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January 12, 2017

I now have a twitter account for all things science, research and the blog! Take a look if you like: @kirstyscientist via GIPHY

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Introducing careers in STEM - education

June 09, 2017

This week, I went to a Code Club meet-up and had a very interesting discussion with a retired engineer about educating kids about STEM careers. So a bit of background about me: I've been running Code Clubs for just less than three years. The clubs are mainly aimed at children aged 7-12, and are based in the community. My clubs are all about creating a fun space for children and young people to explore coding and technology - I fill the room with resources and encourage the kids to come up with their own questions and make their own projects. In the UK, coding has started to be introduced into the curriculum (the list of things teachers have to teach), but from my experience, I don't think many young children realise what a major skill coding and technology could be in their future careers. Do they think its only relevant if they want to be involved in games or app development?! Do children and young people realise the potential of STEM careers? Especially whe...

My brother picks good Christmas presents - the smartphone microscope.

June 04, 2017

Another #scicomm review today, but this time a very fun one! Last Christmas, my 15 year old little brother got me a fantastic little Christmas present - a smartphone microscope from the Science Museum: Smartphone microscope in my hand to show you its size. It's a really nifty little gadget - you can just clip it over you smartphone's camera at the top and it lights up and magnifies the image up to 30x. It's definitely designed as a gadget just for a bit of fun, but I thought it could be such a good #scicomm (science communication) tool. Its tiny, portable, quite cheap and loads of fun, especially in the garden or outdoors! So below I've shared some of my favourite snaps taken with the microscope. All the best ones are the ones from nature! Maybe this is a tool that could be used to make using a microscope easier and accessible for young people, who knows...! Daisies Bluetac Grass and a feather (left bottom = grass, right bottom = feat...

#scicomm review: Michael Mosley vs the Superbugs (BBC)

June 02, 2017

One of the things I'm really excited to introduce as part of my #kirstyblogseverydayinjune challenge is a new series of posts - #scicomm reviews. I love watching a good documentary or reading a good book that covers science in a non-academic way. It's relaxing, fun and introduces me to areas of science I don't study and become fascinated by, or areas I do and love to see portrayed in a different way (and see how accurate I think they did it!). So the first thing I'd like to review from my #scicomm perspective is a recent BBC TV programme - Michael Mosley vs the Superbugs . The programme discussed antibiotic resistance and some of the new research exploring ways to avoid using broad spectrum antibiotics. And I thought it was fantastic. The show opened with a very visual, if a little gross/awesome, representation of the skin microbiota - the different types of bacteria that live on human skin, completely natural and harmless in healthy people. The show's...