Your Show Guide ExCeL London, 14 – 17 March 2013
The Showfloor Map Making Trax
Go Global
Energise
Special Features
DLR Entrance
Stage
Information Point
Careers Hub
The Big Bang Picnic Area
The Studio
Next Factor Entrance N9
Farm To Fork Entrance N10
Exit N11
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Registration
Exit N8
Body Talk
Capital Hall
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Welcome
Welcome
The Big Bang Fair Showguide 2013 Foreword by Dr Vince Cable MP and David Willetts MP
Welcome to The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair 2013.
Welcome to The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair 2013, featuring the finals of the National Science + Engineering Competition and the UK STEM Club Showcase
Now in its fifth year, The Big Bang Fair has established itself as the flagship event for science and engineering, attracting this year a record 55,000 young people, teachers and parents.
Dr Paul Go Chairma lby CBE FREng n, The B ig Young S cientists Bang UK & Engin eers Fair
More than 170 organisations from the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are taking part in this event. Household names like Professor Brian Cox are giving up their time to contribute as judges and participants. This is because, like us, they see that it is vital to inspire the next generation to be part of the great adventure that is science and engineering. These are win-win subjects offering rewarding careers as well as helping to build a stronger UK economy and to improve our quality of life. We see this from projections: engineering companies will have close on to 3 million job opportunities from 2010 to 2020, with two thirds of these requiring specialist engineering skills.
The Rt. Hon Dr Vince Cable MP Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
We see it also in the emergence of exciting new technologies which the UK will be in a strong position to exploit. We are in the vanguard of the big data revolution. We are pioneering new technologies to repair human tissue, to store energy and improve food production. We are inventing new cutting edge materials like graphene, and finding imaginative commercial uses for robots and satellites.
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With the vast range of activities, shows and exhibits on offer, The Fair provides an inspirational introduction to the world of science and engineering. The crucial message behind all the ‘fun of The Fair’, however, is that there is a wealth of exciting opportunities available to young people both in education and beyond into the world of work. The students exhibiting at The Fair are competing for prizes, most notably as part of the National Science + Engineering Competition. For these young people, to have reached the finals at The Big Bang Fair is in itself a great achievement. All participating STEM Clubs have also undergone a rigorous selection process. I would like to congratulate them all and wish them the very best, not just for these competitions and showcases, but for their future education and careers.
These sectors, which show the diversity of the world of science, will need the injection of new talent of the sort that we see on display at this event and participating in the National Science + Engineering Competition. There is a real buzz and sense of excitement to this industry which is going from strength to strength. And that enthusiasm and thirst for knowledge is evident as you tour the exhibition. The range and quality of entrants is truly impressive. The young people who have reached the final of the National Science + Engineering Competition – The Fair’s centre-piece – represent the best and brightest young talent from around the country. The Government is doing everything it can to increase that pool of talent, so that the UK can look to the future with confidence and optimism and retain its position of leadership in this field on the world stage.
The Big Bang Fair is the biggest single celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics for young people in the UK. This year is set to be our biggest yet with an expected 55,000 visitors on-site. On Thursday and Friday we will be welcoming students and teachers from schools and colleges across the country. The weekend is for families, when parents and guardians can join their children in discovering the wonders of science and engineering.
More than simply a great day out, The Big Bang programme aims to deliver ongoing engagement with young people, their parents and teachers – a “year
round conversation”. In 2012, The Big Bang Near Me events that took place across the country provided an opportunity for more than 20,000 young people, parents and teachers to experience, close to home, the excitement and opportunities available. The Near Me programme continues to expand across the UK with an expected 35,000 participants in 2013. We also work with the media and use social media to help more young people understand that studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics at school, college and university can open up a whole range of exciting and rewarding career opportunities. Involving over 170 different organisations, The Big Bang Fair 2013 represents an unprecedented partnership between Government, education, industry and the wider science and engineering communities. I would like to thank all of those who have supported this fantastic celebration of science and engineering and hope you will continue to do so in future years. By the time today’s school pupils are of working age, the UK will need almost two million additional engineers and technicians to meet the needs of our nation. The Big Bang is playing a vital role in providing young people with the support and inspiration needed to ensure that they become the scientists and engineers to address the challenges of the future.
The Rt. Hon David Willets MP Minister for Universities and Science The Big Bang Fair – London 2013
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Contents
Welcome
2 The Big Bang Fair Map 4 W elcome from The Rt. Hon Dr Vince Cable MP and The Rt. Hon David Willets MP 5 W elcome from Dr Paul Golby CBE FREng 6 W elcome from The Big Bang Team 7 General Information 8 Sponsors 12 Volunteers 14 Timetables 20 Questions on Careers 22 Showfloor Overview 23 Body Talk 25 The Next Factor 27 Go Global 29 Energise 30 Making Trax
Welcome to The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair, the biggest event of its kind in the UK. Our exciting showfloor and theatre shows will show you the wonderful world of science, technology, engineering and maths. You’ll have the chance to talk to scientists and engineers about the great jobs they do. Build bridges with chocolate, discover ‘The Secret Life of Snot’ and ‘The Science of Sugar’, as well as attempt to break a record in ‘Guinness World Records: Science Live!‘ and much, much more! Meet the finalists of the National Science + Engineering Competition – young people just like you. Chat with these students, find out about the fascinating projects they have been working on. And maybe next year you could join us a finalist… We hope you enjoy your day. From all at The Big Bang Fair.
31 Farm to Fork 32 The Studio 33 Igloo Education Ideas Factory 34 Hidden World 35 The X Plus Why? Factor
Keep in touch...
38 Competitions 40 National Science + Engineering Competition
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51 The Big Bang Near Me Fairs
youtube.com/thebigbangfair
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General Information Emergency: In the event of a venue emergency, the security team will take control of the event and manage evacuation of the building. If you need medical assistance, please contact the nearest volunteer or the Central Information Point. Security and lost property: We are unable to accept responsibility for any property brought on site. You are advised to keep your belongings with you at all times. To report a loss or theft, please go to the Central Information Point. Cloakroom: The main cloakroom is located centrally in the boulevard on Level 0, with additional cloakrooms located on the boulevard, Level 0, next to the Capital Hall. All items are charged at £1 each. The cloakroom will open half an hour before The Fair opens and half an hour after The Fair closes. When the cloakroom has closed, all left luggage and coats are taken to the Security Control Room – T: 020 7069 4445. Please note that ExCeL London cloakrooms cannot accept laptops, phones or other electrical goods. Cash Points: You will find two HSBC machines at the West End of the boulevard, Barclays and HSBC ATMs are situated in the boulevard on Level 0, and there’s an ATM at the East end of the Boulevard by N6/S6. Catering: A wide range of food and beverages is on offer at ExCeL London, including sandwiches, hot food, snacks and drinks. These are all available within the boulevard.
