I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here – 2010
It has begun! From here:
“I’m a Scientist is a science dialogue event where school students talk to real scientists online for two weeks. It’s in the form of an X Factor style competition between scientists, who compete for a prize of £500.
For two weeks students read about the scientists’ work, ask them questions, and engage in live text chats with them. The students vote for the scientist they want to get the money. The scientists with the fewest votes are evicted until only one is left to be crowned the winner. The event is supported by carefully developed and tested resources which develop students’ skills and deepen their understanding.”
I’ll definitely be checking back throughout the two weeks if for nothing else than to read the great questions and answers that are already filling the site.
It’s run by the team that also put on I’m a Councillor (disclosure: I worked as a moderator on that project a number of years ago and it was amazing), so they’ve got loads of experience engaging young people with a topic (politics) that historically hasn’t been massively interesting to them. And now it’s the turn of science.
For more, read their webby or their tweets.
