SCOTTISH science centres have teamed up on a campaign that empowers underserved communities across the country with climate change knowledge.
Building on their success during COP26, where they first united under the banner “Scottish Science Centres Together for Climate”, science centres in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee have joined forces.
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Working together to further climate science education in their communities, the National Climate Campaign saw each science centre deliver a campaign of more than 89 events, reaching more than 13,000 members of underrepresented audiences by the end of March 2022.
Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) reached more than 3000 school pupils in rural and deprived areas by providing access to their online and interactive “Learning Labs”, while also facilitating transport and visits to the centre from community groups including Glasgow Disability Alliance, Yorkhill Green Space and African Challenge Scotland. In Edinburgh, Dynamic Earth delivered a packed programme of events including the delivery of STEM kits to a local children’s hospital.
More than 1000 primary school pupils took part in Dundee Science Centre’s experiments and challenges during COP26 Schools Week, while the centre has created 150-climate themed community kids for young people, containing a mini solar-powered windmill to show how environmental sciences connect to climate change.
Stephen Breslin, CEO of the Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) said: “We hope that... our resources, we can act as a magnet for climate engagement.”
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