Lost children: If you lose your child or a member of your school group, please inform the nearest volunteer or go to the Central Information Point. Volunteers: There will be many volunteers on site who will be able to help answer your questions and direct you around the event. All volunteers are from science, engineering, technology and maths backgrounds and so will be pleased to assist your students with any related questions about Fair exhibits. STEM Guide volunteers are also available to pick up from the meeting points in Farm to Fork and by registration – more information about STEM Guides and how to access one is available on page 12. Opening and closing times: The showfloor will be open on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th March between 9:30am and 4:30pm, and on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March between 9:30am and 5:30pm. There are lots of live theatre shows happening throughout the day. More information about these can be found throughout this guide. How to get the most out of your visit: Please ensure you arrive 30 minutes before any scheduled activity to guarantee your place and ensure your activity can begin on time. We want everyone to get the most out of their experience at The Big Bang Fair.
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Sponsors Led by
EngineeringUK is an independent organisation that promotes the vital contribution of engineers, engineering and technology in our society. EngineeringUK partners business and industry, government and the wider science and engineering community. Through The Big Bang Fair and The Big Bang Near Me Fairs that happen around the country throughout the year, we’re inspiring the next generation – from all backgrounds – to become engineers or scientists.
Major Sponsors
Supported by
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is making a difference by supporting sustained growth and higher skills across the economy. We are proud to support The Big Bang Fair as an effective and fun way of inspiring the scientists and engineers of tomorrow – keeping the UK a centre for world class research and development.
In Partnership with
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. It supports the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. The Trust’s breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. It is independent of both political and commercial interests. www.wellcome.ac.uk The Big Bang Fair – London 2013
BAE Systems is one of the world’s largest defence and security companies. The Company is a large manufacturer and employer of engineers and invests nearly £80M every year in apprentice and graduate training and employee development as well as working with schools and universities. Visit our stand and have a go at the BAE Systems challenge to learn how the problemsolving dimension of maths can be fun and relevant in the real world.
Can you help shape the world’s energy future with Shell? Gatsby is a Foundation set up by David Sainsbury to realise his charitable objectives. We focus our support on a limited number of areas. In education we aim to strengthen science and engineering skills in the UK by developing innovative programmes and informing national policy. For more information see our website www. gatsby.org.uk
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Lead Sponsors
General Dynamics UK is a world-leader in defence and security, employing more than 1,600 people. Our integrated solutions protect civilians, military personnel, critical infrastructure and sensitive data. Customers around the world operating energy, transportation and other sensitive sites trust us to defend their critical assets; governments trust us to deliver against their requirements, budgets and timescales.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the largest automotive producer in the UK. JLR is the UK’s largest investor in automotive R&D and engineering, committing at least £1.5 billion a year to product creation. JLR is at the centre of the UK automotive industry’s drive to deliver technical innovation in all areas of vehicle development.
Visit the Shell stand in the Energise Zone and learn how you can help shape the world’s energy future. Explore and learn about how the world’s growing population will increase the demand for energy. Watch interactive experiments and speak to Shell experts about how we are helping to shape the world’s energy future. Join us and see how much energy you can create on our interactive dance floor.
Siemens is a global engineering company employing 13,500 people in the UK and a proud lead sponsor of The Big Bang Fair. Together, we can inspire a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in our youngest minds to help tackle some of the world’s toughest questions confronting Energy, Industry, Infrastructure & Cities and Healthcare.
Rolls-Royce is a world-leading provider of power systems and services for use on land, at sea and in the air. RollsRoyce employs over 40,000 people in over 50 countries. Over 11,000 of these employees are engineers. Rolls-Royce has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to education outreach.
Corporate Sponsors
Airbus is the leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive product line on the market. Airbus is a global company with design and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, the UK, and Spain as well as subsidiaries in the U.S., China, Japan, and in the Middle East. Headquartered in Toulouse, France, Airbus is an EADS company.
ARM designs the technology at the heart of today’s most iconic digital devices. From the latest smart phones and tablets, portable audio and games machines, to your wifi and smart TV; all are based on microprocessor technology from the UK’s leading technology company. Visit our stand to find out why.
Did you know that engineering is behind many things in our daily lives, from turning on a tap to running complex transport networks? Atkins’ stand features hands-on and multimedia experiences, with fascinating facts about the amazing and varied world of engineering and how to pursue a career within it.
At Centrica/ British Gas, our apprenticeships are about more than just the technical skills to become a highly qualified Gas Engineer, Technician or Software Developer; we also build into the programme a range of leadership development modules. Training is provided in house at our offices or our award-wining training academies.
Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generators. Headquartered in USA Cummins employs approximately 44,000 people worldwide and serves customers in 190 countries.
E.ON is one of the top energy companies in the world. We’re investing up to 3 billion between 2011-2013 on renewable generation and climate protection activities – we want to be a company people trust and are always looking at ways to make energy cleaner and better.
Energy & Utility Skills, with its Think initiatives, is working in conjunction with UK employers to champion the benefits of working in the gas, power, waste management, and water industries. The utilities sector is fundamental to a modern, functioning society and new skilled talent is needed to support the UK’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
GSK is a science-led, global healthcare company. Visit our ‘Formula for Success’ stand and explore the exciting world of science behind sport. Step into the driving seat, find out what makes a great athlete and try your luck at our challenges. It’s real life science you won’t want to miss. The Big Bang Fair – London 2013
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Key Supporters
With Generous Support from Astrium Ltd
Heathrow is Britain’s hub airport and the busiest international airport in the world. Handling over 70 million passengers per year with 86 airlines serving 183 destinations. Heathrow is the UK’s largest employment site with 76,500 people employed by 320 companies in a range of careers including construction, engineering and science.
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. Whether you want widely respected science, technology, engineering and maths qualifications that focus on excellence or engaging resources, you’ll find these at Pearson.
Autodesk At Selex ES, we use science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) to create innovative, cutting edge technology. At the Big Bang Fair you can find out who we are, explore our fantastic products and find out how young scientists and engineers can become the creators of tomorrow’s world in a STEM related career with Selex ES.
British Pharmacological Society Energy Institute Igloo Education Intel/UKRC L’Oréal Mary Rose Trust National Apprenticeship Service Plymouth University Queen Mary University London Semta Society for General Microbiology
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida features an actual Saturn V moon rocket, Shuttle Launch Experience, 3D IMAX® space films, Astronaut Encounter, Exploration Space: Explorers Wanted, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®, featuring historic spacecraft and astronaut memorabilia. See Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis opening summer 2013. Located 45 minutes east of Orlando.
Make the web, design a game, create an animation, hack an electronic device, remix a video. Lift the lid and take a peek inside the technologies we use every day then make them do stuff!
