I've been absent again, sorry.
This past year has been an exciting one lots of photos taken, mainly of my family so sorry no new images to upload. - (aside) I must start to go through photos I haven't yet uploaded, I know I have some that may interest you.- This year I have been doing my best to enthuse the next generation of STEM leaders through my work with the RSPB as a volunteer field teacher and with STFC (Science Technology Facilities Council) and ESA (European Space Agency). All of this done alongside my amazing and supportive family.
With the STFC I organised a landing if the NASA Luna Samples at my local primary school and lead talks and discussions on space and how they can be involved in future missions. It occurred to me that engineering problems we face may be solved by looking at things afresh through the eyes of children who are not restricted in their thinking. Maybe we need, like them, to ask 'Why? Why not? Why can't we?' rather than being restrained by what we 'think' we already know. Bring on cognitive dissonance and celebrate in it. This made me think about my photography for the coming year. More later!
With the RSPB I have gone from Field Teaching with 4 and 5 year olds to A2 Biology. What struck me is the complete awe and wonder, and it is contagious. The younger children see things anew each time and are not restricted in their thinking. (Will the new national curriculum embrace this or will it once again try to constrain their thinking? Time will tell, but come on teachers be an inspiration let the children discover for themselves they are never too young or old, let your classroom walls be the environment around you. Get out of the box, let your ideas and inspiration fly!) Sorry I'm off my box.. for now. Children have taught me so much this past year. They have reminded me how to see. Back to my photos.
Engineering is all around us from the microscopic particles scientists smash together in particle collider, to the big building blocks we use in construction. This year I am going to look anew at the world around me. I will look at the engineering I see and I am going to capture it as if through the eyes of a child and not be constrained by rules of 1/3 or 1/9. In addition, I am going to look at the environment around me and ask 'why?' and not be afraid to get no conclusive answer and celebrate being in cognitive dissonance.
If my blog, as incoherent as it is, has inspired you to take photos excellent. If it has inspired you to look more into STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) then please follow the hyper-linked image above, or click here.
Thank you for reading and please be an inspiration, ask why and look at the world anew.
This past year has been an exciting one lots of photos taken, mainly of my family so sorry no new images to upload. - (aside) I must start to go through photos I haven't yet uploaded, I know I have some that may interest you.- This year I have been doing my best to enthuse the next generation of STEM leaders through my work with the RSPB as a volunteer field teacher and with STFC (Science Technology Facilities Council) and ESA (European Space Agency). All of this done alongside my amazing and supportive family.
With the STFC I organised a landing if the NASA Luna Samples at my local primary school and lead talks and discussions on space and how they can be involved in future missions. It occurred to me that engineering problems we face may be solved by looking at things afresh through the eyes of children who are not restricted in their thinking. Maybe we need, like them, to ask 'Why? Why not? Why can't we?' rather than being restrained by what we 'think' we already know. Bring on cognitive dissonance and celebrate in it. This made me think about my photography for the coming year. More later!
With the RSPB I have gone from Field Teaching with 4 and 5 year olds to A2 Biology. What struck me is the complete awe and wonder, and it is contagious. The younger children see things anew each time and are not restricted in their thinking. (Will the new national curriculum embrace this or will it once again try to constrain their thinking? Time will tell, but come on teachers be an inspiration let the children discover for themselves they are never too young or old, let your classroom walls be the environment around you. Get out of the box, let your ideas and inspiration fly!) Sorry I'm off my box.. for now. Children have taught me so much this past year. They have reminded me how to see. Back to my photos.
Engineering is all around us from the microscopic particles scientists smash together in particle collider, to the big building blocks we use in construction. This year I am going to look anew at the world around me. I will look at the engineering I see and I am going to capture it as if through the eyes of a child and not be constrained by rules of 1/3 or 1/9. In addition, I am going to look at the environment around me and ask 'why?' and not be afraid to get no conclusive answer and celebrate being in cognitive dissonance.
If my blog, as incoherent as it is, has inspired you to take photos excellent. If it has inspired you to look more into STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) then please follow the hyper-linked image above, or click here.
Thank you for reading and please be an inspiration, ask why and look at the world anew.