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Last Thursday, 10th March, 150 pupils from King's Canterbury visited the Big Bang science fair at ExCel in London.  I was already there (after a less-than-comfortable night in a local hotel) judging the Intermediate Science and Maths entries to the National Science and Engineering Competition whose finals were part of the event.

I also used the opportunity to mention Young Scientists journal in hope that some competitors would like to submit their projects for publication, or even get involved as editors.

Everyone has to read this article by Alom Shaha

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2010/dec/22/schoolchildren-bumble-bee-research-journal?CMP=twt_fd

a Paper in Biology Letters today demonstrates how important it is for pupils to conduct their own original scientific experiments......

Congratulation to Courtney Williams the Lead Editor of Young Scientists Journal  and part of the Imperial College London Team for her appearance in  BBC2  University challenge  - Episode 13  on 8:00pm Mon, 27 Sep 2010http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00v1wrt/University_Challenge_2010_2011_Episode_13/  The team from the University of the Arts London fights it out with Imperial College London for a place in the second round of the student quiz

It has been almost a year since I managed to get up on the stage at the 21st EU Contest for Young Scientists in Paris, to be presented with the EIROforum CERN Prize. I still can't believe how I got there from a six week Nuffield Bursary project at the University of Sheffield, via the inaugural Big Bang Fair, and even less how I ended up getting a week-long all-expenses paid trip to the largest particle physics laboratory in the world this summer.

Izy: Wrote an article on Malaria and been prepped on being an admin.
 
Rosie: Attempted redirecting Archives, but failed.
 
Sam: Attempted redirecting Archives, but failed. Took Photos of session, described last weeks meeting.
 
Max: Wrote articles on: New species of dinosaur and The Parting of the Red Sea.
 
Tim: Facebook and Twitter updates.
 

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