I will let a few Oxford schools know. Sounds wonderful.
Colin
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On 4 May 2010, at 17:48, Rachel Brazil <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm hoping some of you may have some means of contacting schools or
> teachers that I could make use of - as I am launching a competition
> for A-level science students.
>
> Its a slightly strange one (though exciting!), but I'm running a
> competition to take 2 A-level science students with a group of
> researchers to participate in a project with a NASA group based at
> the California Ames Research Center - and Nevada desert for rocket
> launch. The UK team was part of NESTA's Crucible programme and is an
> interdisciplinary and dynamic group of young researchers who have
> got together to create this project to detect microbes in the upper
> atmosphere in collaboration with an astrobiology group at NASA. The
> prize is to come with and help with the experiment - the competition
> involves answering a science question and telling us why they want
> to come.
>
> Information on the competition can be found at
> http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/education/nasa
>
> Our main problem is that due to the amount of time it takes to get
> security clearance we have a very tight deadline for the competition
> so it's crucial that we get info to schools, teachers and a-level
> students asap. The deadline for entries is 24th May 2010
>
> I'm hoping that lots of psi-comers will have relationships with
> schools and can pass the above link onto any of their contacts.
>
> Thanks loads if anyone can help - and do email if you have any
> questions about the competition - or have any good ideas for how I
> can easily get to a lot of A-level science students or teachers. Am
> already trying to go through the various professional bodies as well
> as the National STEMnet ambassadors scheme and science learning
> centres.
>
>
> Rachel
>
> NESTA
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