Details of on-line workshops and on-line mentoring
(C = child workshop, A = adult workshops)2024
9th Jan. - Science Made Simple, progress meeting10th Jan. - William KS, USA - science chat + Oxford Interview results
24th Jan. - William KS, USA - science chat + University ideas
24th Jan. - Dr Bernd Eggen, UK - long term Geiger counter peak observation: cosmic rays v water table (Radon)
6th Feb - Max LH, catch up after many years post C60 generator
19th Feb. - William KS, USA - science chat + University ideas
20th Feb - Max LH, spit land stabalisation: Bamboo and mangroves
22th Feb - Simon G4EYR, intro to Meshtastic
27th Feb - Russel Tayler - Science Island project cont.
12th March - Stan, USA, Netherlands, London - catch up after 4 years
3rd April - William KS, USA - William gets into Cornell University (if he wants to)
10th April - William KS, USA - William gets into UCL (if he wants to)
23rd April - William KS, USA - William gets into UCL - visit: first impressions
2023
4th Jan - (A) Zoom - Phil Chity, UK - wireless (radio) link for rain gauge29th Jan. - William KS, USA - discussing Universities
2nd Feb. - Russel Tayler - Science Island project cont.
15th Feb. - meeting with Virgin Galactic & Russel Taylor
26th Feb. - William KS, USA - discussing Universities, RC ideas
3rd March - Prof H Cox group, University of Sussex, matrix game meeting
9th March - Lancing College - extra (zoom) C60 workshop
10th March - Virgin Galactic etc. Russel Taylor
26th March - William KS, USA - discussing Universities & gap year ideas
16th April - William KS, USA - discussing Universities & gap year ideas
30th April - William KS, USA - remote control ideas
2nd May - Russel Tayler - Science Island project cont.
11th June - William KS, USA - lake temperature depth measurement idea
18th June - William KS, USA - lake temperature & Bouy ideas
6th July - William KS, USA - science chat
20th July - William KS, USA - science chat
27th July - Roger, UK - frequency counters & circuits
6th August - William KS, USA - science chat
27th August - William KS, USA - science chat
20th Sept. - Russel Tayler - Science Island project cont.
20th Sept. - Science Made Simple, building demonstrations
27th Sept. - Science Made Simple, progress meeting
3rd Oct. - William KS, USA - science chat
16th Oct. - Science Made Simple, progress meeting
21st Oct. - William KS, USA - science chat
3rd Oct. - William KS, USA - science chat
23rd Nov. - up-date on Virgin Galactic et al. & Russel Taylor
28th Nov. - William KS, USA - science chat + Oxford Interview
5th Dec. - Nicholas, Sevenoaks school, C60 & Fullerenes in space: carbon stars, planetay nebula, molecular clouds
11th Dec. - William KS, USA - science chat + Oxford Interview
2022
17th Feb - (C) Zoom - Potental Plus half term festival - Castaway Science talk22nd Feb - (C) Zoom - Potental Plus half term festival - Castaway Science talk
19th June - (A) Zoom - C60 workshop with Sussex University WP ambassadors
22nd July - (C) Zoom - William Kim-Shoemaker, USA - wave power discussion I
3rd August - (C) Zoom - William Kim-Shoemaker, USA - wave power discussion II (ideas & applications)
10th August - (C) Zoom - William Kim-Shoemaker, USA - wave power discussion III (applications & designs)
13th August - (C) Zoom - William Kim-Shoemaker, USA - wave power discussion IV (trip to UK)
15th August - (C) Zoom - William Kim-Shoemaker, USA - wave power discussion V (spherical shell design, data logging)
25th August - (C) Zoom - William KS, USA - wave power discussion VI - gen2 MKII ideas
26th August - (C) Zoom - William KS, USA - wave power discussion VII - gen2 MKII ideas
31st August - (C) Zoom - William KS, USA - wave power discussion VII - gen2 MKII ideas cont. (gimble magnet)
1st Sept. - (C) Zoom - William KS, USA - wave power discussions cont. - write up notes
2nd Sept. - (C) Zoom - William KS, USA - wave power discussions cont. - last meeting for 2 weeks
23rd Sept. - William KS, USA - wave power discussions cont. - gen II ideas
25th Sept. - William KS, USA - wave power discussions cont. - better coil ideas / gimble
2nd Oct. - William KS, USA - wave power discussions cont. - 3D PVA coil former ideas
10th Oct. - William KS, USA - wave power discussions cont. - ideas for next visit I
13th Oct. - William KS, USA - wave power discussions cont. - ideas for next visit II & sea filtering idea
2021
7th Jan - (C) Zoom - C60 workshop I (11-14 y), PotentialPlus UK, 10 kits7th Jan - (C) Zoom - C60 workshop II (11-14 y), PotentialPlus UK, 10 kits
8th Jan - (C) Zoom - C60 home workshop with Catherine's neice & nephew, 3 kits
21st Jan - (C) Zoom - Intro & Parabolic Solar heater design (7-11 y), PotentialPlus, PotentialPlus UK
22nd Jan - (A) Skype - discussing HDMI video 'grabbers' & splitters, Ron, Canada
25th Jan - (A) Zoom - 3D printing & Amateur Radio II
26th Jan - (A) Skype - MSF, Radio astronomy & 3D printing, Mike, UK
28th Jan - (C) Zoom - Platonic Solids & Euler's law (7-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
