Science Jamboree

The Science Jamboree brings together staff and students of the University with Cubs, Beavers, Rainbows, and Brownies from across Cheshire and Merseyside for a day of activities in the University’s Central Teaching Laboratories. The activities lead to the young people earning some of their ‘science-related’ activity badges including astronomer, digital citizen and experiment.

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Beavers taking part in a Science Jamboree

The 2023 Science Jamboree will take place on the 9th of  December.

The cost to attendees is £5 per registered Beaver / Rainbow and £7 per registered Cub / Brownie.

At one point, I looked around and all Beavers and adults were lying down looking up at the ‘sky’!

- Beaver leader, on the planetarium at the Science Jamboree


Student Helpers

All activities at the event are run by diligent undergraduate student volunteers, all with a passion for science.

If you’re an undergraduate student with an interest in helping out at the Science Jamboree, contact Chris Marchant at marchant@liverpool.ac.uk, and use the sign-up link below:

Sign up as a student volunteer

A teddy bear in a Beavers outfit looks through a microscope

Timetable

Rainbows and Beavers
Beavers and Rainbows complete a half-day of activities at the Jamboree. The provisional timetable is shown below:

AM Session

09:30

Arrival

09:45

Welcome

10:00-10:45

1st activity base

10:50-11:35

2nd activity base

11:35

Plenary

PM Session

12:45

Arrival

13:00

Welcome

13:15-14:00

1st activity base

14:05-14:50

2nd activity base

15:00

Plenary


Brownies and Cubs
Brownies and Cubs complete a full day of activities at the Jamboree. The provisional timetable is shown below:

09:30

Arrival

09:45

Welcome

10:00-10:45

1st activity base

10:50-11:35

2nd activity base

11:35

Break

11:55 – 12:40

3rd activity base

12:40

Lunch

13:15 – 14:00

4th activity base

14:05 – 14:50

5th activity base

15:00

Plenary

15:30

Leave

 

Badges

Rainbows and Beavers
Science Jamboree activities completed on the day add up to match requirements for certain badges, such as:

Rainbows

Beavers

Construction

Air Activities

Recycling

Photographer

 

Space


Each badge will take 2 sessions.

Brownies and Cubs
Science Jamboree activities completed on the day add up to match requirements for certain badges, such as:

Brownies

Cubs

Archaeology

Communicator

Innovate 2 & 3

Scientist

Space

 


Each badge will take 2-3 sessions.

The 2023 Science Jamboree will take place on the 9th December.

The expression of interest form opens at 7pm on 13th September, and works on smartphones, in Chrome or Firefox but not in IE9.

Register your pack/colony/unit's interest for the University of Liverpool Science Jamboree

Packs / Colonies/ Units will be invoiced for the cost of their places booked at 1st December. Any changes to numbers must be made before that date.

We will confirm whether you have your places by the 30th September.

Questions?
Contact Chris Marchant: marchant@liverpool.ac.uk

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