Schools and Colleges Lecture Tour 2011

From x-rays to antimatter

the science of seeing inside your body
An exciting, interactive free talk for school students that builds
on everyday physics to explain groundbreaking research.
Find out how physicists build machines
that do what our eyes cannot – see
inside the human body
This inspiring lecture will reveal how:
• over the past hundred years physicists have developed increasingly
sophisticated techniques to see inside the body;
• these techniques use x-ray, radioactive molecules and magnetic
fields to produce images of the body;
• these images allow doctors to diagnose and treat illness
and disease better.

The show will involve hands-on demonstrations and some amazing

audio/visual media.

Presenter
Dr Michael Wilson has always been fascinated by
the physical world and he enjoys the challenge of
making scientific ideas accessible to any audience.
After completing his first degree in natural sciences
at Cambridge, he taught physics and mathematics at
Shrewsbury School for two years before moving into a
medical-physics career. After teaching at Birmingham
University for five years, he is now a consultant clinical scientist in the
Nuclear Medicine Department of the University Hospital Birmingham
NHS Trust. He continues to teach at Birmingham University, as well as
being involved in a range of other teaching roles.
Audience
14–16 year olds

Talk Duration
1 hour

Curriculum links include

How science works – applications and implications of science, the
electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetism and radioactivity.

Booking
Although the lecture is free there are limited places available at
each venue, so booking ahead is essential.

Please see overleaf for 2011 tour dates.

Further information
For further information on the schools and colleges lecture,
including how to volunteer to be a host venue in 2012, contact:

Clare Mills
Tel +44 (0)20 7470 4965
E-mail clare.mills@iop.org
Tour dates 2011 Dates are subject to change, for latest see www.iop.org/schoolslecture or e-mail education@iop.org.

Date Time Venue Main Contact Phone E-mail

14 February 11.30am & 2.00pm Plymouth College Jean Pope jean.pope@btconnect.com
15 February 11.30am & 2.00pm St Aldhelms Academy, Poole Tracey Holmes THolmes@Staldhelmsacademy.org
16 February 10.00am & 12.30pm Clifton College, Bristol Alex Hasthorpe AHasthorpe@clifton-college.avon.sch.uk
17 February 12.00pm & 2.00pm Cheltenham Ladies’ College Philippa Rimell 01242 520 691 rimellp@cheltladiescollege.org
21 March 11.00am & 2.00pm Ullswater Community College Reception 01768 242160 reception@ullswater.cumbria.sch.uk.
22 March 10.30am & 2.30pm Bolton School, Boys’ Division Michael Yates my@boys.bolton.sch.uk
23 March 2.30pm University of Liverpool, Chadwick Theatre David Cox dcox-iop@virginmedia.com
24 March 11.15am & 1.45pm Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Mandy Heathcote 0161 928 0858 aheathcote@agsb.co.uk
28 March TBC Sir Jonathan North, Leicester Mathew Taunton mathewtaunton@me.com
29 March 12.00pm & 2.30pm Landau-Forte College, Derby Caroline Parrish 01332 204040 parrish@landau-forte.org.uk
30 March 11.30am & 2.00pm Newcastle Under Lyme School Sunita Bremner sbremner@nuls.org.uk
5 April 11.00am & 2.00pm University of Birmingham Lynne Long l.long@bham.ac.uk
28 June TBC The Norton Knatchbull School, Kent Dave Challoner DChalloner@nks.kent.sch.uk
29 June 10.00am & 2.00pm Lampton School, Hounslow Jessica Hamer jhamer@Lampton.hounslow.sch.uk
30 June 11.00am & 1.30pm Royal Institution Olympia Brown OBrown@ri.ac.uk
1 July TBC JCoSS, New Barnet Karen Hancock khancock@jcoss.barnet.sch.uk
6 July TBC Bangor University Stevie Scanlan 01248 382724 stevie.scanlan@bangor.ac.uk
5 September 10.30am & 1.30pm Glasgow University Lucy Murray 0141 330 4707 lucy.murray@glasgow.ac.uk
6 September 10.00am & 2.00pm Heriot-Watt University Derryck Reid d.t.reid@hw.ac.uk
7 September 10.50am St Andrew’s University Graham Turnbull 01334 467330 gat@st-andrews.ac.uk
8 September 11.50am Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen Stuart Farmer stuart.farmer@yahoo.co.uk
20 September 10.30am & 2.30pm Hull Collegiate School Tom Norris 01482 657 016 tom.norris@church-schools.com
21 September 10.00am & 1.00pm Thornton Grammar School, Bradford Janice Stirzaker 01274 881082 extn.1229 jas@ thorntongs.ngfl.ac.uk
22 September 11.35am & 1.30pm Tapton School, Sheffield Paul Jukes 0114 2671414 PJukes@taptonschool.co.uk
10 October 11.30am & 2.15pm Northampton School for Boys Dave Hodgson 01604 230240 dhodgson@nsb.northants.sch.uk
11 October 10.00am & 2.00pm The King’s School, Peteborough John Kinchin kinchin.j@kings.peterborough.sch.uk
13 October 10.00am & 2.00pm Woodbridge School, Ipswich Angela Allan Reception@woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk
17 November TBC Sacred Heart High School, Newcastle Les Lambert Les.Lambert@sacredheart.newcastle.sch.uk
18 November TBC Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Darlington Janet Hillyard jhillyard@qeliz.ac.uk
22 November TBC University of Sussex Darren Baskill d.baskill@sussex.ac.uk
23 November 11.30am & 1.30pm INTECH Science Centre, Winchester Jane King 01962 891900 janeking@intech-uk.com
24 November 10.30am & 2.00pm Luckley Oakfield School, Wokingham Narene Hall 0118 974 3209 narene.hall@luckley.wokingham.sch.uk
25 November 10.30am & 1.30pm Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot 01235 445959 rltalkingscience@stfc.ac.uk
14 December 10.00am & 1.00pm Cardiff University Wendy Sadler sadlerwj@cf.ac.uk