo11-storytelling.eventbrite.co.uk
o Cloud Catching (ages 7-11), Tuesday 19 May 10:30: This workshop provides an introduction to clouds, how clouds are formed and different cloud types. Children can learn about our scientists that study clouds, and have a go at making their own cloud picture using household objects. This will last approximately 30 minutes.
§ To sign up, please visit: https://cloudcatchingonline.eventbrite.co.uk
· Online tours and talks
o We are hoping to hold a series of virtual talks and tours about our experiments and facilities on site – including the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Boulby Underground Laboratory, the Central Laser Facility and our Scientific Computing Department.
o Our first talk in this series will take place on Wednesday 6 May at 14:00, and will focus on the Central Laser Facility at RAL. You can register online here: https://talkingscience2019-20.eventbrite.co.uk. More tours and talks will become available shortly at the same address.
o Diamond Light Source has started a weekly webinar series, focused on a different topic every week. Information about upcoming webinars and videos of past webinars can be found on the Diamond website here: https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Events/2020.html
· Royal Observatory Edinburgh: Online talks
o Our sister lab, at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, is running a series of weekly astronomy talks. The next talk, on Monday 4 May at 19:00, is entitled “Helping Scotland Launch to Space”
o You can find more information, and a link to register, online: https://www.roe.ac.uk/vc/public/astronomy-talks/index.html
· #STFCScienceAtHome:
o Our social media team have been sharing lots of activities and resources on different themes, including Make Your Own Paper Planet, Make Your Own Balloon Car and Make an Atmosphere Fan.
o You can find links to all the activities, videos and quizzes on our twitter feed: https://twitter.com/STFC_Matters
· Introduction To RAL
o At the moment, we can’t welcome you to RAL in person, but this short video (5 min) gives a very brief overview of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, the different facilities we have and the scientific and engineering work we do.
o You can access the introduction online here (https://ukri.zoom.us/rec/play/7JJ7c-Crr2g3EtWXuQSDAfUtW9Xsffqs1yYW8qZcmB7mWncLYwbzZrFBZOW3aNYzGh7mh3YpvhKExIDL) using the password 5Q^683X1
· UK Research into Coronavirus
o UK Research and Innovation, our parent organisation, have pulled together some of work being undertaken in the UK and elsewhere around the world to understand the COVID-19 virus. Do take a look at it to find out about the work which is being done!
o The website https://coronavirusexplained.ukri.org/en/ is being updated regularly as more advances are being made.