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Kathryn Boast
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she/her - STEM Outreach Manager at King's College London - http://www.kathrynboast.co.uk
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · 9d
ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE to sign up for this free online computer science programme, which starts on Thursday!
Really looking forward to it, it had such good vibes last year, and really interesting speakers.
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · 27d
Teachers! Send us your computing girls!

Online - so all welcome
Please share 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/unloc...

@crestem.bsky.social @peterejkemp.bsky.social @drjessicahamer.bsky.social @jobrodie.bsky.social
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · 27d
Teachers! Send us your computing girls!

Online - so all welcome
Please share 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/unloc...

@crestem.bsky.social @peterejkemp.bsky.social @drjessicahamer.bsky.social @jobrodie.bsky.social
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · 27d
Teachers! Send us your computing girls!

Online - so all welcome
Please share 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/unloc...

@crestem.bsky.social @peterejkemp.bsky.social @drjessicahamer.bsky.social @jobrodie.bsky.social
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Jul 4
This has been SUCH a great programme to be part of, and I'm really looking forward to this year's competition, with funding from @raeng.org.uk - which means we can fund travel for schools outside London!
Please sign up and/or share! @crestem.bsky.social @computingatschool.bsky.social
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Jul 4
TEACHERS! Register your interest now to take part in the 2025-26 Girls Robotics Challenge
📅Nov-Apr
👩‍🎓Y8-10 Girls
💰Free, all kit included
🧠No expertise required - we'll teach it all!
More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/girls...
Find out what last year's teams got up to here: www.kcl.ac.uk/grc-24-25-fi...
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Jun 4
Discover how to persuade others of your humanity 🤖
Were you at the King's AI Festival Family Day? If so, you might have submitted a word for our "Minimal Turing Test", where we tried to find the most convincingly human words! The results hold some suprises 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/ai-festival-...
#ai
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Jun 4
If you had some spare liquid oxygen lying around (maybe say 20ml), what demonstration / experiment would you choose to do? 🧪💥🔥🧲
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Jun 3
The 1st of these online workshops for ⭐SCIENCE / MATHS TEACHERS ⭐ is THIS THURS! Prof Jeanne Wilson is fab & has a knack for explaining neutrinos while nailing tricky questions!
Pls share 👇🏻
@crestem.bsky.social @chatphysics.bsky.social #iteachphysics #sciteachuk #physicsed @hookean.bsky.social
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Jun 2
SCIENCE TEACHERS! Join our physics researchers for one-hour online workshops on ⚛️NEUTRINOS⚛️ - tiny particles that make beta decay work & are whizzing right through you right now - including neutrino activities for GCSE teaching!
💻Online
📅5 & 19 June
🕒4-5pm
More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/teach...
Teacher workshops: understanding neutrinos
Two free online workshops for GCSE teachers to support them to deliver classroom activities on the topic of neutrinos.
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Helen Reynolds @helenrey.bsky.social · May 26
How brilliant is this!

All those asymmetric ones... mesmerising.

#iteachphysics

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB7K...
Newton's Pendulum (Gangnam Style)
YouTube video by xmphysics
www.youtube.com
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · May 16
Please share 👇
@chatphysics.bsky.social @crestem.bsky.social @ogdentrust.bsky.social @hookean.bsky.social @janeteachesscience.bsky.social
@helenrey.bsky.social @agittner.bsky.social @physgal.bsky.social #chatphysics #STEMeducation #PhysicsEd #SciTeachUK
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · May 16
This is your LAST CHANCE to sign up to the @kingsnmes.bsky.social 🌟Physics Teacher Conference🌟 in July! We've extended the booking deadline, but will have to close registrations next week.
📆 Thurs 3 July
📍 London WC2R 2LS
💰 Free
☕🎂🍕 Lunch provided
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/physi...
#iteachphysics
Physics Teacher Conference 2025
A day of engaging talks and discussions about cutting-edge physics
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · May 16
This is your LAST CHANCE to sign up to the @kingsnmes.bsky.social 🌟Physics Teacher Conference🌟 in July! We've extended the booking deadline, but will have to close registrations next week.
📆 Thurs 3 July
📍 London WC2R 2LS
💰 Free
☕🎂🍕 Lunch provided
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/physi...
#iteachphysics
Physics Teacher Conference 2025
A day of engaging talks and discussions about cutting-edge physics
www.kcl.ac.uk
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The Ogden Trust @ogdentrust.bsky.social · Apr 30
Teachers please spread the word 📢
Applications for Representing Physics 2025 are now open for Year 11 and Year 12 (and equivalent) students of Black heritage based in the UK
theblackettlabfamily.com/events/rp202...
UNIQUE PHYSICS EXPERIENCE Apply to join our exciting summer experiences for Y11 and Y12 students of Black heritage! RP2025 Online Where: Online When: 4th August 2025 RP2025 London Where: Central London When: 11th – 13th August 2025 We’ve cooked up something special for you! A taste of life as a physics undergraduate Behind-the-scenes access to cutting-edge science Celebration of Black identity & Black physicists and much more… Find out more about our programmes and how to apply: www.theblackettlabfamily.com/events/rp2025
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Apr 22
Applications for our Optics Summer School for girls close ⭐TOMORROW⭐
Please encourage all your Y12 physics girls in / near London to apply 👇
@ogdentrust.bsky.social @chatphysics.bsky.social @isaacphysics.org @crestem.bsky.social @hookean.bsky.social @arkschools.bsky.social
#chatphysics
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Mar 10
Applications now open for our Optics Summer School!

