Videoconferences - Meet the Scientist
Share the excitement of new discoveries in a videoconference with Museum scientists.
How to take part
- Check the tab below for details of the next videoconference.
- Email us with:
- school name
- pupils' age
- class size
- a mobile number that we can contact you on during the day
- Check your videoconferencing equipment (you can choose to take part online only if you don’t have videoconferencing).Contact JVCS if you need assistance: 0131 650 4933.
- You will receive an invitation to the event in the week starting April 30th, confirming that you are part of the session.
- Connect half an hour prior to the event, for a sound check.
- Pupils can complete our Science Opinions activity sheet at the start of the event:
- Discuss these topics with your class, ready for some questions we will ask you on the day
Primary
- Which animals lived in the ice age?
- Why do you think they went extinct?
Secondary
- How was the environment different in the ice age to today?
- Which large animals lived in the ice age?
- Why do you think they went extinct?
- What evidence would you use to explain why?
Giants of the Ice Age - 11 May 2012
Giants of the Ice Age
Join Museum scientist Adrian Lister to find out what our collections can tell us about mammoth extinction.
Date: Friday 11 May 2012, Attenborough Studio
Primary pupils: 10.00 - 10.30am
Secondary pupils: 11.00 - 11.45 am
Learning Objectives
Primary:
- To meet inspiring role models: scientist Adrian Lister and science communicator Natalie Mills
- To develop confidence when communicating about science
- To learn about the role of collections in understanding of the natural world: example mammoth extinction
Secondary: 11.00-11.45
- To explore future implications of historical natural events
- To consider climate change from a different perspective