Science -- Your Future, Scotland's Future
Placements

Work Experience Students

Please note that in the academic years 2010-11 and
2011-12 we are not offering work placements; the
following is provided for information only.

One-week Work Experience placements are offered to S4 and S5 pupils, to give them an idea of the kind of work involved with SCI-FUN. For example, Duncan Brannan and Iain Clark (shown below) from Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh, worked with us for a week in 2003, and had the following varied schedule:

  • Duncan and Iain, hard at work
    Visits to two schools with the Roadshow: setting up; watching and commenting on the shows; using the hands-on exhibits; helping groups of younger pupils;

  • In the workshop: sorting and cataloguing our electronics workbench (and learning some electronics terminology);

  • Conducting experiments on reaction times, and gathering real science data for use in exhibits and on our web site;

  • Helping the SCI-FUN technicians with other tasks, such as collecting liquid nitrogen and dry ice for our shows;

  • Sourcing a gorilla costume (for use with a forthcoming show...)

If you would like any of your pupils to work for a week with SCI-FUN, contact us to discuss dates.