Join us for this episode where we explore how we can inspire children into science and why it is so effective to start at such a young age. We speak to Fran Long, a primary science expert whose career has spanned working as a primary science specialist to her current role as a training and engagement coordinator at a UK battery research institute. Our conversation covers topics from understanding how interventions can inspire more children into science and why it's important to start as young as 10. Can you remember being 10 and inspired about your future? Fran talks about who's job it is to ensure children have access to STEM careers and we discuss our experiences of doing outreach and ensuring both children and parents feel they can get involved in science.

Links below:
Raising STEM career aspirations through the primary years, The Association for Science Education, Jan 2020 https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/journal-of-emergent-science/issue-18/raising-stem-career-aspirations-through-primary-years

Science Capital: An Introduction, King's College London Youtube, Nov 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0t70bwPD6Y

WISE campaign, 1 million women working in core STEM in the UK https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/

Faraday Institution STEM Outreach https://faraday.ac.uk/education-skills/stem-outreach/

Faraday Institution "Fully Charged Battery Box" STEM resource for children: https://faraday.ac.uk/stem-battery-box/

Become a STEM Ambassador! https://www.stem.org.uk/stem-ambassadors

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), charity supporting children from under-privileged backgrounds: https://www.seo-london.org/about-us/

Primary Science Teaching Trust https://pstt.org.uk/

Primary Science Quality Mark, University of Hertfordshire http://www.psqm.org.uk/what-is-psqm

Fran Long on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fran-long-27a561131/

Fran Long on twitter: @sublimestem

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