Today is #InternationalGirlsinICTDay 👩‍💻!

Check out our blog on why it's so important to engage girls with ICT and how teachers can help, including showcasing our #SmashingStereotypes profiles and running CREST Awards!

Read here:
britishscienceassociation.org/Blog/education…

Sharks explored technology through the ages and made comparisons to modern tech. We then made lava lamps to test out our scientific enquiry and observation skills. #retro #density #polarity #enrich #timetoexplore British Science Week Astley Primary School

During British Science Week the children from Reception to Year 6 entered the poster competition. These are some of the wonderful entries. Judging is currently taking place! #joinjuniors Birkenhead School British Science Week

Born #OTD Annie Easley (1933-2011) was a mathematician who began working at NASA in 1955. She worked in the Launch Vehicles Division, developing coding used in solar and wind energy experiments. 🚀👩🏾‍💻👩🏾‍🔬 #GirlsInICT

+ nasa.gov/feature/annie-…

#WomenInSTEM

A fantastic entry for our British science week competition!!! #BritishScienceWeek #BSW24 🔬🧬🧪🥼 British Science Week

Well done to all the children Forest Gate Academy who entered the British British Science Week poster competition on the theme of ‘Time.’ There were some fantastic entries demonstrating great research and creativity. #GoodNewsFriday

Lower School made an impressive effort to demonstrate their understanding of time and the Science behind it for British Science Week 2024 #BSW2024 #britishscienceweek British Science Week York House Lower School ⏰

Our British Science Week Competition winners! Their ideas will now be used by the School Council to make our school a more eco-friendly place. We will keep you posted during the Summer Term! Thank you to all of the children who took part - fantastic effort! British Science Week

#Bumblebees did some planting for British Science Week we planted tomatoes, sugar snap peas, marigolds and sunflowers. We are looking forward to seeing them change over time, brightening up our outdoor area and also tasting our yummy produce! Thanks Mrs K for your gardening expertise!

Today is #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight 🚀, celebrating the first human space flight on 12 April 1961!

Students interested in space travel could try 'How do rockets work?', a Bronze CREST Awards project:

secondarylibrary.crestawards.org/how-do-rockets…

American mathematician Dorothy Lewis Bernstein was born #OnThisDay exactly 100 years ago !

Dorothy was a pioneer for women in maths; she was the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematicians Association of America in 1979.

#WomenInSTEM

To all our Ambassadors, THANK YOU for making British Science Week special.

9,000 of you volunteered, equating to over 60% of secondary schools engaging with us! 😍

Teachers, find out about Ambassadors for your school: Eventbrite.co.uk/cc/stem-ambass…

📸 EYFS Brunswick Park Primary School

📣Roll up, roll up!📣 This Friday 12th April is The Science of Surgery, our annual family-friendly science fair. You can go on behind the scenes tours and take part in hands on demonstrations of cutting-edge medical technology. 👉shorturl.at/mnsI8

Some amazing science selfies coming in and definitely some scientists in the making! Thank you for all that have been involved, there’s still time to have a go at some science at home - please see dojo or email for the investigations to try🥼🔬🔭👩🏼‍🔬👨🏾‍🔬 British Science Week Greenwood Primary and Nursery School