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NSEC Teacher Prize

This year’s NSEC (National Science & Engineering Competition) Teacher Prize is now open for nominations!

This prize is open to any UK teacher who teaches or supports Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) lessons. The nominee’s should not have science/technology outreach as their primary role, as NSEC wish to recognise those that undertake enrichment and engagement activities in addition to their regular teaching load.

They are looking for a teacher who shows enthusiasm, passion and energy for their work, commitment and dedication and good subject knowledge, all of which have been used to engage the students they work with. If you think you match this description, or you know a teacher who deserves to have their hard work in STEM acknowledged, then nominate them!

The winner will receive £500 and a certificate, as well as being invited on an experience trip.

If you would like to either nominate yourself, or nominate someone else go to: http://regional.thebigbangfair.co.uk/nsec/teachers_prize.cfm

Deadline for nominations is the 29th January 2012.

The National Big Bang Fair

Congratulations are in order for 10 projects from schools in the North East who competed in the regional Big Bang fair in July. They are going forward to compete in the National Science and Engineering competition at the Big Bang fair held at London’s ExceL on 10^th – 12^th March 2011. Shows including ‘Brainiac Live’, ‘Bang Goes the Theory’ and activities like ‘Amoeba to Zebra’, ‘The Ever Wondered Why Roadshow’, ‘Grow Your Own Body Parts’ and ‘Hydraulics for Frolics’ will be taking place at the event.

For more information on The Big Bang fair, to register your attendance and book tickets please visit www.thebigbangfair.co.uk.  

Congratulations and the best of luck to the following schools and their projects:

STEM Outreach would also like to congratulate and wish the best of luck to Corylus Learning’s Colin Wilkinson and Sarah McLusky at Sparks Education who will be co-ordinating the Big Bang North East at New College Durham on 12^th July 2011. For more information on next year’s regional Big Bang fair feel free to contact Colin at colin@coryluslearning.com or Sarah at sarah@sparkseducation.co.uk or visit www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/northeast/

The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Teachers Award

The National Science & Engineering Competition is proud to announce The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Teachers Award is taking nominations for the 2011 prize.

This prize is open to any UK teacher (full-time/part-time, specialist advisor, AST etc) who teaches or supports Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) lessons in and out of school/college from primary to top end secondary.

The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Teachers Award is looking for a teacher who shows enthusiasm, passion and energy for their work, commitment and dedication and good subject knowledge / expertise, all of which have been used to enthuse the students they work with.

If you think you are this person, or if you know a teacher who deserves to have their hard work in STEM acknowledged, then please contact Ellie Chambers at Ellie.Chambers@britishscienceassociation.org or on 020 7019 4945 so you can be sent either a self nomination or nomination by another person form. Please take the time to fill either of them out and put your nomination forward (do make sure you let the nominee know first though!) You can return the form electronically, in the post or by fax on 020 7581 6587.

The winner will receive £500 and a certificate as well as being invited on an experience trip and many other benefits and perks for the coming year.

Teachers can either nominate themselves, or be nominated by another person.

From the pool of entries, five teachers will be shortlisted and have their travel costs covered to attend The Big Bang where they will be interviewed by a judging panel to select the award winner. The recipient will be announced at the National Award Ceremony on the same day in the evening of Friday the 11^th March.

Deadline for entries:  30^th January 2011.

National Science and Engineering Competition (NSEC) Updates

For the first time, NSEC is offering a prize for specialist schools, sponsored by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT). Eligibility is wider than simply schools who have student competitors and it has a separate application process (via SSAT). Any school with a STEM specialism (Maths & Computing, Science, Technology or Engineering) can apply. Details are on the NSEC website:

http://www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/nsec/2011_competition/prizes.cfm

News on what the British Science Association has been up to recently can be found at http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/News/FestivalNews/index.htm