National Grid’s role is to connect people to the energy they use. We are at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our society – delivering clean energy to support our world long into the future. Engineering will play a major part in delivering reliable and affordable energy solutions.
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Renishaw is a global company with core skills in measurement, motion control, spectroscopy and precision machining. We develop innovative products that significantly advance our customers’ operational performance – from improving manufacturing efficiencies and raising product quality, to maximising research capabilities and improving the efficacy of medical procedures.
Owned by the Saudi Arabian Government, Saudi Aramco is a fully-integrated, global petroleum enterprise. The Company manages proven conventional reserves of 260.1 billion barrels of oil and the fourth-largest gas reserves in the world, 279 trillion cubic feet. For more information, go to www.saudiaramco.com.
Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College Sellafield Ltd is responsible for the safe and efficient decommissioning of the UK’s nuclear legacy as well as spent fuel reprocessing and the management of nuclear waste on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. With over 50 years’ experience, employing over 10,000 people, Sellafield delivers creative solutions to reduce complex hazards.
Thales is a leader in the defence, security, aerospace and transport markets. We provide equipment, systems and services that deliver safe, secure and seamless information management. Through our understanding of the Critical Decision Chain, we help customers to decide and act in a timely fashion and obtain the best outcomes.
URENCO is an international supplier of enrichment services. URENCO educates children in the world of science and energy using learning materials featuring its friendly science ambassador, Richie Enrichment. By engaging with its youngest stakeholders, URENCO aims to inspire the scientists and engineers of the future. The Big Bang Fair – London 2013
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Volunteers at The Big Bang Fair All of our volunteers have a background in science and engineering. Many work in industry or research, many others are studying. Please feel free to ask our volunteers about anything you see at The Big Bang Fair. Look out for:
General Volunteers These volunteers will be on the registration desk when you come in as well as on all sections of the showfloor and will be happy to help with anything from advice on the best exhibits to see as well as lunch options, directions to areas of the showfloor and information about theatre shows. They will be wearing red t-shirts as in the picture (right). Do ask them for help with anything you need, as well as questions about science and engineering!
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STEM Guides STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) Guide volunteers are post-graduate students or have professional experience in science or engineering and can help to put into context some of the exhibits your students/ children will see. These experts are also happy to give information about the experiences they have had of STEM education, training or the places of work they have been in and give the young people a chance to question them in an informal setting whilst going around The Fair together.
Did you opt in to work with a STEM Guide while you are at The Fair? STEM Guides can be located at one of two STEM Guide meeting points – under the stairwell near the registration desk where you will arrive or by Hidden World in Farm to Fork. You can also pick one up from around the showfloor. Don’t worry if you didn’t opt-in for one when you booked, you can still pick one up if they are available. STEM Guides will be wearing white t-shirts as in the picture (left).
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ation m r o f n I l a Addition Please note that volunteers will not have an encyclopaedic knowledge of every exhibit at The Fair. Some will have specialist science knowledge and others may have knowledge of some of the engineering & technology exhibits on show. They are experts in their own field, so if you have a preference for a particular subject that your students would like to learn more about, please ask for a STEM Guide at the STEM Guide meeting point and you will be allocated a volunteer from your preferred STEM background if they are available.
Although all of our STEM Guides are familiar with the overall layout of The Fair, they are not able to advise extensively regarding lunch options or other logistical issues. STEM Guides are not able to act in loco parentis and so cannot supervise your students/children.
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* Please note these are pre-booked shows
Thursday
Friday
14 March 2013 Showfloor Hidden World*
Careers Workshop*
15 March 2013 Capital Hall The Igloo Education Ideas Factory
The Big Bang Stage*
Auditorium*
Stage 2
Stage 3
(Capital Suite 8)*
(Capital Suite 12)*
10.00 Ocean Drifters
Careers Networking
10.30
4x4 in Schools: UK National Final Welcome
Ready Steady Science: Cracking the Code – The Genetics of Superheroes
Guinness World Records: Science Live!
Classroom Medics: Inside the Body and the NHS
10.00 Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies: Zombie Science 1Z
Ocean Drifters
Tomorrow’s Engineers Workshop
Classroom Medics: Inside the Body and the NHS
David Glowacki: Dance Spectroscopy
11.45
Stefan Gates: Gastronaut Live
12.00 Careers Networking
12.15 12.30
Ocean Drifters
Careers Networking
10.30
11.15 11.30 Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies: Zombie Science 1Z
The Big Bang Stage*
Auditorium*
F1 in Schools: UK National Final Welcome
Ready Steady Science: Cracking the Code – The Genetics of Superheroes
Stage 2
Stage 3
(Capital Suite 8)*
(Capital Suite 12)*
Science Theatre: Strange Science Guinness World Records: Science Live!
Tomorrow’s Engineers Workshop
Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies: Zombie Science 1Z
Science Theatre: Strange Science David Glowacki: Dance Spectroscopy
11.45 12.00
12.45
Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies: Zombie Science 1Z
Stefan Gates: Gastronaut Live Careers Networking
12.30
NSEC: LIVE@lunch
Ocean Drifters
Ocean Drifters
12.15 Brainiac Live!
Brainiac Live! NSEC: LIVE@lunch
Ocean Drifters
13.00
13.00 13.15
13.15
Deafness UK: The Bionic Ear Show
13.30
Plymouth University Presents: Into the Abyss Stefan Gates: & Awesome Aliens Gastronaut Live
13.45 Ocean Drifters
14.15 14.30
Tomorrow’s Engineers Workshop
14.45
15.30 15.45 16.00
16.30
4x4 in Schools: UK National Final Awards Ceremony
15.15 15.30
Ocean Drifters
Deafness UK: The Bionic Ear Show Stefan Gates: Gastronaut Live BAE Systems: It All Adds Up!
Tomorrow’s Engineers Workshop
Guinness World Records: Science Live! Music Jelly 360 – Walk in Experience
15.00
NSEC: Nobels Live
Deafness UK: The Bionic Ear Show BAE Systems: It All Adds Up!
15.45 16.00 Guinness World Records: Science Live!
16.15 16.30
16.45
16.45
17.00
17.00
17.15
17.15
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Ocean Drifters
14.45
BAE Systems: It All Adds Up!
Ready Steady Science: Cracking the Code – The Genetics of Superheroes
14.00
14.30 Deafness UK: The Bionic Ear Show
Plymouth University Presents: Into the Abyss & Awesome Aliens
13.45
14.15
Brainiac Live!
