Startup Science
Sat 10th May, The Royal Society of Edinburgh – at the University of St Andrews.
Marine Biodiversity with Rebecca Aspden
A talk for S1 and S2 pupils who like experiments and love science.
Secondary school pupils are being offered the opportunity to become forensic scientists for a day and to build their own electrical bagpipe. Every Saturday morning, from 10am-12.30pm for four weeks, S1 & S2 pupils can take part in workshops with scientists from the University.
Start-up Science, run by the University in conjunction with the Royal Society of Scotland, is intended to give young people who are interested in science and technology the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and experience. On completion of the four classes, pupils will be presented with a certificate. Each session is full of hands-on, practical activities led by a team of experts.
Twice a year, the RSE and partner universities deliver a series of free science masterclasses across Scotland. At these masterclasses, S1 and S2 students get up to all sorts of scientific mischief and mayhem, dissections and designs. The School of Biology’s Rebecca Aspden will be giving one of these masterclasses on 10 May 2014 at the University of St Andrews on Marine Biodiversity.
The session will consist of 4 activities examining the ecology and diversity of species/habitats in the marine environment. The sessions will be hands on and interactive.