{"id":1133,"date":"2024-09-10T13:43:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:43:09","slug":"orkney-international-science-festival-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/2024\/09\/10\/orkney-international-science-festival-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Orkney International Science Festival 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were lucky enough to have several visits as part of the OISF. We really enjoyed all the activities!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1134\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133336\/20240903_111704-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133336\/20240903_111704-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133336\/20240903_111704-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133336\/20240903_111704-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133336\/20240903_111704.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1135\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133449\/20240903_115452-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133449\/20240903_115452-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133449\/20240903_115452-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133449\/20240903_115452-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133449\/20240903_115452.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1136\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133513\/20240903_115439-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133513\/20240903_115439-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133513\/20240903_115439-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133513\/20240903_115439-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133513\/20240903_115439.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr Anne-Marie Weijmans from St Andrews University came in to work with us about space. We identified stars using their co-ordinates and made our own constellations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1137\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133619\/20240905_111114-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133619\/20240905_111114-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133619\/20240905_111114-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133619\/20240905_111114-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133619\/20240905_111114.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1138\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133623\/20240905_111141-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133623\/20240905_111141-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133623\/20240905_111141-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133623\/20240905_111141-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133623\/20240905_111141.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1139\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133627\/20240905_120639-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133627\/20240905_120639-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133627\/20240905_120639-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133627\/20240905_120639-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133627\/20240905_120639.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1140\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133635\/20240905_120825-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133635\/20240905_120825-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133635\/20240905_120825-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10133635\/20240905_120825-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We learned a lot about forensics using the Science of Superheroes with the University of Central Lancashire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134021\/20240906_132449-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134021\/20240906_132449-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134021\/20240906_132449-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134021\/20240906_132449-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134021\/20240906_132449.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1144\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134038\/20240906_141306-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134038\/20240906_141306-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134038\/20240906_141306-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134038\/20240906_141306-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134038\/20240906_141306.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We learned about Artificial Intelligence with Claire Griffiths.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1145\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134154\/20240909_110245-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134154\/20240909_110245-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134154\/20240909_110245-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134154\/20240909_110245-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134154\/20240909_110245.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1146\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134158\/20240909_110538-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134158\/20240909_110538-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134158\/20240909_110538-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134158\/20240909_110538-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134158\/20240909_110538.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1147\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134207\/20240909_111337-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134207\/20240909_111337-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134207\/20240909_111337-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134207\/20240909_111337-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134207\/20240909_111337.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1148\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134213\/20240909_114213-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134213\/20240909_114213-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134213\/20240909_114213-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134213\/20240909_114213-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134213\/20240909_114213.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1149\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134219\/20240909_114512-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134219\/20240909_114512-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134219\/20240909_114512-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134219\/20240909_114512-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134219\/20240909_114512.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134224\/20240909_115555-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134224\/20240909_115555-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134224\/20240909_115555-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134224\/20240909_115555-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/public\/shapinsayschool\/uploads\/sites\/837\/2024\/09\/10134224\/20240909_115555.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eve Armstrong from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh came to work with us about rainforests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were lucky enough to have several visits as part of the OISF. We really enjoyed all the activities! Dr Anne-Marie Weijmans from St Andrews University came in to work with us about space. We identified stars using their co-ordinates and made our own constellations. We learned a lot about forensics using the Science of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/2024\/09\/10\/orkney-international-science-festival-2024\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orkney International Science Festival 2024<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions\/1151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/shapinsayschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}