Newcastle Discovery Museum
Thursday, 7 July 2016: Schedule
9 – 9.30am Registration and set-up for entrants
Competition entries must be set up by 9:45am
Table allocations will be made on the day of the competition
10am – 1pm Students:
- attend their exhibits while judging teams circulate
- complete peer review on other students' exhibits
- take part in Discovery Trail
Lunch at Discovery Museum café, using voucher provided
1.15– 1.55pm Speeches and Awards in the Great Hall
Chair: Nick Rossiter, Hexham Rotary, Vocational Team
Welcome by Carolyn Ball, Manager, Discovery Museum
STEM Outreach: David Rogers, Newcastle College
Think Physics: Emma Garrick, Northumbria University
Keynote address: Ammar Mirza CBE, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Development Trust
Presentation of prizes by Stephen Middleton (President Hexham Rotary) and Ian Burdon (Friends Discovery Museum)
2pm Close
Photographs of the prize winners will take place from 2pm; therefore please allow for this when organising travel back to your school/college.
Please note: Competition entrants need to bring their project and a project summary, to be used as part of the judging process. The presentation of the project is important and is considered in the award of marks.
more The YEDT competition, held at the Discovery Museum in July, is organised by Hexham Rotary Club with generous sponsorship by Friends of the Museum and the NUSTEM initiative, Northumbria University.
more The YEDT competition, held at the Discovery Museum in July, is organised by Hexham Rotary with generous sponsorship by Friends of the Museum and Northumbria University. The aim is to encourage students at school to take up an engineering or design career.
more The YEDT competition, held at the Discovery Museum in July, is organised by Hexham Rotary with generous sponsorship by Friends of the Museum and Northumbria University. The aim is to encourage students at school to take up an engineering or design career.
back The YEDT competition, held at the Discovery Museum in July, is organised by Hexham Rotary with generous sponsorship by Friends of the Museum and Northumbria University. The aim is to encourage students at school to take up an engineering or design career.