Dear UKPN,
We've recently been successful in a funding application in partnership with the International Polar Foundation to run a series of public engagement events around the UK. The first one will be in Dundee on 27-29th September 2014, at the Dundee Science Centre (as part of their Ice Station Antarctica exhibition).
We're looking for a few volunteers to come along over the long weekend to help us out in the following areas:
- Running the Class Zero Emissions (CZE) workshops (think hands on science experiments)
- Displays on the changes in Antarctica over the last 100 years
- The Shackleton expedition
- Short discussions/presentations on your research
- General interaction with the public/schools
The Saturday and Sunday will be open to the general public - with a few sessions set aside for adult groups, and the Monday will be booked out by four groups of 15 primary children, each spending an hour in the CZE workshop, and an hour looking around our displays/kit/MASSIVE Polar-puzzles.
We'd love to have some UKPN-ers come along to be a part of this, and it's an unbeatable opportunity to get some public engagement experience - working with the IPF is absolutely fantastic. We have some funding to cover travel and accommodation, making this a great event to participate in.
The sessions that you're involved in are very much down to you - so don't worry if you have no experience in science communication and don't want to stand up in front of big groups (but if you do, this is a great time to practice!).
Please reply with any questions or to register interest!
Thanks,
Laura Hobbs.
Laura Hobbs.
