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S4’s Year 1 Roundup!

S4 started a new programme of STEM outreach activities in 2018, as part of the Trio Sci Cymru consortium. Our 2018/2019 programme saw three hands on workshops delivered to 600 Year 7 pupils from our partner schools. Super Cells focused on cells in plants and animals, Radical Reactions explored everything from photosynthesis to the ever-popular...
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Lost in Space!

On the 29th August S4’s delivery team was spotted exploring the outer realms of the galaxy at Swansea’s Townhill library! The event was part of the library’s Space themed Summer Reading Challenge and throughout the afternoon we rocketed through the Milky Way as S4’s own physicist, Dr Kristi Praki, told us some amazing stories about...
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Lizzie and the Giant Jellyfish

Remember the giant Barrel jellyfish? This weekend, the 24th to 26th August, #GBJELLYWATCH is taking place! What is the #GBJELLYWATCH you ask? The Great British Jellywatch Weekend is the largest jellyfish survey in the UK, and you can join in with the fun! The jellywatch survey will allow researchers to gain a better understanding of...
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Its here! Slime – let me science that for you!

S4’s Outreach Fellow, Lizzie Daly, & Physicist, Dr. Kristi Praki, get their hands gooey making this super popular non-Newtonian fluid and discuss polymer science, particles and plastics! Including a super gooper bioslime recipe! Check out the video here.
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Merthyr Science Festival

In July S4 attended Merthyr Tydfil’s first ever Bitesize Science Festival! The event was held on 29th July at St David’s Parish Church on Merthyr’s high street.  Shows, talks and hands on science fun joined the town’s annual food festival, giving the science events a tasty food theme. Joining stands from The Marine Conservation Society,...
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The Mighty Fruit Fly Show!

“Have you ever looked at a bunch of gone off bananas and thought twice about the flies buzzing around them? Those tiny flies are Drosophila – the humble fruit fly, and they have taught scientists more about genetics than just about any other species! Join Lizzie Daly and the S4 team for a flying show...
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Swansea University Launches into the CoSMOS

Swansea University continues to enhance its reputation for reaching out into the wider community with the official launch of CoSMOS, the new College of Science Margam Outreach Space, which now occupies the second floor of the Margam Building on the Singleton Campus. The space is home to five major outreach and public engagement projects. Further...
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Welcome to our Year 7’s!

The time has finally come for us to welcome our Year 7s to the launch of the S4 project’s third phase! After months of preparation we are so excited to meet the young scientists we are going to be working with for the next three years. We have tons of fun and fascinating things planned...
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Project to increase students taking triple science GCSE in Wales receives major investment

A Swansea University scheme to increase the number of students choosing triple science GCSE, has received a major grant from the Welsh Government and the European Union. The Swansea University Science for Schools Scheme (S4) is launching its next phase under the Trio Sci Cymru consortium, an £8.2-million pan-Wales science education partnership between Swansea, Cardiff,...
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