Let’s meet the scientists and schools taking part…

The Scientists

Sophie Nedelec | Postdoctoral, University of Exeter

My job is to list all the animals in Britain then find out how many are nocturnal.

Sarah Hunak | Amec Foster Wheeler

Saving the world from radiation, one bin bag at a time.

Michael Rivera | PhD Student, University of Cambridge

I find out who people were using bones uncovered in archaeology and forensics.

Marisol Collins | PhD Student, University of Liverpool

I am a vet who travels around the country studying the nasty parasites that our pets can pass to us humans – gross but great!

Lauren Burt | Channel Coast Observatory, Southampton

If I’m not on a beach collecting data, I’m in the office trying to understand the coastal processes shaping our local beaches.

The Schools

• Bell Lane Primary School, London
• Bradford Girls’ Grammar School, Yorkshire
• Cheddington Combined School, Bedfordshire
• Doonfoot Primary School, Ayr
• Friskney All Saints CofE Primary School, Lincolnshire
• Gunton Primary Academy, Suffolk
• Hemlington Hall Academy, Middlesbrough
• Inglehurst Infant School, Leicestershire
• Irchester Community Primary School, Northamptonshire
• Leatherhead Trinity School and Children’s Centre, Surrey
• Madley Brook Community Primary School, Oxfordshire
• Ramsden Primary School, Nottinghamshire
• Seymour Park Community Primary School, Manchester
• St Leonard’s CofE Primary School, Shropshire
• St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Lancashire
• The Dell Primary School, Monmouthshire

This zone is funded by the Wellcome Trust.