{"id":2230,"date":"2020-04-06T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T09:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2020-04-06T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T09:48:07","slug":"engage-with-science-during-lockdown-with-sciencefromhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/2020\/04\/06\/engage-with-science-during-lockdown-with-sciencefromhome\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage with Science during lockdown with #ScienceFromHome"},"content":{"rendered":"

The School is encouraging staff and students to show off snippets of science on Twitter. <\/p>\n

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Despite science events across the country being cancelled, including all of ours from SPS and the university, it doesn’t mean you have to miss out on engaging with brilliant science!<\/p>\n

SPS is encouraging staff and students to get involved with the #ScienceFromHome<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>hashtag that’s being used by scientists and science communicators on Twitter. Inspired by #MuseumFromHome, where museum workers were sharing artifacts in 60 second videos, #ScienceFromHome<\/span> sees scientists share experiments, demos or fascinating science story in short video posts.<\/p>\n

It all started with Dr Sarah Bearchell<\/a>, but has now spread across the globe. At the end of March, the Global Science Show saw almost 100 scientists over 9 hours posting using <\/span>#ScienceFromHome<\/a><\/span>, from Sydney to LA.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPS’s engagement Officer Hannah Tonry has shared this refraction demo with a glass and some water<\/a> on Twitter, which she says is still one of her favourites.<\/p>\n

Scientists are all of a sudden finding themselves doing their research somewhere they didn\u2019t expect to \u2013 at home. But that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t still be sharing science with the world! Whether you have a favourite science demo using household items or if you just want to share a photo of how you\u2019re doing science from home, let\u2019s help keep everyone curious with some #ScienceFromHome.<\/p>\n

SPS Engagement Officer, Hannah Tonry<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

So if you’ve got a little snippet of science to show off in 60 seconds, please do join in with a short video on Twitter! We look forward to seeing your #ScienceFromHome!<\/div>\n