Science Hunters
@ScienceHunters
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Using #minecraft to engage children with #science. Outreach programme working across the UK.
Bristol, UK
Joined May 2014
Having a great time at #PCST2025 in Aberdeen meeting academics from all around the world. I’ve been sharing our Science Hunters project using Minecraft to engage kids with sustainability, green skills & engineering. https://t.co/3rPgbGBfCT
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Exploring the views of UK educators: @sciencehunters using Minecraft to engage students with engineering and the SDGs. @SciCommsUWE @RAEngNews @UWE_SoAS Full #openaccess article: https://t.co/B5FYlqj5sT
#Sustainability #Engineering #Minecraft #Education #MDPI #EducationSciences
mdpi.com
The United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 as a call to “end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity”.
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More tickets are now available for @UWEBristol's Engineering Family Fun day - planetarium shows, Bristol Minecraft worlds, robots, craft, tech and even a bit of liquid nitrogen thrown in... Get your tickets now! @ExplorerDome @EngOurFutureUWE
https://t.co/DE8iuCh83P
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Busy first day at the Cheltenham Science Festival @cheltfestivals today #CheltSciFest and we'll be here until Sunday!
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You have the power to change the future!⏳ Engineers are on a mission to tackle the planet's most pressing issues, from clean energy projects, food production with less water, new life saving medical technologies and electric vehicle design. These are just some of the areas you
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✨ Starting this Saturday ✨ ⚒️🌍 Engineering for Sustainable Societies using #Minecraft 🚶🚶♀️ Free drop-in sessions 📅 Saturdays 🗺️📍 #AvonmouthLibrary ⌚ 10am-2pm 👧🧒👦 Aimed at 7-14 year olds, but all are welcome (under 8s must be accompanied) ⚗️🔬 @ScienceHunters @UWEBristol
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@caldicot_school @scouts @Extraor57879073 @Avonmouth @BrimshamGS @AvonmouthCofE @RAEngNews @SciCommsUWE @RollsRoyce @Airbus @wsp @Rappor_UK @Stantec @sgloscouncil @AssystemUK If you'd like to have us visit your school or community group to learn more about the sustainable development goals and how engineering can help us to create a sustainable ♻️ society 🌍 then contact us at ➡️ sciencehunters@uwe.ac.uk https://t.co/9YF10NKI1I
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@caldicot_school @scouts @Extraor57879073 @Avonmouth @BrimshamGS @AvonmouthCofE @RAEngNews @SciCommsUWE And thank you to all the employers of our engineers for giving them time to volunteer on projects like these, including @RollsRoyce, @Airbus, @wsp @Rappor_UK @Stantec @sgloscouncil @AssystemUK As having relatable role models is so important to children https://t.co/aFUOh3TqcR
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@caldicot_school @scouts @Extraor57879073 @Avonmouth @BrimshamGS @AvonmouthCofE @RAEngNews @SciCommsUWE Plus a big thank you to all the engineers on our project who are giving up their time to help create sessions and visit the children with us to talk about what they do to make the world a more sustainable place
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@caldicot_school @scouts @Extraor57879073 @Avonmouth We've got lots more booked in for the next few weeks, including @BrimshamGS Green School and @AvonmouthCofE. All of this has been made possible by a @RAEngNews ingenious grant🤩 and the hard work of our science hunters team based at @SciCommsUWE
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@caldicot_school @scouts @Extraor57879073 And this Saturday we're going to be starting drop in sessions at @Avonmouth library for any local children who'd like to play a bit of Minecraft and discover more about how we can engineer a more sustainable world
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@caldicot_school @scouts @Extraor57879073 are an amazing after-school group for SEND children. The children have been enjoying building their own sustainable communities in Minecraft and making them bigger and better each week, tomorrow we're adding solar power to our buildings!
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@caldicot_school @scouts 100th Bristol Brownies were amazed to find out that you can grow crops upwards instead of outwards and think more crops should be grown like this so that we can use our land more efficiently in the future and feed more people https://t.co/d69Wj09lC6 🧵
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@caldicot_school 21st Bristol cub scouts have also been learning about the sustainable development goals and the different ways to minimise flood risk through both man made engineering and discovering how beavers are natures ecosystem engineers @scouts 🧵
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We've been learning about food security and the sustainable development goals with all of the year 8's from @caldicot_school, and here are some of their creations to make farming more sustainable 🧵
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It's been a busy few weeks for us sharing our Engineering for Sustainable Societies project. We've been at the @somerscience festival 🧵
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What challenge will you take on with engineering? From improving lives, to improving the planet, your options are endless with engineering. Find your path into engineering by visiting: https://t.co/RYf0C6cvzz
#EngineerBetterLives #EngineeringJobs
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