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In July 2011 Jonathan was in New Zealand giving a key note talk and workshops at the ChemEd 2011 conference in Palmerston North: ChemEd 2011

Jonathan was presenting in part of a TV programme for the new series of COAST this summer. Equipment was built and demonstrated to show how the workings of the sensitive mirror-galvanometers that made possible the transatlantic cable communications (telegraph) in the 1850's. The programme will be aired summer 2012.

Jonathan has been working with the Games company John Adams devising a new HotWires electronics game including various science projects based on my Creative Science Centre work. John Adams web site

CSC / Vega YouTube windmill video gets over 700,000 hits ! Windmill mini film and YouTube video Q and A's

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click here to find out what people say about Jonathan's CSC work

Jonathan has recently made a new series mini films with the Vega Science Trust and with SEPnet. The 'windmill' mini film which was put on YouTube has had over 700,000 hits! :-) Vega-SEPnet mini films

Richard Robinson and Jonathan ran 30 or so neuron workshops as part of the run-up to the 2011 Brighton Science Festival click here for details and for the 2011 programme
Brighton Science Festival

Dr Jonathan Hare is a well known science educator and BBC TV science presenter. He presents about 100 talks and workshops a year to schools, colleges, universities and science festivals etc. In addition he is currently a visiting lecturer in Science communication in the Physics department at Sussex University.

JPH Key outreach achievements
 * presents more than 100 talks and workshops per year all over the UK
* teachers, school children, students, – all ages and abilities
* presents at the BA, Cheltenham and Brighton Science Festivals
* publishes science and science educations articles in reviewed journals (IOP, RSC)
* over 160 press and media articles in ca. 10 years
* recently made 15 mini science films with Vega Trust for teachers and experimenters
* outreach in local schools as part of the Brighton Science Festival
* major TV work: BBC Rough Science (6 series) and Hollywood Science (2 series)
* contribute to Sussex Chemistry Admissions Days
* writing for the science curriculum (Heinnemann, KS3 and 4)
* current work is being used in Nuffield 21st Century Science Pilot (A-level)
* The CSC has been reviewed by 'Form-It'
* Internet workshops with the Vega Science Trust (e-w/s) – world-wide outreach activities
* Well established web site (see below)
* Has worked on production of science programmes with the Vega Science Trust

The Creative Science web site was set up (by JPH) in 1999 to inspire, encourage and help all ages and interests of people to make science experiments for themselves. This innovative site presents unique experiments and ideas. The CSC website currently receives 1000's hits per month and many e-mail enquiries, some leading to collaborative projects in other areas of the world (e.g. e-w/s with Russel Taylor in a school in Maine, USA).

published papers and articles

Jonathans NESTA work


THE CREATIVE SCIENCE CENTRE
Dr Jonathan Hare, Physics Dept., The University of Sussex
Brighton, East Sussex. BN1 9QJ.

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