👩‍🎓 Open to girls in Y12
📅 23-25 July
📆 Apply by 23 April

Discover the science of light, meet like-minded people & see what studying physics at university might be like!

More info & apply 👉https://buff.ly/6iFGYLQ
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Apr 17
This is your LAST CHANCE to sign up for this online physics programme for Y12-13s - applications close on Monday!

@ogdentrust.bsky.social @chatphysics.bsky.social @isaacphysics.org @rbrockphysics.bsky.social @hookean.bsky.social #iteachphysics #chatphysics
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Mar 10
VERY excited to launch a brand new series of ONLINE MASTERCLASSES for students in Y12-13 👇
🌟The Invisible Universe🌟
📅 5 weeks from 24 Apr
👩‍🎓 Y12-13s interested in going beyond classroom physics
💰 Free
💻 Online

For more information & to sign up:
An image of the night sky with gravitational lensing. Text reads "A series of five online masterclasses for student in Y12 & 13 that delve deep into the biggest questions in physics. The Invisible universe"
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Apr 11
It's been AMAZING to set up the UK's first robotics competition for girls 🤖💪👩‍🔬🏆

Really proud of their achievements - most of them were completely new to building bots! Congrats to teams from @arkschools.bsky.social, @deptfordgreen.bsky.social and more!

Who's in for next year?!
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Apr 11
Forty girls from local schools came together to battle it out in the Girls Robotics Challenge finale! 🦾

After months of building with sustainable materials, these future engineers showcased their skills.

Read more about the challenge ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/grc-24-25-fi...
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Mar 14
Please share w/ school students interested in physics!
@julietash.bsky.social @isaacphysics.org @sianyevs39.bsky.social @misswhitemaths.bsky.social @physicstp.bsky.social @stareatair.bsky.social @sarahcomfort1.bsky.social @kilroi22.bsky.social @physicsmrh.bsky.social @jmjacquinot.bsky.social #EduSky
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Mar 14
Delighted to be hosting this online outreach series! ⚛🌌✨
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/onlin...

Open to Y12&13s, but keen Y10-11 also welcome.

Please share!
@ogdentrust.bsky.social @rbrockphysics.bsky.social @chatphysics.bsky.social
@hookean.bsky.social @helenrey.bsky.social
#iteachphysics #chatphysics
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Mar 10
VERY excited to launch a brand new series of ONLINE MASTERCLASSES for students in Y12-13 👇
🌟The Invisible Universe🌟
📅 5 weeks from 24 Apr
👩‍🎓 Y12-13s interested in going beyond classroom physics
💰 Free
💻 Online

For more information & to sign up:
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Mar 14
Delighted to be hosting this online outreach series! ⚛🌌✨
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/onlin...

Open to Y12&13s, but keen Y10-11 also welcome.

Please share!
@ogdentrust.bsky.social @rbrockphysics.bsky.social @chatphysics.bsky.social
@hookean.bsky.social @helenrey.bsky.social
#iteachphysics #chatphysics
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Mar 10
VERY excited to launch a brand new series of ONLINE MASTERCLASSES for students in Y12-13 👇
🌟The Invisible Universe🌟
📅 5 weeks from 24 Apr
👩‍🎓 Y12-13s interested in going beyond classroom physics
💰 Free
💻 Online

For more information & to sign up:
An image of the night sky with gravitational lensing. Text reads "A series of five online masterclasses for student in Y12 & 13 that delve deep into the biggest questions in physics. The Invisible universe"
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Mar 14
Delighted to be hosting this online outreach series! ⚛🌌✨
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/onlin...

