Science & Communication Conference, 26 March 2014
What people said about the 2014 Conference:
Conference 2014: Speakers & Workshops
Professor Sir Harry Kroto |
School Room 14:30-15:30 16:00-17:00 |
The Goo-You-Wiki-World revolution and GEOSET– sharing science videos across the world. Find out more |
Professor Averil |
ChemLab 3 14:30-15:30 16:00-17:00 |
How to understand your audience in order to make an impact. Find out more |
Stefan Janucz, Emilie |
PhysLab 5 14:30-15:30 16:00-17:00 |
How scientific journals are adapting to change, including the role of online publishing. Find out more |
Joanne Manaster |
Computer Room 2 14:30-15:30 16:00-17:00 |
Social media is more than finding out what celebrities had for lunch! Discover how to |
Kate Bellingham |
BioLab 5 14:30-15:30 16:00-17:00 |
Media coverage of scientific research. Find out more |
Michael Marshall |
Mint Yard 3 14:30-15:30 16:00-17:00 |
A practical master class in writing for a popular science journal. Find out more |
Read all about the success of our first conference on the Guardian blog
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Poster Projects – Titles
Delegates were invited to bring posters showing some science research they had done. These were displayed in the Pupil Social Centre and were on view before the conference, during the tea break and after the final plenary session. Two prizes of £250 were awarded to the two best projects (generously donated by the Butrous Foundation): Pratap Singh (Perse School) and Sampath Sambavi (Annamalai University School, Chennai) and these winners presented their research at the end of the conference. All the presentations were filmed; see the videos here.
Name(s) |
School/College |
Title |
Pratap Singh |
The Perse School, Cambridge |
Cosmic-Ray muon detection: can we verify Special Relativity in the school lab? |
Tamsin McKinnon |
Highgate School, London |
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) – a technique used to amplify targeted sections of DNA |
Aisling Clube, Olivia Wollaston and Intie Howell |
Benenden School, Kent |
Influenza: will YOU survive? |
Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin |
Chetham’s School, Manchester |
Does the choosiness gene evolve in mate-copying males? |
Claire Nicholson |
Bishops Stortford School, Essex |
The Effect of Acid Rain on sealife. |
Sampath Sambavi |
Annamalai University School, Chennai, India |
Effect of iron nanoparticles on bioelectricity generation in a microbial fuel cell. |
Rahul Sadhwani & Alexandra Ham |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
Oscillating Reactions and Antioxidants in Fruit Juices |
Tireni Atoyebi, Helen Woodward & Alisha Sadhwani |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
The Doppler Effect |
Rosalyn Suen, Kanapath Oungpasuk & Dawn Lau |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
Environmental chemistry research – testing lake water |
Madeleine Mills, Dena Movahedyan & Elizabeth Hale |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
Tea: preferences and health benefits |
George Edwards |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
Gas-Sense: How much gas in in a Gas Bottle? |
Hal Evans |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
The Changing Shapes of Engineering |
Maddy Irwin & Honoury Cheung |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
Cloud Seeding using Silver Iodide |
Kashvi Shah |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
Traumatic Brain Injuries |
Laura Chimdi Ota |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
Should Fluorine be put in our water? |
Maria Constantinescu |
The King’s School, Canterbury |
Can you remember? |
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For The Full Programme:
http://ysjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/YSJ-Conference-Programme.docx http://ysjournal.com/ysjscc/ysj-conference-poster-presentations/