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.