Lead Institution: University of Bath
The activities developed will continue to be offered to teachers in their current form by University of Bath as a part of the Spectroscopy in a Suitcase (SIAS) project. The Olympic Drug Scandal activity has been designed to cover the relevant knowledge for A-level exams in IR. The RSC will host the material on their website along with several other new SIAS materials and through this, other SIAS practitioners will have the opportunity to take up this activity for their own school visits.
The context itself is very relevant for the 2012 Olympics, but is also always interesting to students, so its use should therefore continue well after the Olympics have ended. Both the relevant context, the design to match with A-level IR curriculum and the support from the RSC from a well-established programme like SIAS increase the activity's sustainability.
Finally, the Teacher Advisory Board (TAB) that was set-up at the start of the project will continue meeting into the future, helping to shape Bath's outreach activities and informing first-year curricula. The TAB model has already been either adopted or is being considered by the departments of Biology, Biochemistry and Computer Science.
If you would like further information about the project or its on-going legacy, please contact the project lead, Dr Gan Shermer, as below:
Dr Gan Shermer
Project lead, University of Bath
Emily M MacCready
Project coordinator, University of Bath
Lynne Thomas
University of Bath