Author: jonwoodscience

Good news everyone! And especially for me as I get to join my fellow science explainers, demonstrators and performers in quite a lot of science busking at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

I’ll be joining ‘Dr D’, Vicki Dennison and science roadshow veteran Chris Hampsheir in the BBC Science Zone, situated in the Square. Meet the production teams responsible for some of your favourite BBC science programmes, explore the content further, get hands-on with science and have the opportunity to quiz their family of expert presenters in an informal setting. Continue reading “Upcoming event – Cheltenham Science Festival”

I’ve recently been discussing the mechanisms of effective science communication and was challenged to suggest a good ‘how to’ guide. Truth is… you don’t need one, but that isn’t to say that you don’t need training to learn it. In fact, the description across the top of this blog contains all the fundamental rules.

It talks of two things, finding the right words and of getting someone to explain them. I’ll share some pointers on both of them now but they are addressed using the same method. Continue reading “You couldn’t make it up!”

It is presenting at events like this one, run by the ThinkTank Museum in Birmingham, that really make you appreciate why you do science communication. Each school in attendance today had the opportunity to sample up to four sessions run by the industry’s finest examples engagement pioneers. This always throws up the same problem though, that of becoming distracted. Not the pupils, but the presenters. Continue reading “Day one in the ‘How Science Works 2011’ household.”