Open to Y12&13s, but keen Y10-11 also welcome.

Please share!
@ogdentrust.bsky.social @rbrockphysics.bsky.social @chatphysics.bsky.social
@hookean.bsky.social @helenrey.bsky.social
#iteachphysics #chatphysics
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Mar 10
VERY excited to launch a brand new series of ONLINE MASTERCLASSES for students in Y12-13 👇
🌟The Invisible Universe🌟
📅 5 weeks from 24 Apr
👩‍🎓 Y12-13s interested in going beyond classroom physics
💰 Free
💻 Online

For more information & to sign up:
An image of the night sky with gravitational lensing. Text reads "A series of five online masterclasses for student in Y12 & 13 that delve deep into the biggest questions in physics. The Invisible universe"
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Mar 14
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/onlin...
The Invisible Universe - Online Physics Masterclass Series
A series of webinars that explores the discoveries and theories behind some of the most enduring mysteries in physics.
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Mar 11
Thanks Jane! We've also got an online programme that might be of interest to keen Y10&11s - www.kcl.ac.uk/events/onlin...
(I know it says priority to Y12 and 13, but we've got huge capacity for this, so please do encourage keen beans to sign up!)
The Invisible Universe - Online Physics Masterclass Series
A series of webinars that explores the discoveries and theories behind some of the most enduring mysteries in physics.
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Mar 10
So, turns out we've got shedloads of exciting physics stuff on at King's at the moment, but I am particularly psyched for this one!

Teachers please share with your Y12 & 13 students!
Colleagues please share with your teacher connections!
Y12 & 13s sign up now! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/onlin...
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Mar 10
Really looking forward to this in July! Teachers, please share with your Y12 physics girls!
@ogdentrust.bsky.social
@crestem.bsky.social @rbrockphysics.bsky.social @chatphysics.bsky.social @hookean.bsky.social @janeteachesscience.bsky.social @helenrey.bsky.social #iteachphysics #chatphysics
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Mar 10
Applications now open for our Optics Summer School!

👩‍🎓 Open to girls in Y12
📅 23-25 July
📆 Apply by 23 April

Discover the science of light, meet like-minded people & see what studying physics at university might be like!

More info & apply 👉https://buff.ly/6iFGYLQ
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Feb 7
Calling all *teachers and schools careers advisors* - come get hands on with Engineering at our teacher conference!

Find out more about this amazing subject – what it involves, what it’s like to study it, and future prospects.

Will include ☕🍪👍
Deadline 9 March.
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Feb 5
Join us for the first ever King’s Engineering for Teachers conference!

This free, in-person event is open to STEM teachers from London and beyond who are interested in engineering education.

📆 24 Apr,14:00-17:00
📍Strand Campus
🎟️ FREE

Find out more and apply 👇
Engineering for Teachers 2025
Discover what engineering is and how to best share it with your students.
buff.ly
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KCL Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences @kingsnmes.bsky.social · Feb 5
Join us for the first ever King’s Engineering for Teachers conference!

This free, in-person event is open to STEM teachers from London and beyond who are interested in engineering education.

📆 24 Apr,14:00-17:00
📍Strand Campus
🎟️ FREE

Find out more and apply 👇
Engineering for Teachers 2025
Discover what engineering is and how to best share it with your students.
buff.ly
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Dec 18
LAST CHANCE to sign up for this physics schools lecture - only 15 tickets remaining! 💨
(If you miss out, we'll have a waiting list open to catch everyone interested!)
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Dec 4
🌌⚛WHERE DOES ALL THE QUANTUM GO?⚛🌌
Join Dr James Millen to find out, in the annual King's Physics Schools Lecture.
📆 Thurs 9 Jan
📌 Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
💰 Free
🎟 More info & tickets:
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/physi...
Annual Physics Schools Lecture: Where does all the quantum go?
An exciting physics lecture for secondary students, from Director of King's Quantum Dr James Millen.
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Kathryn Boast @kathrynboast.bsky.social · Dec 4
🌌⚛WHERE DOES ALL THE QUANTUM GO?⚛🌌
Join Dr James Millen to find out, in the annual King's Physics Schools Lecture.
📆 Thurs 9 Jan
📌 Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
💰 Free
🎟 More info & tickets:
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/physi...
Annual Physics Schools Lecture: Where does all the quantum go?
An exciting physics lecture for secondary students, from Director of King's Quantum Dr James Millen.
www.kcl.ac.uk
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