1. Involúcrate

2. Involúcrate: A Science Café

3. Involúcrate: objectives1.
To create a space for discussing and enjoying Science 2.
To provide a showcase for the fantastic work done through the semester. 3.
To inspire, involve and inform!

4. The event: A science Café
Monday 5th May
16:00 – 18:00 hrs
1 room per teaching group on 4th floor
Each group has a guest investigator
Worth 10% of final mark
Other guests: people who use Science in their work
Work from semester displayed
Groups 30 – 32 in Spanish
Groups 41 &42 in English

5. Guests At least one person working in a field of investigation
You must produce a scientific poster about their research in advance of the day.
Other guests may be people working using Science in their job! Could be engineers, doctors or people working in labs or the environment etc.
Each guest must have a stall in the room on which they show things and at which they can interact with the audience
Interactions should be informal and interesting.
Guests can bring in what they like to provide information.

6. Planning 1. 2. 3. Find an investigator and invite them
Get information from them to create a scientific poster of their work. 2.
Invite other people who use science in their work
Find out as much as possible about what they do to help you create materials for the room 3.
Find out what your guests will need and what they will bring.
Identify which themes from investigations course you want to include in the café.

7. Planning contd. 4.
Identify pieces of work: videos, presentations posters etc. to display or show.
Book tv etc. if needed. Upload videos to school computer in advance of the event. 5.
Design a guide to the café to help people understand what there is to see and discuss 6.
Plan hospitality: food and drink (no alcohol)
Design decoration of the room.

8. Key learning outcomes (what we will assess)
What it must contain
Value and criteria
Investigator
You must have a guest currently working in research
5 marks
Scientific Poster
About investigator´s work
Neat presentation, correctly spelt, including visual and text elements, gives understandable summary of work: 15 marks
Other guests
Working in science or engineering field
1 mark per guest up to 3
7 marks per stand for quality of information available, 1 mark bonus (25 marks)
Guide
Explains to the visitor what they will encounter in the room
Informative, clear, attractively presented, innovative, correctly spelt: 5 marks
Good work
Quality pieces of work displayed
All themes of the course covered: 8 marks, quality of display 2 marks

9. Key learning outcomes contd.
What it must contain
Value and criteria
Interview
Students in trios interview their own investigator plus 3 other guests - recorded
3 Intelligent questions per guest (pre-prepared) that elicit information. 5 marks per interview (total 20 marks)
Decoration
The room is made to look an inviting and attractive space for conversation
5 marks for excellence
Hospitality
Food and drink provided and served
Quality of service. And quality of food and drink: 5 marks
Visitors book
Target of 3 guests per class member
Achieved: 5 marks or proportion of targetX 5 if not achieved.
Thanks
Form of recognition and appreciation for guest participants, e.g certificate
Formally presented and attractive and innovative
5 marks
Total
100 marks
Competition
Judged by adult visitors
5 – 1 1st to 5th position (bonus marks)

10. To summarise: You will be marked on:
Having an investigator
Quality of hospitality
Display of previous work
Thanks offered
Competition.
Scientific poster
Number of visitors
Four interviews with investigators
Having other guests and the quality of information/ displays they have
A good guide to your café
Quality of presentation of room