Ocean Drifters
16.15
13.30 BAE Systems: It All Adds Up!
Music Jelly 360 – Walk in Experience
15.00
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10.15
11.00
11.15
15.15
The Igloo Education Ideas Factory
Capital Suites
10.45
11.00
14.00
Careers Workshop*
9.45
10.45
12.45
Hidden World*
Capital Hall
9.30
9.45
11.30
Showfloor
Capital Suites
9.30
10.15
* Please note these are pre-booked shows
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* Please note these are pre-booked shows
Sunday
Saturday
17 March 2013
16 March 2013 Showfloor Hidden World*
Careers Workshop*
Capital Hall The Igloo Education Ideas Factory
The Big Bang Stage*
Capital Suites Auditorium*
Stage 2
Stage 3
(Capital Suite 8)*
(Capital Suite 12)*
9.30
10.00 Ocean Drifters
Careers Networking
10.30
David Glowacki: Dance Spectroscopy
Ready Steady Science: Cracking the Code – The Genetics of Superheroes
Guinness World Records: Science Live!
Fran Scott: Science Misadventures; Small But Sweet
11.15
10.00 Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies: Zombie Science 1Z
Ocean Drifters
Fran Scott: Science Misadventures; Small But Sweet
David Glowacki: Dance Spectroscopy Stefan Gates: Gastronaut Live
12.00 Careers Networking
12.15 12.30
Careers Networking
10.30
The Igloo Education Ideas Factory
The Big Bang Stage*
Capital Suites Auditorium*
Plymouth University Presents: Into the Abyss & Awesome Aliens
13.45
14.30
Stage 2
Stage 3
(Capital Suite 8)*
(Capital Suite 12)*
15.00 Ocean Drifters
Careers Networking
Ready Steady Science: Cracking the Code – The Genetics of Superheroes
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Careers Networking
13.30
F1 in Schools: UK National Final Awards Ceremony
14.00
Science Made Simple: Tomorrow’s Engineers – Around the World
14.30 14.45
15.15
Ocean Drifters
Careers Networking
16.15 16.30 16.45
Science Made Simple: Tomorrow’s Engineers – Around the World Ready Steady Science: Cracking the Code – The Genetics of Superheroes
15.30
16.00
Dr Ken: How to Save the Planet in 60 Minutes
Brainiac Live!
Music Jelly 360 – Walk in Experience
15.00 Dr Ken: How to Save the Planet in 60 Minutes
Stefan Gates: Gastronaut Live
Tomorrow’s Engineers Workshop
15.45
Guinness World Records: Science Live! VEX Robotics: UK National Final Awards Ceremony
Plymouth University Presents: Into the Abyss & Awesome Aliens
13.45 Ocean Drifters
Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies: Zombie Science 1Z
NSEC: LIVE@lunch
Ocean Drifters
13.15
Dr Ken: How to Save the Planet in 60 Minutes
Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies: Zombie Science 1Z
Brainiac Live!
13.00
Brainiac Live!
Music Jelly 360 – Walk in Experience
Fran Scott: Science Misadventures; Small But Sweet
David Glowacki: Dance Spectroscopy
12.00
14.15 Science Made Simple: Tomorrow’s Engineers – Around the World
Guinness World Records: Science Live!
Fran Scott: Science Misadventures; Small But Sweet
Stefan Gates: Gastronaut Live
12.15
Science Made Simple: Tomorrow’s Engineers – Around the World
Stefan Gates: Gastronaut Live
Tomorrow’s Engineers Workshop
14.45
Ocean Drifters
11.45
12.45
13.30
14.15
Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies: Zombie Science 1Z
NSEC: LIVE@lunch
Ocean Drifters
Ocean Drifters
11.30
F1 in Schools: Jaguar Primary School Challenge UK National Final Welcome
Ready Steady Science: Cracking the Code – The Genetics of Superheroes
Tomorrow’s Engineers Workshop
12.30
13.15
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Ocean Drifters
11.15
Brainiac Live!
13.00
15.15
10.15
11.00
Tomorrow’s Engineers Workshop
11.45
14.00
Careers Workshop*
10.45
11.00
12.45
Hidden World*
Capital Hall
9.45
10.45
11.30
Showfloor
9.30
9.45
10.15
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F1 in Schools: Jaguar Primary School Challenge UK National Final Awards Ceremony
Dr Ken: How to Save the Planet in 60 Minutes
Guinness World Records: Science Live!
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At The Big Bang Fair Join Shell for a fun day experimenting with Science
Thu 14 - Sun 17 March 2013
Shell believes that science and engineering will play a leading role in meeting many of the most pressing challenges faced by society today. That is why Shell Education Service seeks to inspire children across the UK, encouraging them to explore science through interactive workshops. Shell Family Fun Days are a great opportunity for families to investigate science together and have a fun day out. All ages are welcome! We look forward to welcoming you to our stand on Saturday 16 march and Sunday 17 march. Shell education Service
Thursday: 10:00 & 16:00 Friday: 10:00 & 14:00 Saturday: 10:00 & 16:00 Sunday: 10:00 & 16:00
Thursday: 12:00 & 14:00 Friday: 12:00 Saturday: 12:00 & 14:00 Sunday: 12:00 & 14:00
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s r e e r a C n o Questions
Visit the C areers Hu b Questions about careers in science, technology, engineering and maths? Speak to one of our advisers at the Careers Hub who will be happy to answer all your careers questions and provide printed information for you to take home.
We want everyone who comes to The Big Bang Fair to understand just what scientists, engineers and mathematicians actually do – and how they could follow in their footsteps. We provide a series of activities designed to highlight career opportunities and routes to those careers. Find out more about how you can get involved below.
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Are you excited by what you see and want to know more or are you finding it hard to see how science and maths are used in the workplace today? Visit the Careers Hub, which is located in the middle of the showfloor, and take our simple test to find out which crew suits you. Print out your personal résumé, which includes suggestions of jobs in your crew and activities on the showfloor that demonstrate your crew in action.
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Information about careers in science, technology, engineering and maths? Go to our website www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/careers for lots more careers information and links to organisations that can help you further. 20 The Big Bang Fair – London 2013
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The Showfloor Overview
Body Talk
Farm to Fork
Fighting Fit: Understand your body inside and out. How do medicine, psychology and sports science help create a fit and active future?
Food Glorious Food: Discover how plants and animals survive, thrive and evolve in delicate ecosystems and how we preserve their food chains in a changing world.
The Next Factor
The Studio
Science Fiction or Science Fact? Our future is shaped by ideas, innovation, and research. Discover how emerging technology is creating tomorrow’s world today.
Grand Visions: Go behind the scenes to discover how designers are transforming technology, music, film and gaming.
Go Global Street Smart: Explore some of the major challenges facing our global village and the ways in which we are building a better connected, greener and more efficient world.
