February 2009

Salters’ Festivals of Chemistry 2009

There are some places available at the Salters' Festivals of Chemistry 2009 at Universities across the UK and Republic of Ireland so get your entries in quickly to avoid disappointment! Entry is restricted to one team of four students from:

Years 7 and/or 8 in England and Wales

Years P7 and/or S1 in Scotland

Year 8 in Northern Ireland

Final year primary school and/or Year 1 secondary school in the Republic of Ireland

For further information about the Festivals and to apply online please visit:

www.festivalsofchemistry.co.uk

or contact the Festivals Administrator on:

Tel: 020 7628 5962 ext. 224

Email: festivals@salters.co.uk

Salters’ Chemistry Camps 2009

If you have not yet applied for the Salters' Chemistry Camps 2009 please send your applications in now as places are filling up fast!  The Camps are hosted at Universities throughout the UK.  Teachers may nominate up to four students from:

Year 10 in England and Wales

Year S3 in Scotland

Year 11 in Northern Ireland

Year 3 in the Republic of Ireland

For further information about the Camps and to apply online please visit:

www.chemistrycamps.co.uk

or contact the Camps Administrator on:

Tel: 020 7628 5962 ext. 213

Email: camps@salters.co.uk

Salters' National Awards for

Science Technicians 2009

Don't forget to nominate your Science Technicians for the Salters' National Awards for Science Technicians 2009!  Up to four awards of £250 are available and nominations can be made by the Headteacher or the Head of the Science Department.

CLOSING DATE: 1 May 2009

For further information and to download a nomination form please click on the link to our website below:

National Awards for Science Technicians

or contact the Publicity Co-ordinator on:

Tel: 020 7628 5962 ext. 260

Email: publicity@salters.co.uk

Salters' Book Grants

The Salters' Institute is keen to encourage schools to benefit from following the Salters' Curricula.  The Institute therefore makes available grants of not more than £500 in any academic year for the purchase of course books for the following courses:-

Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology

Salters Advanced Chemistry

Salters Horners Advanced Physics

Applications can now only be made online and this facility will be available very shortly.

CLOSING DATE: 30 April 2009

For further  information and to apply online please click on the link to our website below:-

Salters' Book Grants

or contact the Publicity Co-ordinator on:

Tel: 020 7628 5962 ext. 260

Email: publicity@salters.co.uk

The Science Museum has developed five brilliant new classroom activities to support teaching about materials at KS2, KS3 and KS4. They include setting ice on fire and making paper bloom with flowers! There’s also a series of short films about smart materials showing super demos ranging from dancing slime to memory metals.

These activities and films are free to download and use. Developed and tested with teachers and students, they are easy to use, practical, safe, low in cost and require minimum preparation.

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educatorsresources

The Horners' Company

The Horners' Company are hosting three residential Polymer Study Tours for Design & Technology and Science teachers in 2009.  Each three day course at a British University covers the science of plastics in line with the current curriculum, explores the processing and recycling of plastics and includes experiments in the labs and visits to local factories.  The Courses in 2009 will be:

14 - 17 June 2009       Napier University

21 - 24 June 2009       London Metropolitan University

12 - 15 July 2009        The University of Manchester

For full details and the booking form see www.ase.org.uk or www.horners.org.uk, or email Belinda Blakeney at the ASE at belinda.blakeney@ase.org.uk with any particular queries.