4th Feb. - (C) Zoom - Designing a dodecahedron hot air balloon (7-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
9th Feb - (A) Zoom - 3D printing & Amateur Radio II, Worthing & District Radio Club
11th Feb. - (C) Zoom - Rough Science workshop 1 (7-11 y) - Water Power & Electricity (Colorado RS VI series), PotentialPlus UK
15th Feb. - (C) Zoom - C60, Buckminsterfullerene workshops, Brighton Science Festival
16th - (C) Zoom - Parabolic Solar heater home workshop I
17th - (C) Zoom - Parabolic Solar heater home workshop II - follow up
23rd Feb. - PotentialPlus Festival Talk (8-11 y)
24th Feb. - PotentialPlus Festival Talk (11-14 y)
4th March - (C) Zoom - C60 workshop (7-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
5th March - (A) Skype - VLF antennas v 'normal' inductors VI, Ryan, France
31st March - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Radio workshop, William H, Guildford
1st April - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Parabolic Reflectors, International School, Moscow
7th April - (C) Zoom - one-to-one conversation: Discovery and production (historical) of C60, Chemistry World
30th April (C) Zoom - Spectroscopy of C60, Buckminsterfullerene, Ballerbys College, Brighton
1st May (A) Zoom - Production of C60, Andrew, Victoria, Canada
20th May (A) Zoom - H Cox group meeting - hands on expts. to demo Tensors etc.
8th June - C60 Workshop with Bjorn & Goldie, Seattle (USA) (TBC)
21st July - (A) Zoom - Starting LT Spice modeling (Choatic led circuit, MONIAC etc.) with Mark F (Sweden)
26th July - (A) Zoom - solar power, Emily C (UK)
9th August - (C) Zoom - Making a Fullerene generator, Eesa, Bolton (UK)
25th August - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Parabolic Solar heater William H, Guildford
11th Dec. - (A) Zoom - catching up with Stan (London, UK)
21st Dec - (A) Zoom - WADARC Christmas Amateur Radio Quiz
2020
30th March - (C) Discord workshop with Stan, London, UK - ways to make oxygen face masks & A-level physics1st April - (A) Skype workshop with Ninesh, Chichester ,UK - discuss antennas & water proofing
6th April - (C) Skype - windmill & turbines - Tashi & Zeb, Brighton, UK
6th April - (C) Discord workshop with Stan, London, UK - DC v AC circuits, phase difference between V and I
8th April - (C) in the Park 2m distance - The Crookes Radiometer - Tashi, Brighton, UK
13th April - (C) Skype - C60, Bucky Ball workshop - Tashi, Brighton, UK
13th April - (C) Discord workshop with Stan, London, UK - A-level physics
14th April - (A) Skype - LED lights & fixing ideas - Ron, Ontario, Canada
*** no workshops 16 - 26 April as in hospital for eye op ***
28th April - (A) Skype - designing & experimenting with VLF antennas, Ryan, France
29th April - (C) Skype - battery workshop, circuits & powering devices - Tashi, Brighton, UK
6th May - (C) Skype - Rough Science Workshop, Colorado Series Ep. 1 + PMI - Tashi, Brighton, UK
8th May - (C) Zoom - taster session I for Rough Science workshops, PotentialPlus UK
8th May - (C) Zoom - taster session II for Rough Science workshops, PotentialPlus UK
13th May - (C) Skype - C70, Bucky Ball II workshop - Tashi, Brighton, UK
15th May - (C) Zoom - Rough Science I workshop 1 (8-11 y) - Water Power & Electricity (Colorado RS VI series), PotentialPlus UK
15th May - (C) Zoom - Rough Science II workshop 1 (8-11 y) - Water Power & Electricity (Colorado RS VI series), PotentialPlus UK
18th May - (C + A) Zoom - Rough Science workshop - The four Forces of Nature, Electricity & Battery workshop, Johnny, Wales
19th May - (C + A) Zoom - one-to-on workshop: Radioactivity & half-life, Jack, Surrey
20th May - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Parabolic Solar Collector, Lego Version - Tashi, Brighton
22nd May - (C) Zoom - Rough Science I workshop 2 (8-11 y) - Parabolic solar collector (Caribbean RS II series), PotentialPlus UK
22nd May - (C) Zoom - Rough Science II workshop 2 (8-11 y) - Parabolic solar collector (Caribbean RS II series), PotentialPlus UK
27th May - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Platonic solids & Eulars Law - Tashi, Brighton
29th May - (C) Zoom - C60 workshop 1 (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
29th May - (C) Zoom - C60 workshop 2 (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
2nd June - (A) Zoom - development meeting I for on-line Sussex Uni summer school, WP
2nd June - (A) Zoom - SOTABEAMS Laserbeam - Vari, talk & demo, Worthing & district Amateur Radio Club
3rd June - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Electromagnetism & making an electro magnet - Tashi, Brighton
5th June - (A) Skype - Intro to 3D printing - Ron, Ontario, Canada
10th June - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Electromagnet, Relay & Bell / buzzer - Tashi, Brighton
11th June - (C) Zoom - Rough Science I workshop 1 (11-14 y) - Water Power & Electricity (Colorado RS VI series), PotentialPlus UK
