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egorized on june 30 2014 by geevor science busking is a type of interactive street performance where science is used to amaze and entertain on friday 4 th july the science busking collective will be performing science to and with the public at penzance farmers market the project was put together by jo buckingham learning development officer at geevor tin mine students from cape cornwall school make up the collective the students first came to geevor to receive training in science busking techniques and learn the tricks and performances as the student s discovered the science involved does not just fascinate an audience but was also vital to the tin mining industry if you would like to come and have some fun interacting with science and meet and watch the collective why not come down to the market on friday leave a comment scrapheap challenge week at geevor part of nsew posted in uncategorized on march 9 2014 by geevor 26 02 14 every year millions of people take part in national science engineering week events around the uk this year if you want to take part in one of the best events happening you don t need to go to london or bristol just pop down to geevor tin mine clint hosking learning manager at geevor tin mine was delighted to find that geevor s scrapheap challenge event has been placed in a short list of 3 to win the best engineering event award this year on friday 21 st of march hannah stretton of the science association will be visiting geevor to observe some of the 200 students from 8 local secondary schools who are taking part in the event during the event the students build a waterwheel from scrap and test it for its pulling power it s fantastic to have an opportunity to show the science association that passion for science and engineering is very much alive down here although we have lost the tin mining industry our science and engineering past is continuing to inspire young people into careers in the industry said jo buckingham organiser of the event scrapheap challenge is open to the public during geevor s family fun science day on sunday the 23rd march from 10 to 2pm leave a comment winners at the cornwall tourism awards 2013 2014 posted in uncategorized on november 11 2013 by geevor we are celebrating today we have won the coveted winner of winners trophy at the cornwall tourism awards we have been singled out due to our evocative and interactive cornish mining exhibitions and tours and applauded for value for money we also won gold in the art museums and maritime category and silver in the historic and heritage properties and country houses category leave a comment science busking through cornish industry posted in uncategorized with tags on the 8th to the 12thth july students from humphry davy school will be getting their hands mucky with science on an activity filled project co ordinated by geevor tin mine on september 9 2013 by geevor from the 8th to the 12th july students from humphry davy school were getting their hands mucky with science on an activity filled project co ordinated by geevor tin mine the students went on discovery expedition around geevor and levant tin mines porthcurno telegraph museum and deep into the fishing industry in newlyn using fun and active science to explore industry and technology their week included training on how to perform science to the public science busking at each location they encountered a range of hands on science that they learnt to master and perform themselves by friday they were ready to put on their own science busking performance at penzance famer s market on friday 12th july their performances were so well recieved that brenda lemon who runs the market would like them to come back and perform every week throughout the summer for more information about the project contact jo buckingham learning development officer tel 01736 788662 email jo buckingham geevor com leave a comment scrapheap challenge brilliant feedback posted in uncategorized on may 8 2013 by geevor last week i went into gems bolitho school the winners of the scrapheap challenge school competition to award them their certificates and prizes i thought that all the students and public that took part in national science and engineering week this year were fantastic and i was very pleased to receive lots of feedback that let me know that the feeling was mutual thanks to all who took the time to give us your feedback it was really appreciated and will help us make the event ever better next year here is a little taster of what they had to say about geevor s scrapheap challenge jim brown teacher gems bolitho a thoroughly enjoyable and educational experience for all including the teachers thanks nikki brown teacher humphry davy school what a wonderful day out we all loved it staff and pupils really friendly and well organised staff thank you so much jowan student humphry davy school this trip was awesome i really enjoyed making and using the waterwheel for the scrapheap challenge i also liked exploring all the amazing tunnels student gems bolitho tense exiting and fascinating student hayle academy the best thing was using the different materials to make the water wheel john and family public scrapheap challenge participants 5 out of 5 enjoyable intriguing inspiring and surprising thanks again all jo buckingham leave a comment scrapheap challenge online waterwheel challenge 2013 posted in uncategorized on march 6 2013 by geevor make a water wheel powered optical illusion as part of geevor s national science and engineering week celebrations and win yourself free family entry to geevor for a year or a geevor goody bag your choice follow the instructions below to make your wheel take a photo of yourselves with your wheel and email it to jo buckingham geevor com or tweet us geevormuseum using hashtag scrapheapchallenge our favourite photo will win photos will be put up on our social media sites instructions you will need scrap plastic containers and tetra pack are good scissors strong tape wooden barbecue skewers younger children will need adults to help with scissors making holes and tape 1 wheel to make the wheel for your water wheel you need a circular piece of scrap a lid cheese triangle box or the bottom cut of a bottle all work well 2 paddles your wheel needs paddles for the water to hit the simplest way of making them is to cut out notches into the edge of your wheel if you are using the bottom of a bottle you may find that it has nobbly bits on if so these will be your paddles if you are using the lid of a cardboard cheese box you can made diagonal cuts and they fold them back to make the paddles 3 stand to make your stand you need something tall a bottle or juice tetra pack works well and can be filled with water later to make it extra stable you need to make 2 holes in your stand frount and back at the same hight you can make this by pushing the scewer in or using scissors be careful the holes need to we widened to fit the scewer so