METID MATCH 2014

1. A POSSIBLE DIALOGUE BETWEEN
RESEARCHERS AND SOCIETY:THE
“I’M SCIENTIST. GET ME OUT OF
HERE” CASE.
Sandra Paggetti
16/10/2014 EDUCAFE, METID – Politecnico di Milano

2. WHAT IT IS
A free online event where school students
meet and interact with scientists.
Since 2010

3. REGISTRED USER PROFILE
Welcome to I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! You are in I'm a Scientist, Get me out of
here!
I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! Young people choose which
scientist gets a prize of £500 to communicate their work.
On the site you can:-
Fill in your Profile and Science Words – http://imascientist.org.uk/profile/spaggetti/
Read about the SCIENTISTS – http://imascientist.org.uk/scientists
ASK scientists questions – http://imascientist.org.uk/ask
CHAT online with scientists – http://imascientist.org.uk/talk
VOTE for the one you want to win – http://imascientist.org.uk/vote
Use your power wisely. Have your say. And have fun!
You can log in at: http://imascientist.org.uk/wp-login.php
Username: spaggetti
Using the password you chose on registration.
Keep a record of these somewhere, because of course you’ll need them log in to
http://www.imascientist.org.uk.
Cheers!
The I’m a Scientist Team.
I’m a Scientist

4. HOW IT WORKS
Students can:
• ask
• chat
• vote
The most voted scientist
win £ 500,00 to be used
for a science
communication project

5. FORMAT
Format
• Online live text-based chat
• Webmedia answers
texts, images, YouTube videos

6. TIMING
Duration
• Single live chat session: 30 minutes
Schedule
• No more than 3 chats a day

7. THE MAIN ACTORS
Learning actors
Primary school
• teachers
• students (5 -13 years)
1. inside
Scientists
Staff
Back Office
• Organization equipment
• Moderator chat room
Supporters
2. outside
1
1
2
2

8. WHO DOES WHAT
Teachers
Estimated working time: 2/4 hours
1 introductory lesson (Prepare students)
1 homework of reading more about the scientists
and submitting questions (Deepings)
1 lesson of live chat with the scientists (Get in touch with
the tool)

9. WHO DOES WHAT
Scientists
Estimated working time: 2/4 hours
A short summary about their own job
1 lesson of live chat
Answering student questions

10. WHO DOES WHAT
Staff
Lesson plans
Guides
Calendar
Evaluation
Dissemination
Updating website

11. FUNDERS
Main funder: Wellcome Trust
Key Zone funders
• Science & Technology Facilities
Council (STFC)
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• Stimulating Physics Network
• e-Bug
More info

12. DIFFUSION
http://about.imascientist.org.uk/about/teach
er-and-scientist-map/

13. WEB TOUR
HOME TEACHERS SCIENTISTS ABOUT CONTACT
http://imascientist.org.uk/

14. FOLLOW-UP
Let’s see what some winners did with their
money prizes
http://about.imascientist.org.uk/category/prize-winner/

15. CONNECTION WITH
FLIPPED CLASSROOM
SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS
SOCIAL MEDIA DISSEMINATION

16. WHAT POLITECNICO COULD DO
MAYBE, MORE INTERACTIVE MOOCS ….
MAYBE, A MORE STIMULATING WEBINARS
MAYBE , AN INNOVATIVE DISSEMINATION AS
LEARNING ACTION
MAYBE, A “SIMPLE” FLIPPED CLASSROOM AS SPECIAL
SESSIONS
MAYBE, A SUGGESTION FOR “CAMPUS SOSTENIBILE”
AND SOMETHING MORE ELSE (see the next slide)

17. DECIPHER MY DATA/1
General idea: perfoming real science using real
data in the classroom
Format: lesson plans
Main Actions: upload data/download results about
different science projects.
Context setting
Data collection and
analysis
Reporting and
Reviewing

18. DECIPHER MY DATA/2
Application fields
Energy usage in your classroom/school
Flux
Smog (http://deciphermydata.org.uk/smog/)
Can you
help me
?

19. Final greetings
Bye, bye.
Thank you for your attention and
patience.
http://www.slideshare.net/spaggetti/meti
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