It is no secret that I am fond of sciencey stuff. The other day I found out about a programme that is so exciting I just had to share it with you all.
Well – come to think of it – it is particularly aimed at girls. Sorry boys! This is not really for you. But I suppose there is nothing stopping you checking out the videos of the cool experiments and trying them out yourself.
The programme is called the “I Am Science” project and it combines cool science activities, video and digital learning. Three things in one project!
Wait! Don’t get discouraged and think it sounds too clever. It’s actually a lot easier than you think.
The whole point of this programme is to get girls interested in science and to change mind-set around the thinking that science is too hard for girls to do. Did you know that only around 30% of the researchers in the world are women? We seriously need to change those statistics.
Science is not hard and we can do it.
This is how easy it is to participate in this fabulous project.
- Visit LevelUp http://mylevelup.mobi/ and register.
- Click the drop down menu on the home page and choose ‘I Am Science’.
- There you can just watch videos and do quizzes related to the videos. For every right answer you are rewarded with digital tokens which are redeemable on the mobisite for data and airtime.
Ah hah! I saved the best for last… never mentioned the fact that you can win airtime and data if you ace those quizzes. How cool is that?
But even cooler is the fact that you can watch those little (they really are little – not much more than a minute each) videos and then you can go and wow your friends and family by doing a cool experiment YOURSELF – like holding fire in your hand, or poking a sosastie stick through a balloon without it popping – because you will have learnt how to do it (safely of course).
Seriously – I kid you not. Go check it out. Every week a new quiz is published on the home page of LevelUp so it does not get boring either.
If you want to know more about the whole project – visit the website. https://www.iamscienceproject.com/ . You could maybe even get your school involved and make your own video.
Have fun!
Sibo