12th June - (C) Zoom - A Scientists view of the Universe I (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
12th June - (C) Zoom - A Scientists view of the Universe II (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
17th June - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Transistor workshop I - Tashi, Brighton
18th June - (C) Zoom - Rough Science II workshop 1 (11-14 y) - Parabolic Solar heater, PotentialPlus UK
19th June - (C) Zoom - Platonic Solids & Euler's law I (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
19th June - (C) Zoom - Platonic Solids & Euler's law II (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
24th June - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Transistor workshop II - Tashi, Brighton
25th June - (C) Rough Science II workshop 1 (11-14 y) - Finding our Latitude & Longitude, PotentialPlus UK
26th June - (C) Zoom - Designing a dodecahedron hot air balloon I (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
26th June - (C) Zoom - Designing a dodecahedron hot air balloon II (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
1st July - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Transistor III - the flip-flop - Tashi, Brighton
2nd July - (C) Zoom - C60 workshop (11-14 y), PotentialPlus UK
3rd July - (C) Zoom - Radio workshop + live tranmission through a geostationary satellite I (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
3rd July - (C) Zoom - Radio workshop + live tranmission through a geostationary satellite II (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
15th July - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Transistor IV - flip-flop cont. - Tashi, Brighton
17th July - (C) Skype - one-to-one workshop: Wind turbine design for greenhouse watering system, Harry, Leicester
20th July (C) - Zoom - Sussex University Summer School - w/s I - Introduction to Kroto Science
21st July (C) - Zoom - Sussex University Summer School - w/s II - Discovery of the Fullerenes & making a model of C60
22nd July (C) - Zoom - Sussex University Summer School - w/s III - Q & A session
22nd July - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Transistor V - making the flip-flop high freq - tone gen - Tashi, Brighton
24th July (C) - Zoom - Sussex University Summer School - w/s IV - Fullerene Summary & Life in Science
29th July - (C) Zoom - Solar powered buggy - Tashi, Brighton
5th August - (C) Zoom - Water Barometer / manometer I - Tashi, Brighton
18th August - (C) Zoom - Water Barometer / manometer II - Tashi, Brighton
19th August - (C + A) Zoom - Rough Science workshop - Discovery & structure of C60 workshop, Johnny, Wales
25th August - (C) Zoom - Lego Balance & Moments - Tashi, Brighton
1st September (C) - Zoom - Summary of all the 19 science workshops - Tashi, Brighton
28th October - (A) Skype - designing & experimenting with VLF antennas II (resonant v un resonant loops), Ryan, France
28th October - (C) - Zoom - Piezoelectricity workshop - Tashi, Brighton
5th November - (A) Skype - designing & experimenting with VLF antennas III (balanced pick-up, inst. amps etc.), Ryan, France
10th November - (A) zoom - Tinkercad workshop with Roger M0TJK
24th November - (C) Microsoft Teams - Whitgift School 'Oceans Four' physics challenge team discussion
26th November - (C) Zoom - Intro & Parabolic Solar heater design I (8-15 y), PotentialPlus UK
26th November - (C) Zoom - Intro & Parabolic Solar heater design II (8-15 y), PotentialPlus UK
3rd December - (C) Zoom - Platonic solids & Eulers Law I (8-15 y), PotentialPlus UK
3rd December - (C) Zoom - Platonic solids & Eulers Law II (8-15 y), PotentialPlus UK
9th December - (A) Skype - designing & experimenting with VLF antennas IV (balanced pick-up, inst. amps, sampling etc.), Ryan, France
10th December - (C) Zoom - Designing a dodecahedron hot air balloon I (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
10th December - (C) Zoom - Designing a dodecahedron hot air balloon II (8-11 y), PotentialPlus UK
15th December - (A) Skype - designing & experimenting with VLF antennas V (measuring Q, resonance and hall effect devices), Ryan, France
16th December - (C) Skype - Experimenting with wave power, Ethan, Vancouver, Canada
17th December - (C) Zoom - Rough Science I workshop 1 (8-11 y) - Water Power & Electricity (Colorado RS VI series), PotentialPlus UK
17th December - (C) Zoom - Rough Science II workshop 1 (8-11 y) - Water Power & Electricity (Colorado RS VI series), PotentialPlus UK
23rd December - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Radio workshop I - Tashi, Brighton
30th December - (C) Zoom - one-to-one workshop: Radio workshop II - Tashi, Brighton
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These workshops are dedicated to Sir Harry Kroto (friend, colleague and mentor)
and Oliver Hare (much loved nephew)
THE CREATIVE SCIENCE CENTRE
Dr Jonathan Hare, The University of Sussex
Brighton, East Sussex. BN1 9QJ.
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