The University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy is holding an art competition for primary schools around the country to submit drawings by students of what they think astronomers do. The aim of the competition is to gain insight on how children today view astronomers, and to set up a role-model scheme for graduate students to visit primary schools and inspire students to study science.
The University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy is holding an art competition for primary schools around the country to submit drawings by students of what they think astronomers do. The aim of the competition is to gain insight on how children today view astronomers, and to set up a role-model scheme for graduate students to visit primary schools and inspire students to study science.
The best entries will be displayed to the public in a special gallery at the Institute of Astronomy’s Open Day at the Cambridge Science Festival held from 4.30-9:00 pm on Saturday, March 25. The top entry will win their school the prize of a half-day planetarium visit by the Star Dome Planetarium, a travelling inflatable planetarium with shows conducted by an expert.
Two runners-up prizes of an observing visit to the Institute of Astronomy for a class of 30 will also be awarded.
The closing date for entries is 17th March.
A school can enter as many drawings as they like. Each entry must have the Child’s Name, Age and the Name of the School, clearly written on the back of the entry.
Entries for the competition should be sent to:
Open Day Competition
Institute of Astronomy
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0HA
England
The Institute of Astronomy Open House is being held during the Cambridge Science Festival, hosted by the University of Cambridge.
The Cambridge Science Festival is the UK’s largest free festival of scientific events and will be held 15-26 March 2006 in and around the University of Cambridge. There is a wide range of events for children and adults of all ages.
Celebrity mathematician and University of Cambridge graduate Carol Vorderman will be opening the 2006 Cambridge Science Festival, and delivering an inaugural talk for a family audience on Saturday 18 March.
The Science Festival provides people of all ages the opportunity to explore science through hands-on activities and talks hosted by people who study or work with science, engineering and technology.
The first ‘Science Weekend’ will be held 18-19 March, when many of the laboratory tours, demonstrations and hands-on activities will take place. Vorderman will open up the Science weekend on Saturday, March 18 in the Courtyard, Downing Site, Downing Street, Cambridge. A second ‘Science on Saturday’ event takes place on March 25, with further Open Days at Physics, Astronomy, and Maths.
The Festival will also continue its ‘Spotlight on Science’ lecture series, which will include an environmentally-focused lecture ‘Priorities for People and Planet’, as well as health and technology lectures ‘Autism and the Extreme Male Brain’ and ‘The Mathematics of Luck, Risk and Gambling’.
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