SciberBrain is born!

Following the pilot of Sciberquest, it became clear that several aspects of the event needed to be tweaked. One of these aspects being the name! Some of the activities are being modified and the teachers guide is being prepared to enable schools to DIY their own event.

In September, SciberBrain is going to the BA festival as a slightly reduced 90 minute version where we hope to try out the newly designed presentations and some of the modified materials. We will have three slots in the programme so by the end we should have a really good idea of what works well.

I am also reviewing the literature to explore the current thinking on teaching socio-scientific controversial issues. I feel this is necessary to inform future developments in this project so I can back up and justify our methods to the teaching community. This went down well with the Science Learning Centre staff in York yesterday. They are very interested in showcasing SciberBrain in their 'How Science Works' courses which would be a fantastic endorsement.