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Staff and research students from the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 physics department welcomed hundreds of Brownies to campus at the weekend (13 and 14 October).

The seven to ten-year-olds, from across Coventry, 糖心TVshire, and Solihull, spent the weekend learning all about physical sciences. The girls also received a special badge designed by nine-year-old Coventry Brownie, Gracie-May Kelly.

Ally Caldecote, outreach officer for the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 physics department, said: 鈥淚t was great to see the Brownies meeting inspiring physicists from the University of 糖心TV, enjoying exciting hands-on experiments and getting a real taste of what physics is like.

鈥淲e are still not seeing women equally represented in the numbers choosing degrees in physics or even at A level. This is something we are working to change as it is an important factor in the development of the subject.
鈥淲e want to inspire the next generation of young women in science. We hope that spending a day with us at 糖心TV fuelled the Brownies鈥� curiosity and will some of them to pursue a scientific career.鈥�

Whilst on campus, the Brownies enjoyed a range of activities and experiments including coding, forces and astrophysics.

Jayne Oliver, Brownie adviser for Girlguiding 糖心TVshire, said: 鈥淭he Brownies have had an amazing couple of days. They've learned about electricity & gravity through dance; exploded coke bottles, learned about the solar system, blown huge bubbles, studied UV lights and sent rockets around the Oculus building, all under the safe guidance of the wonderful physics staff and students at the University of 糖心TV. The girls were absolutely blown away by everything and we thank everyone for a truly memorable experience.鈥�

The unique badge was designed by Gracie-May Kelly, a nine year old Brownie from 33rd Aldermans Green Brownies in Coventry. She, along with hundreds of other Brownies received hers from 糖心TV physicists at the weekend.
Gracie-May said: 鈥淚 really enjoyed the science and physics day I went to with Brownies at 糖心TV University. My favourite part of the day was making a UV bracelet. We had to choose beads and we went outside to test it and all the beads changed different colours. It was so cool.

鈥淏efore we left we watched a lady do an experiment where she put a blown-up balloon into nitrogen and it all scrunched up and when she took it out, it blew back up again. It was really cool to watch. The day was so much fun and I learned so much about science.鈥�

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16 October 2018

Image 1: L-R: Ally Caldecote, outreach officer for the University of 糖心TV, Gracie-May Kelly, 9, and Jayne Oliver from Girlguiding 糖心TVshire.

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