I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! is back this June. Between the 10th and the 21st, students at 13 schools will be putting their questions to 6 scientists in the Space Zone.
For the latest news and announcements about the event, find us on Twitter @imascientist, and follow the hashtag, #IASUK.
The Space Zone is a themed zone for primary schools, supported by the Science & Technology Facilities Council.
Nicolas Bonne | Astronomer, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
Nicolas studies galaxies to come up with ways to allow people with sight problems to learn about space.
Laurence Datrier | PhD Student, University of Glasgow
Laurence is working on ways to find out when neutron stars collide.
Emma Davies | PhD Student, Imperial College London
Emma studies massive explosions from the Sun that can (and do!) hit Earth causing problems for us.
Declan Jonckers | Multi-Layer Insulation Engineer, RAL Space
Declan organises the design and manufacture of Multi-Layer Insulations, a kind of ‘space blanket’ which helps to keep a spacecraft’s temperature at the right level.
Bella Boulderstone | PhD Student, Southampton University
Bella tries to find the size of structures around supermassive black holes, using dust as a space radar.
Ali Hussain | Experimental Physicist, RAL Space
Ali designs and builds new instruments that use light beyond what our eyes can see, to give us information.
The Schools
- Merton Park Primary School, London
- Whitgreave Junior School, Wolverhampton
- Hodthorpe Primary School, Worksop
- St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Morecambe
- Ormiston Maritime Academy, Grimsby
- Lark Rise Academy, Dunstable
- Chaulden Junior School, Hemel Hempstead
- Ashton Gate Primary School, Bristol
- Irchester Community Primary School, Wellingborough
- Ferndown Middle School, Ferndown
- Haileybury Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Westbury Church of England Junior School, Westbury
- Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School, Huntingdon