Ideas Factory Join us at The Igloo Education Ideas Factory where ideas come to life! Explore the world of dance spectroscopy with David Glowacki, join BBC presenter Greg Foot for a whistle-stop tour of the best bits of The Big Bang Fair and venture into the abyss and learn about aliens with Plymouth University.
BODY TAL K
In this zone you can... Experience highly realistic simulations of emergency scenarios Take fake blood from an arm Test the age of your lungs Discover how humans survive the harshest environments
Hidden World Energise The Balance of Power: Explore the energy challenge facing us all. How can we balance our rising energy demands with the need to conserve resources?
Making Trax Go Up a Gear: A world of creative engineering embracing speed, and future transportation.
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Come and see the largest plankton in the world! This exhibit begins with a 360-degree film exploring the world of the marine plankton that will transport visitors to a secret world beneath the waves.
The X Plus Why? Factor Curiouser and curiouser: Welcome to the fascinating world of Mathematics. Experiment, solve puzzles, be amazed and discover what really lies behind Science and Engineering.
Fighting Fit: Understand your body inside and out. How do medicine, psychology and sports science help create a fit and active future?
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We run one of the largest engineering apprenticeship schemes in the UK helping people develop a range of skills from sheet metalworking to design engineering. As part of their three-year course, our apprentices also get to work on some of the country’s most exciting engineering projects like the Astute submarine programme and the Typhoon combat aircraft. It’s this dedication that led OFSTED to award us a Grade 1 for our apprentice training programme.
WE ARE TRAINING MORE THAN 1,000 APPRENTICES AT ANY ONE TIME.
TH E N EXT FAC TOR
In this zone you can... Walk through a model of a section of the Large Hadron Collider See how cosmic rays pass through your body Talk to real astronomers about alien existence Learn how the problem-solving dimension of maths can be fun and relevant in the real world with BAE Systems
Science Fiction or Science Fact? Our future is shaped by ideas, innovation, and research. Discover how emerging technology is creating tomorrow’s world today. REAL PRIDE. REAL ADVANTAGE. The Big Bang Fair – London 2013 25
GO GLOBA L
Meet us in the Go Global Zone
In this zone you can... Present your own weather forecast Weld and build bridges with chocolate
How can I transform the way the world around me works?
Discover the science and technology behind lifesaving Experience Technology with Siemens
Grant uses science and maths to help answer the world’s toughest questions
To start a career in Engineering or Business you’ll need a passion for science, technology and maths. At Siemens we use this enthusiasm to help turn ideas into reality. We produce
innovations year after year to help tackle some of the world’s toughest questions facing the key sectors of Energy, Healthcare, Industry and Infrastructure & Cities.
Street Smart: Explore some of the major challenges facing our global village and the ways in which we are building a better connected, greener and more efficient world.
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Can you help shape the world’s energy future? More than 9 billion people are expected to live on earth by 2050, up from 7 billion today. The growing population will push up the global demand for energy, as well as food and water supplies.
E S I G R ENE
Visit the Shell stand in the Energise Zone and see how much energy you can unlock. Find out how we’re helping to meet this challenge at: www.shell.com/global/future-energy.html
In this zone you can... Use conductive paint to make circuits, switches and paper electronics Join Shell on the interactive dance floor Build a wind turbine Take control of a virtual nuclear reactor
The Balance of Power: Explore the energy challenge facing us all. How can we balance our rising energy demands with the need to conserve resources?
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M AK I N G TRA X
O T M FAR FO R K
Go Up a Gear: A world of creative engineering embracing speed, and future transportation. In this zone you can... Learn about conservation worldwide Meet Alaska the Bald Eagle Find out why water rolls off a duck’s back Discover how a lotus plant cleans itself
In this zone you can... Design and build your own rough-terrain vehicle Learn about concept design See students compete in the national finals of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge and 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge
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Food Glorious Food: Discover how plants and animals survive, thrive and evolve in delicate ecosystems and how we preserve their food chains in a changing world.
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T H E ST U D I O Grand Visions: Go behind the scenes to discover how designers are transforming technology, music, film and gaming.
IDEAS FACTORY Thursday – Sunday (Every day)
David Glowacki: Dance Spectroscopy 11:15 – 12:15 NSEC: LIVE@lunch 12:30 – 13:00 Plymouth University: Into the Abyss & Awesome Aliens 13:30 – 14:15 Music Jelly 360 – Walk in Experience 14:30 – 15:30
Thursday 14 March
4x4 in Schools: UK National Final Welcome 10:00 – 11:00 4x4 in Schools: UK National Final Award Ceremony 16:00 – 17:00
Friday 15 March
F1 in Schools: UK National Final Welcome
Saturday 16 March
David Glowacki: Dance Spectroscopy F1 in Schools: UK National Final Award Ceremony
Sunday 17 March
F1 in Schools – Jaguar Primary School Challenge: UK National Final Welcome F1 in Schools – Jaguar Primary School Challenge: UK National Final Award Ceremony
In this zone you can...
10:00 – 11:00 10:00 – 11:00 16:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 11:00 16:00 – 17:00
Booking is not required and everyone is welcome.
Experience 3D printing technology Learn about computer-generated visual effects behind some of the biggest blockbusters Design and craft a space-themed Wallace & Gromit style gadget or gizmo Make music from rocks!
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Join us at The Igloo Education Ideas Factory where ideas come to life! Explore the world of dance spectroscopy with David Glowacki, join BBC presenter Greg Foot for a whistle-stop tour of the best bits of The Big Bang Fair and venture into the abyss and learn about aliens with Plymouth University. The Big Bang Fair – London 2013 33
Hidden World Ocean Drifters
The X Plus Why? Fac tor
Come and see the largest plankton in the world! This exhibit begins with a 360-degree film exploring the world of the marine plankton that will transport visitors to a secret world beneath the waves. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough FRS, the film combines astonishing images and a newly commissioned musical score. The show will reveal how marine plankton influence almost every aspect of our daily lives, and how current climate change is affecting their distributions and abundance with ensuing ramifications for the marine food chain and the ecology of our entire planet.
Send your secret message from a real wartime Enigma machine and watch it being decoded live by codebreakers at Bletchley Park Find out how to use robots to solve problems and have the chance of winning a robot for your school Discover how maths can explain why flocks of starlings make beautiful patterns in the evening sky Learn how aeroplane wings work. And why soap bubbles form curved surfaces
Curiouser and curiouser: Welcome to the fascinating world of Mathematics. Experiment, solve puzzles, be amazed and discover what really lies behind Science and Engineering.
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Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers
Science Technology Engineering Mathematics
Jaguar Land Rover is proud to sponsor the Big Bang Fair and will be showcasing Land Rover 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge national final and Jaguar Schools Primary Challenge taster sessions as well as interactive exhibits, stunning vehicles and an opportunity to find out more about apprenticeships and the graduate programme at the event.
