To kick-off National Science and Engineering Week, an ambitious project will see over 130 Norfolk schools receive visits from over 100 different scientists on Friday March 12th and into next week.  From Sheringham to Thetford, and from Great Yarmouth to King’s Lynn, scientists will be criss-crossing the county to give a flavour of what working in science is all about.

The project is being co-ordinated by the Teacher Scientist Network, an innovative science education charity hosted by the John Innes Centre.  The JIC is currently celebrating its centenary, and this project was thought up to help mark this occasion.  “An event of this scale has probably never happened before, anywhere in the country.  Norwich has a great concentration of top-class scientists working in the city, so it’s appropriate that we should be taking on such a huge project,” said Dr Phil Smith MBE, coordinator of the Teacher Scientist Network. 

For more information, see the press release