Talk to the British Science Association. It had, probably still has, one of
the better networks of schools around. Then there is the Association for
Science Education.
Get it onto their websites and email lists.
Using groups like that probably offers a bigger bang for your buck.
MK
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] NASA Competition for A-Level students
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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