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Jaguar Land Rover’s Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers education programme supports the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) agenda and encourages students to consider engineering and manufacturing careers. More than 233,000 students participated in Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers education visits and national school STEM challenges in 2011.
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For all teachers of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths wherestemcantakeyou.co.uk has been designed to provide you with the tools to help inspire young people in the classroom about STEM. The site highlights just some of the wide-ranging opportunities which could open up to young people who study STEM.
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On the site you’ll find: • Briefing notes and guidance on how to help you get the best from the tool. • On-line activities for pupils to help highlight the variety of career paths open to people with STEM skills. • Case studies of apprentices and graduates working at Rolls-Royce who have studied STEM subjects.
Help inspire the next generation, visit www.wherestemcantakeyou.co.uk Brought to you by Rolls-Royce 2012.
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Competitions
At The Big Bang Fair we have a number of competitions on the showfloor. Do take the time to visit the competitors’ stands and speak to them about the projects that they have been working hard on all year. Congratulations to all those competitors for reaching this stage – we hope you enjoy your visit to The Fair.
VEX Robotics The VEX Robotics Competition is one of the largest and fastest growing secondary school robotics competitions in the world with more than 4,800 teams from 20 countries taking part in over 300 tournaments worldwide. The UK National Championships will be held at The Big Bang Fair. The 2012/13 academic year sees the first regional VEX Robotics Competitions taking place in the UK with teams competing for a place at the UK National Championships and ultimately, earning a place at the VEX World Championships. This year’s challenge is called ‘Sack Attack’. Students will need to build innovative robots which can operate both autonomously and under driver control to score the most points possible. To learn more visit www.vexrobotics.com
Engineering in Motion Engineering in Motion will proudly be holding the 2012/13 UK National Final of the 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge on Thursday 15th and the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th at The Big Bang Fair 2013.
4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge The 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge is aimed at students aged 11 – 19 years old and involves teams of 3 to 6 members working together to design and build a radio controlled 4-wheel-drive (4x4) vehicle to set specifications that can successfully negotiate a specially designed test track that will emulate real life and what a full scale 4x4 vehicle can do.
Supported by:
Funded by:
www.nsew.org.uk
national science + engineering competition
F1 in Schools UK National Final The F1 in Schools Technology Challenge is an exciting International competition, which currently engages with 6 – 19 year old pupils from primary and secondary schools in over 38 countries around the World. The challenge is to design and manufacture the F1 car of the future simulating the design and engineering processes employed by a real F1 team.
National Science & Engineering Week
Meet the finalists
At their stands on the Show Floor
Young people (aged 11-18) are showcasing over 200 science, technology, engineering or maths projects at the National Finals why not check out their work?
LIVE@lunch
12.30pm - 1pm, Igloo Education Ideas Factory
Join BBC Science presenter Greg Foot for demonstrations and experiments with the most exciting projects from the Competition, shows and stands from the Fair. Everyday, no booking necessary.
Ask the experts
Stand 128 (Special Features Zone)
Your chance to ask leading experts, from Dame Ellen MacArthur to Lord Robert Winston, your burning science and engineering questions!
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Competitors have travelled from schools and colleges all across the UK to showcase their work to visitors and judges. Judging takes place on Thursday and Friday morning, with the National Awards Ceremony taking place on Friday evening.
Junior 11-14 yrs
Intermediate 15-16 yrs
This year’s Competition Finals will be judged by over 100 expert judges from industry, academia and education.
It is open to 11-18 year-olds in the UK and provides young people with the opportunity to build their skills and confidence in project-based work. The National Finals are held at The Big Bang Fair, and this year over 200 projects will be showcasing their work on Thursday and Friday. Why not go and visit a project stand and see how your students could get involved?
Senior
This includes our celebrity judges (see below), who will be awarding the titles of UK Young Engineer(s) and UK Young Scientist(s) of the Year to the best projects in the Senior category.
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We award 30 prizes to the best projects in each stream and category, as show below:
The 2012/13 Finals of the National Science + Engineering Competition have over 200 projects competing for more than 50 prizes and experiences, worth over £50,000!
The Judges
The National Science + Engineering Competition aims to recognise and reward young people’s achievements in all areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The National Science + Engineering Competition is an initiative of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). BIS is making a difference by supporting sustained growth and higher skills across the economy. BIS: working together for growth. www.bis.gov.uk
Sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Dr Shini Somara Engineer & TV pre
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Science/ Maths
Engineering/ Technology
1 winner: £1000 and a trophy 1 runner-up: £300 and a silver medal 3 highly commended: £100 and a bronze medal
1 winner: £1,000 and a trophy 1 runner-up: £300 and a silver medal 3 highly commended: £100 and a bronze medal
1 winner: £1,500 and a trophy 1 runner-up: £500 and a silver medal 3 highly commended: £125 and a bronze medal
1 winner: £1,500 and a trophy 1 runner-up: £500 and a silver medal 3 highly commended: £125 and a bronze medal
1 winner: Title of UK Young Scientist(s) of the Year, £2,000, a trophy and an experience prize 1 runner-up: £700 and a silver medal 3 highly commended: £150 and a bronze medal
1 winner: Title of UK Young Engineer(s) of the Year, £2,000, a trophy and an experience prize 1 runner-up: £700 and a silver medal 3 highly commended: £150 and a bronze medal
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Dr Maggie Aderi n-Pocock MBE, Space scien tist
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Sir Tim Hunt Nobel prize-winner
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Special Prizes
International Prizes
We award over 15 special prizes in specific areas. Each winner receives £500 and a special sponsor experience prize.
We award five prizes to international science and engineering fairs.
BAE Systems Leadership Prize
Broadcom Masters Prize (Phoenix, US)
CREST Prize for Creativity and CREST Prize for Real World Context
Google Trailblazer Prize
IBM Smarter Planet Award
Institute of Physics Prize
Supported by
Shell Sustainability Prize
European Union Contest for Young Scientists (Prague, Czech Republic)
Research Councils UK Prize for the Best Use of Research
Glasgow
Newcastle York
Regional heats at The Big Bang Near Me Fairs (June/July 2013)
• T here are regional heats held at 12 Fairs staged in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and each English region in June/July 2013
• P rojects showcase their work to judges and thousands of visitors
Belfast Liverpool
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (Phoenix, US)
Duxford
Cardiff
• T here are two ways to enter your project online; through a written submission (4 pages) or by producing a film (5 mins max)
Crawley
Exeter
London
• A ll projects will receive feedback on how to take their work forward
The best projects will be invited to showcase their work at the National Finals and be the stars of The Big Bang Fair in March 2014.
