Science Programme of Events

0900 – 1030	Registration
1030 – 1050	Course Welcome by Course Director
1050 – 1140	Keynote Lecture: Richard Noble OBE
1150 – 1210	Break
1210 – 1300	Pupil Discussion
1300 – 1400	Lunch in Teacher Leader Groups
1400 – 1530	Workshop 1: Why do we teach Science?
1530 – 1600	Break
1600 – 1700	Lecture: Dr Paul Barker: Self-assembling circuits – lessons from biology to the electronic engineer. Connecting A-level topics to current research in nanotechnology
1700 – 1900	Group session 2: *Sharing good practice*
1900 – 1930	Break
1930 – 2200	Dinner After Dinner Talk by Prof David Nutt

0900 – 1000	Choice of Lectures: Dr Phil Cox: Form and Function of the Mammalian Skull: Old Questions, New Techniques or Dr Jim McElwaine: The Dynamics of Avalanches
1000 – 1030	Schools Programme Presentation
1030 – 1100	Break
1100 – 1300	Workshop 3: Sharing development objectives
1300 – 1400	Lunch
1400 – 1540	Choice of Seminars: At the Cutting Edge Andrew Pontzen: Astrophysics and cosmology in the 21st Century or Dr. Katharine Hubbard: Cells, clocks and calcium: how plants coordinate responses to the environment
1540 – 1610	Break
1610 – 1800	Workshop 4: What are the issues in Science education?
1800 – 1930	Break
1930 – 2200	Reception, dinner and after dinner talk

0900 – 1000	Choice of Lecture: Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright: Keeping up with the Universe or The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence Dr Rupert Sheldrake in conversation with Ian Skelly
1000 – 1100	Workshop 5: Special Interest Groups
1100 – 1130	Break
1130 – 1230	Lecture: Dr Geoff Tansley: Bloody Engineering
1230 – 1330	Lunch
1330 – 1530	Plenary Discussion with Panel of Educationalists
1530 – 1545	Evaluations
1545	Attendance Certificates and Depart