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Sparking STEM

@SparkingStem

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💥Sparking STEM Confidence 💥Empowering Educators 💥Inspiring Children

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@PenkovaElitsa
Elitsa Penkova 🦠
6 months
🌊 Wild swimming is irresistible right now! 🌞🏊‍♀️ But do swimmers experience infections more often than non-swimmers? To find out, we need YOU 🙋‍♀️ If you've swum in the past 2 weeks, we want to hear from you 👉 https://t.co/sj7oFyQJxA @WATERSHED_i @RiverActionUK @sascampaigns
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@SparkingStem
Sparking STEM
6 months
🙌 Check out these brilliant comics by @andthemicrobes Brilliant for engaging children in microbiology. 🥳 Share with your children /students and broaden their ideas about #science!
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@SparkingStem
Sparking STEM
6 months
Is STEM Outreach with Children for me? It was wonderful to meet lots of #Phd #PGR #Postdoc #research scientists who want to find out if outreach with children might be for them. If you’d like to join the next one you can register through the link in my bio. 😊
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Sparking STEM
7 months
Are you a #PhD, #Postdoc or #research fellow working in #STEM who wants to know more about inspiring children with #outreach? Join me for a FREE 45-minute online session to find out if outreach with children is what you’re looking for. https://t.co/Y9vd1JUwKO
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Sparking STEM
7 months
Check out my latest article: Shout out to people doing great Science Communication with kids! https://t.co/n2MDJ7tu1A via @LinkedIn
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Sparking STEM
8 months
Loved giving out our first AQA accredited Unit Award Scheme certificates! It’s wonderful to be able to give formal recognition of the skills and learning our students have shown! We’re in a trial phase and should have this available for all our students for September! 🥳
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Sparking STEM
1 year
Huge thanks to these #homeed students who met scientists from @UniOfYork & @UniversityLeeds today and asked them questions about proteins, blood cells, electron microscopes, cell differentiation and so much more! #homeed #stem #homeeduk #science #PGR #phd #PhD #phdlife #phdchat
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Sparking STEM
1 year
Know anyone who wants to join our ‘Effective Outreach with Children’ course? Learn to inspire children with your specific field of research. The online #PGR course is running in November, book your place and find out more here! 👇😀 https://t.co/nJXBFh7kc7 #PhD #PGR #scicomm
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Sparking STEM
1 year
Welcome Jemima to Outdoor STEM! Jemima is a #PGR @sheffielduni who attended our ‘Effective Outreach with Children’ course. She’s now furthering her #outreach and #sciencecommunication experience supporting Outdoor STEM #homeeducation students! 😀@CaffeinatedMima @ThinkAheadSheff
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@PenkovaElitsa
Elitsa Penkova 🦠
1 year
There are ONLY six weeks left to take part in the Poo-Sticks study - sign up today: https://t.co/4fvVSrKoi1 Find out more: https://t.co/k5AcgTcmGI Please share with any 🇬🇧UK resident 🇬🇧 who might be interested in taking part!
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ecehh.org
Help shed light on how wild swimmers might be exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in UK rivers.
@ExeterMed
Exeter Med School
1 year
We’re looking for non-swimmers concerned about pollution in our rivers and lakes spreading ‘superbugs’. The Poo-Sticks project aims to find our how bacteria in the water affects us. But the researchers at @ECEHH need participants. Find out more: https://t.co/1KUtQmnz7B
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@PenkovaElitsa
Elitsa Penkova 🦠
1 year
📷 Are you concerned about the state of UK rivers and lakes? Whether you're a swimmer or not, you can make a difference! Help us quantify the health risk to people who bathe in UK rivers - a key question raised by Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in a recent report from the
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Sparking STEM
1 year
Knowing that positive and inclusive teaching skills will be passed on to others gives me the warmest glow!! ☺️ Congratulations to @PenkovaElitsa (who attended our ‘Effective Outreach with Children’ course) on her fantastic achievement! 👏 🎉 #scicomm #PhD @GW4plusDTP
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Sparking STEM
1 year
Sign up on the Sparking STEM website to hear about these FREE events where #sheffieldhomeeducation children can meet #scientists online or in person and learn all about their work! 😃 We had an amazing time last Friday! #homeeducation #homeed #homeeducator #sheffieldissuper
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Sparking STEM
1 year
What an amazing job #phd researchers from @sheffielduni did, inspiring & engaging #homeed children at the end of our ‘Effective Outreach with Children course! Loved seeing them using the skills & knowledge they’d gained while having a brilliant time! 😊 #scicomm
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Sparking STEM
1 year
Wow! What an amazing afternoon introducing 15 home-educated students to scientists from the @sheffielduni . We had so much fun and it was hard for everyone to leave at the end! 😀 #homeed #sheffieldhomeeducation #sheffieldissuper #scicomm #phdchat #phd
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Sparking STEM
1 year
What a privilege it’s been to work with these fantastic #phd researchers from @sheffielduni this week! Today they put their new #outreach skills to the test as they wowed 15 #homeeducated children with their ‘Effective Outreach With Children’ skills at the end of our course!👏 😀
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Sparking STEM
1 year
Looking forward to welcoming lots of #homeeducation students to meet our #phd researchers today at @sheffielduni in the final day of the Effective Outreach with Children course! 😀 #scicomm #PhDchatter #outreach #homeed #sheffieldhomeeducation
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Sparking STEM
2 years
A day packed full of interesting discussions and idea sharing as our #phd researchers learned how to work effectively in a range of education settings, on day 2 of the ‘Effective Outreach with Children’ course today! 😀 https://t.co/bqkOYPgbau #scicomms #scicomm #PGR
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Sparking STEM
2 years
What a fantastic first day meeting #phd researchers at @sheffielduni and supporting them to turn their complex research into engaging and inspirational #outreach for children! Looking forward to the next two days of our ‘Effective Outreach with Children course’! 😀
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@PenkovaElitsa
Elitsa Penkova 🦠
2 years
Yes, in fact, I am recruiting people NOW to take part in a study assessing health risks from exposure to these bugs. To find out more & sign up ->>
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ecehh.org
Help shed light on how wild swimmers might be exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in UK rivers.
@WATERSHED_i
watershed_investigations
2 years
Testing done further downriver, but a reminder that bacteria in raw sewage are high risk for developing antibiotic resistance. @PenkovaElitsa is currently researching antibiotic resistant strains even in a beautiful, rural river like the Dart in Devon.
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