Welcome to the latest BOC Inpiring Gases news!
BOC is assisting the education of science in a number of ways. In addition to our expanding range of free posters and CD’s for teachers we have linked with science centres across the country to offer live ‘shows’ and demonstrations to help convince young people that science can be fun and a worthwhile career. Alongside school and science centre staff our ‘science ambassadors’ provide support and practical assistance in bringing gases to life.
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Posted 04/09/06 – read full article
Pioneering research into the use of specialised gases for the treatment of a range of life threatening illnesses has been given a ‘shot in the arm’ with two new BOC Medical awards for scientists looking for new ways to help with breathing problems...
Posted 16/06/06 – read full article
In April BOC hosted the Industry and Education Partnership Forum at St James's Palace in the presence of HRH, The Duke of Kent. This brought together leading industrialists and educationalists to help foster and discuss links between the two sectors under the title, the Industry and Education Partnership Forum: How can we support each other's needs – a plan for the future? The event attracted nearly 200 people, ...
Posted 16/06/06 – read full article
As part of National Science Week 2006, BOC Science Ambassadors gave a number of performances of “It’s a Gas” - a show highlighting the properties and uses of nitrogen, oxygen, helium, carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
Posted 16/06/06 – read full article
Inflation and deflation of balloons using nitrogen, freezing flowers and bananas and the distillation of oxygen using copper tubes and condensation proved to be winners in creating student interest in the science presentations given at the Tasker Millward School in Haverford West in February.
Posted 16/06/06 – read full article
Shrinking, freezing, combustion and spinning table tennis balls all played a part in a series of demonstrations given to 120 students across all age groups through four shows at the Broadlands Secondary School, Keynsham, Bristol recently.
Posted 16/06/06 – read full article
The things our children say! As well as describing the BOC presentation at her school as “the coolest science lesson I have ever had”, Kiah Wright took a little additional time to add the following postscript.
“My mum says that gases are very important because they make beer and champagne fizzy”
Posted 16/06/06
BOC scientists will be working with Dr Julia Kingston and her team at Think Tank, Birmingham to produce a showcase performance for science centres across the country. This will be held during the week before Autumn half term with the aim of assisting local science centres to create similar events for schools in their own areas.
Posted 8/02/06
BOC has recently extended the range of the popular posters and CD’s available free to teachers. The full set of posters now includes – hydrogen, helium, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and the noble gases with accompanying CD’s on nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen, with more CD’s in the pipeline. Each poster is aimed at GCSE and A Level students covering properties and applications of gases in a simple and vibrant way supporting the new science specifications.
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Posted 8/02/06 — read full article
Following on from the success of our spectacular new science show called ‘It’s a Gas!’ at the Glasgow Science Centre in summer 2005, BOC is joining forces with a number of other organisations to present further shows, demonstrations and exhibitions.
Posted 8/02/06 — read full article
Around 40 staff working within BOC’s UK businesses have assumed a voluntary role as the company’s ‘science ambassadors’. This group, from varied education and employment backgrounds are based across the country.
Posted 8/02/06 — read full article
Paul Jarrett, BOC graduate engineer in Leeds, demonstrated an ‘It’s a Gas!’ style show at the Leeds University Chemistry department Christmas lecture to over 200 secondary school children and their teachers.
Posted 8/02/06 — read full article
Nigel Abbott, BOC’s Communications Director linked up with Colin Osborne from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) to give a talk at the Association of Science Education (ASE) Conference in the first week of January 2006.
Posted 8/02/06 — read full article
Two staff at BOC’s Training Centre in Pensylvannia, USA, have helped to produce oxygen and carbon dioxide CD Roms. Also in the USA, BOC technologist, S.C. Hwang has filmed demonstration on carbon dioxide to produce a CD Rom in mandarin.
Posted 8/02/06 — read full article
Each year SETPOINT Surrey and BOC launch “The BOC Gases Challenge” for secondary schools and 6th form colleges. The concept of the Challenge is to provide teams of young entrepreneurs with the opportunity to explore exciting new uses for helium or carbon dioxide and consider their commercial possibilities.
Posted 15/03/04 — read full article
BOC has given its backing to a Surrey school to design and build an electric car for a national competition later this year.
Pupils from Guildford High School are behind the project to create an electric car for this year’s Formula 24 event, run by the charity GreenPower.
Posted 09/03/04 — read full article
The Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey has been honoured by BOC and Surrey SATRO (Science & Technology Regional Organisation) for her services to education within the county.
Mrs Sarah Goad, JP, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, was presented with her award at the Windlesham head office of The BOC Group by Gordon Cockburn, MBE, development director for SATRO and Gordon Brown, BOC’s major customer director.
Inspiring Gases is the education programme of BOC.
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