Young Engineer Prizes: Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Club Award
Derby
Coventry
Online heats (July – 31st October 2013) UKFT Textile Edge Prize
Royal Academy of Engineering Prize
The National Science + Engineering Competition invites 11-18 year-olds, based in the UK, to enter their science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects this year. Do you have a team or individual project? Are you planning to create a project to enter? There are two easy ways to enter the 2013/2014 Competition:
Siemens Green Sustainable City Award
Society of Biology Prize
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YEB Duke of York’s Award for Technology YEB Engineering Excellence Royal Society of Chemistry Prize
EEF Manufacturing Prize
YEB Intel ISEF Award
London International Youth Science Forum (UK)
Do you want to create a project to enter the Competition but don’t know where to start? Our Challenge Pack, featuring inspirational scientists and engineers, provides some great hints and tips for creating a project. The pack features a guide to project work and challenges on:
Science Museum’s Communication Prize Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (Sweden)
Biology Chemistry Computer science Design Engineering
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Index
Bedford Girls’ School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Bedford School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Sunday
A Abbey Christian Brother’s Grammar School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Saturday Actiondog Exhibitor, Farm to Fork Airbus Exhibitor, Go Global Alcester Grammar School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
B Bablake School Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday Bacup Rawtenstall Grammer School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday BAE Systems Exhibitor, The Next Factor Ballyclare High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Banbridge Academy Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Sunday Bare Conductive Exhibitor, Energise Bartholomew School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Barton Peveril Sixth Form College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
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Creative Skillset Exhibitor, The Studio
British Psychological Society Exhibitor, Body Talk
The Crossley Heath School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
Emmanuel College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
Bryanston School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
The Big Bang Stage Birkenhead High School Academy Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Birkenhead School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Black Country Atelier Exhibitor, The Studio
Atkins Exhibitor, Go Global
British Pharmacalogical Society Exhibitor, Body Talk
The Big Bang Near Me Exhibitor, Special Features
Alperton Community School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
Astrium Exhibitor, The Next Factor
Edupop Productions Exhibitor, Picnic Area
British Society for Immunology Exhibitor, Body Talk
Alness Academy STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
Arnold Hill School and Technology College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
Cracking Ideas – Intellectual Property Office Exhibitor, The Studio
Bedford School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Sunday
Bishop Wordsworth’s Grammar School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
ARM Exhibitor, The Studio
British Gas Exhibitor, Energise
Bloodhound SSC Exhibitor, Making Trax
Burgess Hill School for Girls Competitor, The Studio Thursday – Friday Burnley College Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
C Cardinal Newman Catholic School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Cardinal Newman Catholic School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
Bloomfield Collegiate School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
The Blue Coat CofE School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Careers Networking Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
Blue Coat School Technology Club STEM Club, Special Features Saturday – Sunday Bohunt School STEM Club Saturday Boreatton Scouts Competitor, Making Trax Thursday – Sunday Boreatton Scout Troop STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Sunday Boston High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Saturday Braunton School and Community College Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Broxburn Academy STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy Exhibitor, Energise Cummins Exhibitor, The Next Factor
D Dalton Nuclear Institute Exhibitor, Energise Denbigh School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Dereham Neatherd High School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Didcot Girls’ School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Saturday Dollar Academy Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Saturday Dollar Academy Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Saturday
Emmanuel College Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Saturday The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Great Sankey High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
Engineers Without Borders UK Exhibitor, Go Global Esher College Competitor, Energise Thursday – Sunday
F F1 in Schools & 4x4 in Schools Exhibitor, Making Trax Felsted School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and Nestle Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
Fort Pitt Grammar School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Chilwell School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Drayton Manor High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
Fort Pitt Grammar School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
Christ’s Hospital STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
The Duchess’s Community High School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Framwellgate School Durham STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
CIWEM – the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
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E.ON Exhibitor, Energise
Gateacre Community Comprehensive School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
Conserve Me Foundation Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
Brighton College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Sunday
Cottingham High School and Sixth Form College Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
British Crystallographic Association and STFC Exhibitor, The Next Factor
Countesthorpe Community College Competitor, The Studio Thursday – Saturday
Easingwold School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Saturday ECITB Exhibitor, Energise Educational Resources Exhibitor, Special Features
Grantown Grammar School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
Engineering in Schools Exhibitor, Go Global
Chatham Grammar School for Girls Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Code Club Exhibitor, The Studio
The Gordon Schools Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
Great Barr School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Downham Market High School – Technology College Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Eagle Heights Wildlife Park Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
The Godolphin School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Saturday
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Exhibitor, Special Features
Caroline Chisholm School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
Classroom Medics Exhibitor, Body Talk
Gillingham School Competitor, The Studio Thursday – Saturday
Forfar Academy Competitor, Energise Thursday – Saturday
General Dynamics Exhibitor, The Next Factor General Dynamics Vehicle Exhibitor, Picnic Area George Heriot’s School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday George Heriot’s School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Greenpower Exhibitor, Capital Hall Grosvenor School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Sunday GSK Exhibitor, Body Talk Guildford High School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
H Hands up for Health – Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital Exhibitor, Body Talk Hardenhuish School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Harris Academy Greenwich STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday Heathrow Exhibitor, Go Global Headington School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday The Henrietta Barnett School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Herschel Space Observatory Exhibitor, The Next Factor Heston Community School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Saturday Hidden World: Ocean Drifters Exhibitor, Farm to Fork Highgate School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Saturday
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Hills Road Sixth Form College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Hitchin Boys’ School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Hitchin Girls’ School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Sunday Home education Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Hutchesons’ Grammar School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Saturday Hutton Church of England Grammar School Competitor, The Studio Thursday – Friday Hutton Primary School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Saturday Hymers College Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Hymers College Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Sunday
I Igloo Education Ideas Factory Immanuel College Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Imperial College London Exhibitor, Body Talk Institute of Food Research Exhibitor, Farm to Fork Institute of Physics Exhibitor, The Next Factor Institution of Civil Engineers Exhibitor, Go Global The Institution of Engineering and Technology Exhibitor, Special Features
J Jaguar Land Rover Exhibitor, Making Trax Jaguar Land Rover Exhibitor, Capital Hall John Cleveland College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday John Cleveland College Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Saturday
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John Innes Centre Exhibitor, Farm to Fork The Joseph Whitaker School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday The Joseph Whitaker School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Sunday
K Kendrick School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
Lancaster Royal Grammar School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Langside College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Saturday La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Leicester Grammar School Trust Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Kennedy Space Center Exhibitor, The Next Factor
Little Ilford School STEM Club Saturday
Kent College (Canterbury) Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Liverpool College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Sunday
Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday
The Long Eaton School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Loughborough High School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
King James’s School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Kingsbridge Academy Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Kingsbridge Academy Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Kingsbury High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Sunday The King’s School Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday The King’s School Canterbury Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday The King’s School in Macclesfield Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Kirkland High School & Community College Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Loughborough High School Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday Lumen Christi College Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Saturday
