Summer Snaps! Wildlife Photography Workshops @NMC Gareth Bonello, 30 August 2012 Over the past two weeks we have been running family activities linked to the Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 Exhibition here at National Museum Cardiff.Over 400 of you took part and it has been a fantastic fortnight of photographic fun! I've been busy uploading as many photos as possible to the NMC Photo Club Flickr page and I have to say they look great! When you visit the Flickr page the photos are organised into sets on the right hand side of the page so if you took part all you need to do is click on the date of your visit to the Museum and look for your name!The photos will be going up on the screen in the Clore Discovery Centre in the Museum on Saturday the 8th of September so if you came to the workshops pop in to see your pictures on display at the National Museum!I'd like to say a big thank you to Cat, Lauren and Catherine for all their excellent work in running the workshops and I'd like to thank everyone who came along to take part as well. Thanks!
Museum Challenge Danielle Cowell, 22 August 2012 Ten young people gave up four days of their summer holidays to help make our whale and turtle displays more family-friendly.They signed up to the challenge through Cardiff’s Summer Learning Festival, which invites 12-15 year olds to learn new skills in their spare time. They learned how to evaluate and exhibition, pick a good story, write interesting text and select objects to make a family friendly display. In just four days, they created new displays and quizzes for families to enjoy. Their work is on display throughtout the summer holidays and has proved to be very popular! Come and see their work for yourself in the Whale gallery at the National Museum Cardiff. Diolch i / Many thanks to:Jasmine Coombes, Emily Frankish, Aled Gomer, Thomas Griffiths, Samantha Hardy, Stephen Lloyd, Simon Naylor, Maxwell Piper, Anna Rees, Mollie Shand.
Improve numeracy & get free bulbs for your school! Danielle Cowell, 17 July 2012 Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales is looking for new schools to be involved in this exciting project and receive free spring bulbs. Spring Bulbs for Schools (KS2)Plant bulbs in your school grounds to study climate change. Join this UK wide investigation and improve science and numeracy skills. For more details visit www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/scan/bulbsThe application only takes a minute to complete and the project is FREE to all schools who apply by the 30th July.
Super scientists come to Llanberis! Danielle Cowell, 8 June 2012 Three thousand pupils from thirty eight schools across the UK received Super Scientist Certificates on behalf of Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales in recognition of their contribution to the Spring Bulbs - Climate Change Investigation.An outstanding school from each country was selected and treated to a fun packed day out jointly funded by Amgueddfa Cymru and the Edina Trust.Westwood CP School in Wales visited National Slate Museum in Llanberis. Earlston Primary School in Scotland visited the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh and Fulwood and Cadley School in England enjoyed a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.Here are some pictures from Westwood's trip on a very sunny day in Llanberis!
Spring Bulb for Schools: Results 2005-2012 Danielle Cowell, 16 May 2012 The ‘Spring Bulbs for Schools’ project allows 1000s of schools scientists to work with Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales to investigate and understand climate change.Since October 2005, school scientists have been keeping weather records and noting when their flowers open, as part of a long-term study looking at the effects of temperature on spring bulbs.Certificates have now been sent out to all the 2,933 pupils that completed the project this year.See Professor Plant's reports or download the spreadsheet to study the trends for yourself! Make graphs & frequency charts or calculate the mean. See if the flowers opened late in schools that recorded cold weather. See how temperature, sunshine and rainfall affect the average flowering dates. Look for trends between different locations. Daffodil Drawing Competition 2012. Congratulations to the following pupils who produced some excellent botanical drawings!1st: Sana Patel - Fulwood & Cadley Primary2nd: Markus - Stanford Primary - Age 93rd: Emilia Porter - Fulwood & Cadley PrimaryRunner's up: Marielle Matter - Westwood Primary - Age 9 Emlyn Piette - Westwood Primary - Age 10 Aleena Raza - Fulwood & Cadley Primary Lucy Turner - Fulwood & Cadley Primary Davina Vadhere - Fulwood & Cadley Primary Bradley Cox - Stanford in the Vale Primary - Age 9 Abigail Boswell - Fulwood & Cadley Primary Hasan Patel - Fulwood & Cadley Primary Tom Betheridge - Fulwood & Cadley Primary Mairelle Mattar - Westwood Primary - Age 9 Hasan Ali - Sherwood Primary Charlie Smith - Ysgol Nant Y coed - Oed 9 Many ThanksProfessor Plantwww.museumwales.ac.uk/scan/bulbsTwitter http://twitter.com/Professor_PlantFacebook Professor Plant
