• Question: what will you do with the prize money?

    Asked by frankkkkkkkkkk to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 16 Mar 2011 in Categories: . This question was also asked by bellalai, charlie13, jameshawkins, kathanhal, csmy18, taralara, thomasphipps96, bananahammocks, kicajo, bamawkwardturtlebabies3, infernoduck, nickjames, samuelj, amymeg, pinkpanther, extrememuffins, doriado999.
    • Photo: Probash Chowdhury

      Probash Chowdhury answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Donate it to my son’s school for much needed science equipment and teaching materials.

      I occasionally help out at my son’s junior school and do some science demos. I would like to help inspire young people to be interested in science and I believe it’s just as important to be interested in it from an early age as it is at your age. If schools don’t have the resources or teaching materials, they can’t inspire young people with science.

      But if you have other ideas for the money, I’d like to hear them…..

    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      I’m still figuring this out, but I will credit you fine people with giving me some ideas. I think it would be great to buy some equipment to take to schools with me to give students an experience with science. I’ll need to think about the kind of equipment that would help me to do this.

    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      I’m open to suggestions!

      What I had thought of doing was to use the money for something that would allow me and my students to bring field observations and measurements back to the classroom – perhaps by buying a digital video camera/mp3 recorder to make (and upload) video and audio podcasts while we are in the field. Here’s an example (made from stills, not video, and based around a mix of lab and field work). One advantage of this is that the podcasts would be available to all, and for many years. It would also make follow-up sessions (at schools) a bit more real, if we were to bring along the rock samples, equipment and measurements that we had used/collected in the podcasts.

      Do you have any thoughts?

    • Photo: Melanie Stefan

      Melanie Stefan answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      I am interested in how to make pictures or other representations of proteins (or other biological agents) that show not only what they look like, but also how they work. Therefore, I’d like to go to a school and do an arts/science project that tries to find ways of doing this. The outcome will be some beautiful works of arts, some better understanding of science an possibly some general methods of making biological information visible and accessible.

    • Photo: Mark Vesey

      Mark Vesey answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      I’d like to educate people, especially schoolchildren, on the nuclear industry and try to improve understanding so that everyone knows the issues and can appreciate the benefits provided by the nuclear industry. Sellafield Ltd have a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) Ambassador programme that encourages employees to interact with the public in events such as this one, I would like to expand and improve this scheme and allow more visits to schools & interactive events educating students on Sellafiedl Ltd and its role within the nuclear industry.

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