M Maesteg School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Maiden Beech Academy Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Maidstone Grammar School for Girls STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday Marine Biological Association Exhibitor, Farm to Fork Mary Rose Trust Exhibitor, Special Features The Mary Webb School and Science College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
L’Oréal Exhibitor, Body Talk
The Mary Webb School and Science College Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Lady Manners School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Mearns Castle High School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
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Medical Research Council Exhibitor, Body Talk Menzieshill High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Merchant Taylors’ School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Merchiston Castle School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday The Met Office Exhibitor, Go Global Millom School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Saturday The Mill Hill School Foundation Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Monk’s Walk School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Monmouth School Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday The Mount School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Sunday
Oaklands Catholic School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
Redmoor High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Saturday
Open University Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
Redmoor High School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Saturday
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Redmoor High School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Saturday
Paisley Grammar School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Park Community School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Parkside Community College Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Parkwood 6th Form, Helenswood School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Sunday Pearson Exhibitor, Farm to Fork Penglais Comprehensive School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Pershore High School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
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The Petersfield School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
National Grid Exhibitor, Energise
The Physiological Society Exhibitor, Body Talk
National Physical Laboratory Exhibitor, Special Features
Plymouth University Exhibitor, The Studio
National Science & Engineering Week Exhibitor, Special Features
Poole Grammar School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
National Science + Engineering Competition Exhibitor, Special Features National Skills Academy for Power Exhibitor, Energise Nesta – Make things Do Stuff Exhibitor, The Studio Newcastle College Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday NHS Exhibitor, Body Talk
PSI – Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industy Exhibitor, Body Talk
Q Quarry Arts Exhibitor, The Studio Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Saturday
Nottingham High School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Queen Mary University London Exhibitor, Body Talk
Nottingham Trent University Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
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O Oakham School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
Reading Blue Coat School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Redborne Upper School and Community College Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday
Regent House Grammar School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Renishaw Exhibitor, The Next Factor Richard Lander School Competitor, Making Trax Thursday – Sunday Rickmansworth School Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday Riddlesdown Collegiate Competitor, The Studio Thursday – Friday RNLI – Lifeboat Lab Exhibitor, Go Global Rolls-Royce plc Exhibitor, Go Global Rolls-Royce Workshop Exhibitor, Go Global Royal Academy of Engineering Exhibitor, Go Global Royal Air Force Exhibitor, Special Features Royal Grammar School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Saturday Royal Grammar School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday The Royal High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Royal Latin School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Royal Navy Exhibitor, Special Features Royal Observatory Greenwich Exhibitor, The Next Factor Royal Society of Chemistry Exhibitor, Farm to Fork Rugby High School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Rugby High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
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Rugby High School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
St Cuthbert Mayne School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Saturday
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St David’s Catholic College Competitor, Energise Thursday – Saturday
Sale Grammar School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Samuel Whitbread Academy Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Saudi Aramco Exhibitor, Energise Science Museum Exhibitor, Special Features Science Technology Facilities Council Exhibitor, The Next Factor Selex ES Exhibitor, Go Global Sellafield Exhibitor, Energise Semta Exhibitor, Go Global Shell Exhibitor, Energise Shell Family Fun Day Exhibitor, Picnic Area Sherburn High School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Siemens Exhibitor, Go Global The Skinners’ School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Society of Biology Exhibitor, Body Talk Society of Environmental Engineers Exhibitor, Making Trax Society for General Microbiology Exhibitor, Body Talk St Bede’s Catholic Comprehensive School and Bynon College STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday St Bede’s Catholic Comprehensive School and Byron College Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday St Colman’s College Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Saturday
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St Edward’s College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday St George’s School Competitor, The Studio Thursday – Friday St Joseph’s College, Ipswich Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday St Mary’s Catholic High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Saturday St Mary’s Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday St Mary’s College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday St Mary’s College STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Sunday St Mary’s College Crosby Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Saturday St Nicholas Catholic High School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
T Tapton School Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Saturday Teddington School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Thales Exhibitor, The Next Factor Thomas Deacon Academy Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday The Thomas Hardye School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Sunday The Thomas Hardye School STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday Thomas Telford School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Saturday Thomas Telford School Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Saturday Tiffin School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Trent College Competitor, Energise Thursday – Sunday
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St Paul’s School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Uffculme School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
St Philomena’s School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
UKSEDS Exhibitor, The Next Factor
St Richard’s Catholic College Competitor, Next Factor Thursday – Friday St Thomas More Catholic School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Stamford School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday STEMNET Exhibitor, The Studio STEM Clubs Hub Exhibitor, Special Features Stretford Grammar School Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Saturday
UK Space Agency Exhibitor, The Next Factor University College London Exhibitor, Special Features University of East London: School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering Exhibitor, Go Global University of East London: School of Health, Sport and Bioscience Exhibitor, Body Talk University of Kent Exhibitor, Energise
Upton Hall School FCJ Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Sunday
The William Allitt School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
Upton Hall School FCJ Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday
The William Allitt School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
Urenco Exhibitor, Energise
Wilson’s School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday
Urmston Grammar Academy Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Ursuline Academy Ilford Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Saturday Ursuline Academy Ilford Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Ursuline Academy Ilford STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
V Vandyke Upper School and Community College Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Varndean College Competitor, Energise Thursday – Sunday Verulam School Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday VEX Robotics – UK National Final Exhibitor, The Studio
W Walthamstow Academy STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday Watford Grammar School for Boys Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
Wirral Grammar School for Boys Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Wirral Grammar School for Girls Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Saturday Wirral Metropolitan College STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday Woking College Competitor, The Next Factor Thursday – Friday Woodford County High School Competitor, Body Talk Thursday – Friday Worldskills UK Competitor for Mechanical Engineering Design CAD Saturday Wotton Home Educators STEM Club STEM Club, Special Features Saturday – Sunday
X X Plus Why? Factor Exhibitor, Special Features
Y Yarm School Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Young Engineers Exhibitor, Go Global
Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College Exhibitor, The Next Factor
Young Pioneers Exhibitor, The Studio
Wellcome Trust Exhibitor, Picnic Area
Young Scientists Journal STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday
The Welding Institute Exhibitor, Go Global
University of Lancaster Exhibitor, Energise
Westcliff High School for Girls Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday
University of Leicester, Department of Geology Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
Westcliff High School for Girls Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday
University of Oxford Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
Wildscreen Exhibitor, Farm to Fork
Ysgol Dyffryn Aman Competitor, Energise Thursday – Friday Ysgol Gyfun Llanbedr Pont Steffan Competitor, Energise Thursday – Saturday Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi Competitor, Go Global Thursday – Friday Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi STEM Club, Special Features Thursday – Friday The Big Bang Fair – London 2013 49
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