{"id":3193,"date":"2021-09-29T19:47:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2022-01-09T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T11:28:38","slug":"rs_ysba21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/2021\/09\/29\/rs_ysba21\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Society Young Science Book Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/2021\/09\/29\/rs_ysba21\/young-peoples-book-prizelogo-2021\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021.png\" data-orig-size=\"1260,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Young Peoples Book Prizelogo 2021\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021-300x205.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021-1024x701.png\" class=\"wp-image-3310 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021-1024x701.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021-768x525.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104850\/Young-Peoples-Book-Prizelogo-2021.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re delighted that Our Lady&#8217;s is again\u00a0 involved in the judging for the <a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/grants-schemes-awards\/book-prizes\/young-peoples-book-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Society&#8217;s Young People&#8217;s Book Prize 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The six books for this year are :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/grants-schemes-awards\/book-prizes\/young-peoples-book-prize\/100-things-to-know-about-saving-the-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/grants-schemes-awards\/book-prizes\/young-peoples-book-prize\/agent-asha-mission-sharkbytes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/grants-schemes-awards\/book-prizes\/young-peoples-book-prize\/i-am-a-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/grants-schemes-awards\/book-prizes\/young-peoples-book-prize\/i-ate-sunshine-for-breakfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/grants-schemes-awards\/book-prizes\/young-peoples-book-prize\/inventors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inventors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/grants-schemes-awards\/book-prizes\/young-peoples-book-prize\/under-the-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Under the Stars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104350\/2021-0916-1914-YSBA-arrivals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/2021\/09\/29\/rs_ysba21\/2021-0916-1914-ysba-arrivals\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104350\/2021-0916-1914-YSBA-arrivals.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"972,709\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1631805764&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2021 0916 1914 YSBA arrivals\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104350\/2021-0916-1914-YSBA-arrivals-300x219.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104350\/2021-0916-1914-YSBA-arrivals.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3308 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104350\/2021-0916-1914-YSBA-arrivals-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Young Science Book Award books\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104350\/2021-0916-1914-YSBA-arrivals-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104350\/2021-0916-1914-YSBA-arrivals-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olhslrc\/uploads\/sites\/39247\/2021\/09\/09104350\/2021-0916-1914-YSBA-arrivals.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re planning to involve as many of our 2nd year pupils as possible, judging the books through Art, Business Education and\u00a0 of course, Science.\u00a0 Art will review the design of the books, analysing the colours, fonts, illustrations, page layouts and the cover; Business Education (via ICT classes) will look at the whole idea of the book, who it would appeal to and who might choose to buy it; and Science classes will concentrate on how whether the text can be understood, how easily information can be found and any interesting ideas that jump out at them.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, we will be discussing the various tasks involved in the creation, production, marketing and selling of the books, encouraging pupils to identify potential careers of interest to them, not just in publishing, but also retailing and science.<\/p>\n<p>The judging will take place later in the year and our final\u00a0 collated results will be submitted to the Royal Society in January, providing our young people with a chance to share their thoughts and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re delighted that Our Lady&#8217;s is again\u00a0 involved in the judging for the Royal Society&#8217;s Young People&#8217;s Book Prize 2021. The six books for this year are : 100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe. I Ate Sunshine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/2021\/09\/29\/rs_ysba21\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Royal Society Young Science Book Award<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,10,225,207,228,1,53,209],"tags":[261,260,55,262],"class_list":["post-3193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artdesign","category-curriculum","category-dyw","category-expressive","category-ict","category-updates","category-science","category-technologies","tag-hgiours","tag-judging","tag-royal-society","tag-royal-societys-young-peoples-book-prize-2021"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3312,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhslrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}