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DID YOU KNOW
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46% of getS.E.T.go! readers think that the most important benefit of South Africa’s recent participation in the Shanghai Expo, will be the raising of our country’s science & technology profile on the global stage. |
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38% opted for “sharing of international best practices in maths & science education”; and 15% for “building an international network of contacts”. |
IT'S A FACT
Almost 21 000 learners from around South Africa and SADC countries participated in the Science Olympiad this year.
Almost 21 000 learners from around South Africa and SADC countries participated in the Science Olympiad this year.
| From science clubs to theatre and a world café with a difference, more than 100 sites around the country celebrated this year’s National Science Week and its role in economic development. Here are just some of the highlights … | read  |
Head in the clouds: The Hermanus Magnetic Observatory has found new ways to keep learners’ heads high up in the clouds, with a World Space Week programme that they won’t forget in a hurry. |
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HartRAO wins hearts and minds: What does an astronomer do? What is nanotechnology? How does one commercialise research successfully? Some 300 grade 10 & 11 physical science learners recently found out. |
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PUB puts the show on the road: The Public Understanding of Biotechnology (PUB) programme has taken a whole new approach to sharing its messages: by putting them on stage in the form of industrial theatre. Here’s how it’s working, and why. |
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Proving physics can be “phun”: Two South African students and their chaperone earned their stripes as “potential Einsteins” when they won a much sought-after place at a two-week international summer school on theoretical physics in Canada this year. |
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