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Thank you all much for voting for me – I never win anything so it really make my day to win 😀 I had an amazing time answering all your great questions and chatting to you – I learnt lots and hope you did too! In fact I’m currently at the airport waiting to go to Cyprus and having answered questions about how planes fly I’m now teaching it all to my daughter! I’ve been in contact with the school regarding how best to spend the money and I will be going in to chat to the children about what science they would like to learn about after my holiday. I have lots of exciting ideas and I’m sure they will come up with some too. One of the things we are going to do is create a butterfly garden to tie in with the book ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ which … Continue reading →

Students have spoken. The votes have been counted. Congratulations Samantha, we look forward to hearing how you spend your £500 prize money. Hard luck to Sam and thank you to all the other scientists who took part. You were all brilliant and each and every single one of you has contributed to the great success of this event. We’ve had two weeks of hot debate, stimulating chat and mind-boggling facts. Students, don’t forget to fill in the event feedback survey to be in with a chance to win £20 WH Smith vouchers, here: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/934591/I-m-a-Scientist-June-2012-Tell-us-what-you-think

We’ve counted, checked and rechecked the votes since yesterday and now it’s game over for… JONATHAN This leaves just SAMANTHA and SAM to fight it out for the £500 prize tomorrow. What would they both do with the money, you ask? Samantha says “I would like to set up a science club at the school which my 2 children attend.” and Sam says “I would put onto computer disks, 3-D “virtual” images of human organs containing cancer and other diseases, and “virtual” microscopic images of normal and diseased tissues, and donate copies of the disks to local schools – so students can “have a go” at being histopathologists themselves.”. The competition is hotting up and the scientists are pulling out all the stops to secure your all important final vote. Only you decide who gets the £500 prize. Not your teacher, not the other scientists. Ask them more questions to … Continue reading →

We’ve counted the votes since yesterday and now it’s time to evict… MIKE In just 24 hours time the final 2 Pathology Zone scientists will be revealed to battle it out in the final. Who gets through to the final for a chance to win £500? YOU decide! The last 3 scientists have it all to play for and they’re fighting for YOUR vote. So vote NOW to make sure your favourite scientist makes it through to Friday’s final – /pathologyj12-zone/vote/ If you haven’t made up your mind why not ask the scientists those all important tie breaker questions to help you decide? /pathologyj12-zone/ask/ One student in each zone will win a £20 WH Smith voucher for asking the best questions in the opinion of the moderators. So keep asking those mind boggling questions that push the scientist to their limits, and it might just be you… Sorry to see … Continue reading →

It’s been a fantastic event so far and the scientists have worked hard, answering thousands of questions between them. But on Friday there can only be one winner in each zone, so some of them have to go. We are sorry to have to do this to you, but the first scientist to be evicted is… ANNA Thanks so much for all you’ve done. We hope you’ve enjoyed taking part. There will be evictions every day for the rest of the week, with the winner announced on Friday. Keep VOTING students! Who will walk off with the prize? YOU decide!

I’m a Scientist kicks off in full on Monday 25th and the scientists in the Pathology Zone are eagerly awaiting your questions! You can read all about the scientists on their profiles – /pathologyj12-zone/scientists And then: ASK them all those tricky science questions you want to know the answer to CHAT with them in live chats booked by your teacher VOTE for your favourite scientist to win £500 to spend on communicating science So get thinking about what it is you want to know about the world of science.