CLEVER LIT
Kids from Newhill Primary enjoy science fair in Blair
Megan Pollock, Kaitlyn Airth, Grace Martin, Honor Wood and Emma Barrie learn about fluorescence activated cell sorting with scientist Arlene Whigham Scientist Paul Crocker with Nicole Bert and Chloe Ewart
Chloe McAnearney, Erin Douglas and Abbie Stewart learning about immunology Some of the pupils at the two-day event There was a great turnout for a visit to Blairgowrie Community Campus by researchers from the school of life sciences at the University of Dundee.
The scientists hosted a two-day event called Incredible Immunology at the campus in what organisers say was an exciting opportunity to bring research to school pupils and their families.
There were a number of interactive stalls at the event, which was free, including a cell-sorting challenge, the microbes that can make people ill and how coeliac disease works.
The event was organised by Newhill Primary School’s parent organisation, HOST, and was open to pupils at the school over a Friday and Saturday earlier this month.
Kim Wood, chair of HOST, was delighted by the response to the
She said: “It was really succ The kids absolutely loved it a the feedback from the school w positive.
“Lots of the children who ha on Friday came back on Saturda their parents as well.
“This was a first for Newhi University of Dundee usually this event at the Science Centr was a big deal for them to come a rural area and we are so pleas they chose Blairgowrie.
“It’s great to get something di coming to Blair and it was good was so well-supported.”
Kim added: “It was a great encourage young people to more about science and it’s rele in our day-to-day lives, and very grateful to the team fro university.
“There were lots of am experiments set up – I think th popular one was probably th
It’s great to get something different coming to the ca