Slides for Year 9 students at Cressex Community School about science identity, the work of the British Science Association, Antibiotic Awareness Week & the Longitude Prize

1. September 2015
Katherine Mathieson
Chief Executive
@Kath_math
Cressex Community School
15 November 2017

2. A world where science is
at the heart of
culture and society.

3. The British Science Association’s definition of
science includes maths, engineering,
technology, social science.

4. Why?
Why?
Science skills and careers are key to future
employment and can boost social mobility.

5. Why?
Why?
Society needs to make decisions about big future
issues - such as vaccines, AI, climate change - and
requires a scientifically literate population to do this.
Science skills and careers are key to future
employment and can boost social mobility.

6. Why?
Why?
Science is better when it is more diverse and
representative.
Society needs to make decisions about big future
issues - such as vaccines, AI, climate change - and
requires a scientifically literate population to do this.
Science skills and careers are key to future
employment and can boost social mobility.

7. Why?
Why?
Science is a cultural entitlement, part of our shared
heritage and something that shapes our daily lives.
Science is better when it is more diverse and
representative.
Society needs to make decisions about big future
issues - such as vaccines, AI, climate change - and
requires a scientifically literate population to do this.
Science skills and careers are key to future
employment and can boost social mobility.

8. September 2015
Audience
model

9. September 2015

11. 5-to-19-year-olds.
Recognises and rewards young peoples’
own investigations
Real world context
Over 30,000 students each year.
Independent research report shows CREST boosts grades and increases likelihood of students
continuing in STEM: http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/crestsilver-report

13. British Science Week
• 9-18 March 2018
• Over 2,500 events
• Almost 1 million participants
• Grants for certain schools and for
community groups
• Poster competition for younger students –
over 12,000 participants
• Free downloadable activity packs
• Citizen science projects
• Behind the scenes of British science
• National media coverage
/watch?v=6mx4-3hRllA

16. “a post-
antibiotic
apocalypse…
…..the end of
modern
medicine”

20. https://youtu.be/L0efN73LbEw

21. Katherine Mathieson
Chief Executive
British Science Association
T: 020 7019 4935 | M: 07502 419 223
cienceassociation.org
@kath_math
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