Avon Sci Tech Meeting
Friday 5th July 2013
The 19th annual meeting was held at Broadlands Academy.
Advanced Bookings were made by 170 people and 155 School Science
Technicians registered on the day. The event attracted people from a
wide area including Bristol; all Somerset and Gloucestershire authorities;
Wiltshire (including 10 from Swindon); , Devon (Plymouth, Torquay coach
for 10 , Teignmouth and Exeter) Newport, Cardiff : and one from
Lancaster!. Also present was the B&NES Senior Health & Safety advisor
and a lecturer from the University of Reading.
The conference was opened by the Assistant Principal & Team Leader
Science Steve Ferguson.
The first presentation was by Claire Lewis from ARKive who showed
examples of Wildscreen resources and the help available to schools.
Mark Dempsey from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation talked about the
Circular Economy and how products are made to be made again.
Can it be Magic !!! by Dr. Matt Pritchard was a display of “easy-to-use
magic tricks” and the Science behind them .
Coffee and lunch time Displays by suppliers , the ASE, the Institute of
Chemistry and in the foyer 4 book companies.
The afternoon sessions provided 11 practical workshops. - Earth
Science ; Datalogging; Blood Testing - forensics; Crafty Chemistry ; Fun
Physics ; Hands on Chemistry; Mystery Boxes; Registered Science
technician; DNA -electrophoresis; Basic Microscopy; Dragsters – make
your own..
Thanks to financial sponsorship from the ASE, the use of Broadlands
Academy
for the venue, and contributions of the suppliers and
presenters,
we were able to provide FREE INSET for Science
Technicians.
Joyce Dalton and Ann Sell