by webmaster on January 13, 2012
Hello followers and happy new year 2012, the year when apparently (for non-scientists out there) it will all end!
So, another new year, and a nice interesting new episode of Science Chat to start it off.
By the way, it will be quite an exciting year for Science Chat because the podcast will be branching out with a new strand (which I’ll tell you more about in a future post) but I think you’re going to enjoy it. Of course, Science Chat will continue to examine the big (and not so big) topics in science communication as it has done for the last couple of years, so don’t worry on that score.
So back to this episode:
Cafe Scientifique in Portsmouth is part of the worldwide Cafe Scientifique movement and has been in operation since 2006. It’s run by people from the University of Portsmouth in partnership with Portsmouth City Council and you can find out all about it by searching on the University of Portsmouth website or through this link http://www.port.ac.uk/cafescientifique/ as well as on twitter at @portscafesci. Maricar Jagger who looks after PR for the Cafe was kind enough to take time out to speak to me for this episode.
The podcast can be found in the usual place… http://www.sciencechat.podomatic.com/ as well as on iTunes and of course you can find out more about Science Chat by following me on twitter.
by webmaster on December 1, 2011
In this episode of Science Chat, episode 30, I talk to Dr John Joyce who founded the Explorers Education programme in the Marine Institute of Ireland to start young people off on the road to becoming marine scientists at an early age… in fact at the primary school level.
This is another great example of someone just getting stuck in and making things happen in science education – and this is also an example of a programme which has been able to integrate with the education curriculum. The programme has quite a cool website with some illustrations by Dr Joyce himself and you can find it at http://www.explorers.ie/.
The podcast can be found in the usual place… http://www.sciencechat.podomatic.com/ as well as on iTunes, and as usual, you can contact me either through the blog or through twitter.
by webmaster on October 17, 2011
Continuing with Science Chat’s lookback at ESOF 2010 in Turin, this episode features Joachim Dengg who presented the topic entitled Crossing borders with outreach programs and educational networks: A research institute’s novel and daring approach to science education.
You can find more details about Joachim and the outreach programs he’s involved with on http://sfb-outreach.ifm-geomar.de/.
The podcast can be found in the usual place… http://www.sciencechat.podomatic.com/ as well as on iTunes, and as usual, you can contact me either through the blog or through twitter.
by webmaster on September 16, 2011
As you may have realised by now, one of the main reasons that I produce this little podcast is to look at different and exciting ways in which people are communicating science, so when I saw that Niamh Shaw, one of the actors taking part in Dublin’s Absolut Fringe, a festival of theatre, comedy, music, dance and spectacle, is doing exactly that, I jumped at the chance to get her along to the Science Chat studio for a chat. Niamh’s show is called That’s About The Size Of It and in it she questions our place in the world and reminds us that all humans are curious… and also mostly composed of empty space – as is everything else. She also introduces us to the 10th dimension and asks some interesting questions. You can find out more about the show on the festival website http://www.fringefest.com/event/thats-about-the-size-of-it/ and book tickets as well. The show runs until Wednesday with a performance on Monday 19th Sept and another on Wednesday 21st.
The podcast can be found in the usual place… http://www.sciencechat.podomatic.com/ as well as on iTunes, and as usual, you can contact me either through the blog or through twitter.