it can turn easily 4 axel a barbeque skewer needs to cut about 4cm longer that the width of the stand so that it will go through both the holes with a bit extra on each side 5 attach wheel to axel try to find the middle of the wheel push or a cut a hole for the axel to go through the wheel and secure it front and back with tape and put it through the stand it should turn smoothly 6 make and attach spinner print out the spinner pattern on to card i found this one and others at http www jclahr com science illusions spin handout index html warning be aware that moving optical illusions of this kind have been known to cause epileptic fits in those people susceptible to photo epileptic seizures a diameter of about 10cm is good or you could try to draw something similar cut it out i made mine stronger by putting a bit more card on the back and then i attached it to the other end of the axel using tape it can be a bit fiddly try spinning the wheel it should turn smoothly and evenly if it does not check that the holes for the axel are big enough and that the wheel and spinner are attch to the axel at their middle now you have your finished water wheel 7 how to make it work place on a draining surface that can get wet a draining board sink or outside are best if your stand can be filled with water to make it more stable do it now or hold it steady fill up a container with water poor the water on to the paddles of your water wheel stare at the centre of the optical illusion spinner it should look quite strange if you look away it will appear as though things are still moving try looking at a flower warning if you look for a long time it can make you feel a bit dizzy 8 experiment try out different designs using different scrap try using your wheel to power other things 9 tell us about it email a photo of your wheel or wheels and tell us about building it to jo buckingham geevor com or tweet to geevormuseum i will be putting photos up in our blog and facebook and our favourite will win a geevor goody bag or free family entry to geevor for a year your choice leave a comment scrapheap challenge online science event 2013 posted in uncategorized on february 4 2013 by geevor online event if you are too far away to get to geevor you can still join in from the 11th of march we will launch our online waterwheel challenge our facebook page and blog will show simple instructions on how to make your own water wheel using just a plastic bottle barbeque spears string and sticky tape it will show how to use the wheel to power your own spinner optical illusion or cage mining lift email a picture of your finished wheel jo buckingham geevor com and we will put them up and choose a winner who will receive free family entry to geevor leave a comment scrapheap challenge public event sun march 24th 10 am 2pm posted in uncategorized on february 4 2013 by geevor everybody is invited come to geevor and have a go at our award winning scrapheap challenge build your own water wheel if yours is the fastest you will win a 25 gift token for the geevor shop use your wheel to perform a twurling optical illusion normal admission prices apply run as a drop in session between 10am 2pm on sunday march 24th suitable for all family members leave a comment scrapheap challenge free event for year 7 students posted in uncategorized on february 4 2013 by geevor national science and engineering week 15 th 24 th march 2013 winning event last year our scrapheap challenge won the top prize of best engineering event throughout the whole of national science and engineering week so thank you very much to all the schools who participated last year and helped make it such a success we challenge you to design and build a waterwheel out of everyday scrap materials provided by geevor your water wheel must pull a cart the furthest distance in the fastest time prizes school prize the winning school will receive 100 for your school science or technology club plus the trophy for a year team prize the winning team up to 5 students a team you will get free family entry to geevor for a year every participant every entry will receive a certificate showing the test results of their water wheel this year you can also use the event to complete a bronze crest award contact jo buckingham for more details on 01736 788662 oe email jo buckingham geevor com leave a comment scrapheap challenge 2013 details for schools posted in uncategorized on january 30 2013 by geevor scrapheap challenge details for school choose your yr 7 students up to 32 students for free divided students into small teams of preferable 2 4 people with no more than 16 teams from each school help them complete the design guidance worksheets contact jo buckingham to book them in either 9 30 12 30 or 12 30 3 10 the assembly and testing of the waterwheels will take place at geevor and the scrap materials and tools required on the day of the competition will be provided additional students we have had many schools requesting to bring more students as soon as all the schools have had a chance to book their first group of 32 we will open up any other available slots we do ask that you bring no more than 16 teams in total and any additional students will need a different time slot we also ask for a 1 donation per extra student over the 32 to go towards running costs of the event scrap heap challenge time slots morning session time activity for group 1 time activity for group 2 9 30am introduction hats 9 30am introduction hats 9 45am waterwheel assembly on tin floors up to 8 teams 9 45am energy tour of geevor 10 45am testing time evaluation of wheels 10 45am waterwheel assembly on tin floors up to 8 teams 11 30am energy tour of geevor 11 45am testing time evaluation of wheels 12 30pm lunch depart 12 30pm lunch depart afternoon session time activity for group 1 time activity for group 2 12 30pm introduction hats 12 30pm introduction hats 12 40pm waterwheel assembly on tin floors up to 8 teams 12 40pm energy tour of geevor 1 25pm testing time evaluation of wheels 1 40pm waterwheel assembly on tin floors up to 8 teams 2 10pm energy tour of geevor 2 25pm testing time evaluation of wheels 3 10pm depart 3 10pm depart you can extend your morning visit to a day to include the hard rock museum and underground for this there is a small charge of 2 per student underground and hard rock museum option time activity for group 1 activity for group 2 12 30 1 00 lunch lunch 1 00 1 45 underground underground 1 45 2 15 hard rock museum hard rock museum 2 15 depart depart if you are interested in turning this event into a bronze crest award get in touch with jo buckingham at geevor on 01736 788662 or email jo buckingham geevor com leave a comment older entries search for pages about geevor geevor on flickr geevor on twitter geevor tin mine project geevor then now hard rock museum kurt jackson the mining paintings meet the geevor staff bill jo b nick t pendeen school reviews the hard rock museum adult 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