Extracting pigments from plants activity plant pigments The past six months have seen the majority of us not able to get out and about as much as we normally would and many of us have been charged... Read more >>
Guardians of the Gut website officially launched! Guardians of the Gut is an exciting new resource that is designed to teach children about the importance of their gut microbiome. Guardians of the Gut Too small to see but outnumbering our... Read more >>
Conscious Consumers resources available for secondary schools In collaboration with Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF), the Youth STEMM Award (YSA) and the Food and Farming Discovery Trust (FFDT), we have developed a new project for schools entitled Conscious Consumers. The activities... Read more >>
DNA Dave workshop kick-off Just before lockdown at the beginning of March we were lucky enough to host the first “Build your own DNA Dave robot workshop” at the John Innes Centre as part of our... Read more >>
Engaging Images Competition Blog This year during the Norwich Science Festival our new PhD PIPS intern found himself on both sides of the curtain as both a winner and part of the team helping to set... Read more >>
New DNA Robot Workshop Over the past few years you may have seen pictures of our beloved robot “DNA Dave” who has been showcased around the country. Dave has had a complete overhaul in this year, with... Read more >>
DNA Dave at the Biomakers fayre The five months of the Biomaker Challenge have officially come to an end and to celebrate the latest part of the DNA Dave project, along with the other teams, we headed back... Read more >>
SAW Antibiotics book and poster campaign SAW worked with scientists from across the Norwich Research Park to run a series of antibiotic-themed workshops that resulted in the latest SAW book[sitetree_link,id=90#SAW%20Antibiotics]. Artist Rebecca Osborne was commissioned to create illustrations to compliment scientific... Read more >>
Lesson plan available! In a previous SAW project we worked with the 2Blades Foundation to design and deliver a lesson plan on the theme of wheat disease. The science session introduces children to some of the issues... Read more >>
SAW returns to Shanghai SAW returns to Shanghai! SAW was delighted to return to Shanghai for a jam-packed trip of workshops, visits and a conference this November. We touched down to a warm and friendly welcome from Dasheng,... Read more >>
SAW's latest intern PIPS Placement! I’m a PhD student at the John Innes Centre, working in both the Computational & Systems Biology and Crop Genetics Departments. My research is based on looking at transitions through developmental stages... Read more >>
Engaging libraries project In collaboration with Kath Griffiths (Norfolk Library and Information Service (NLIS)) and Professor Neil Cooper from the School of Psychology at the University of East Anglia, we have been busy delivering workshops for our... Read more >>
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party at Boomtown 2018 SAW hosts a tea party! We were delighted to return to Boomtown Fair's Kidztown area this August with our scientists from the OpenPlant project to showcase the wonderful range of chemicals produced by plants. ... Read more >>
Latitude Festival 2018 Latitude 2018 By Shannon Woodhouse (SAW Intern - Summer 2018) We returned to Latitude for a third year alongside University of East Anglia’s Professor Julea Butt, Dr Tom Clarke and researchers from their groups,... Read more >>
All the buzz! New free lesson plan funded by the Heritage Lottery All The Buzz is a free lesson plan developed by the SAW Trust in collaboration with bee scientists Professor Andrew Bourke, Tim Huggins and Ryan Brock from the University of East Anglia[http://uea.ac.uk/], designed to encourage and inspire children... Read more >>
SAW Project shows collaborations between scientists in Norwich & Brazil In October 2017 we worked with a group of scientists from the John Innes Centre who are collaborating with researchers in Brazil on a project that aims to "find practical, low cost solutions... Read more >>
Sign up for the International Schools Conference - 21st March 2018 We are excited to be contributing to Norfolk County Council's International Schools Conference that is taking place in Norwich this March. Teachers from our SAW schools in Shanghai who partner with Norfolk schools... Read more >>
SAW antibiotics book launch, October 2017 SAW’s latest book, SAW antibiotics showcasing collaborations between scientists from the Norwich Research Park and local artists, writers and schools has officially launched! An event to mark the occasion took place at Café Britannia,... Read more >>
BoomTown Fair, August 2017 BoomTown Fair is an annual music and arts festival held in Winchester. It attracts up to 60,000 people a year. The festival hosts a wide range of performances across its many stages, providing... Read more >>
SAW in Action In March 2017 we began a series of SAW projects at Tunstead Primary School and we were delighted to be given permission to film one of the projects in action. Working with... Read more >>
SAW and the Amazing Ants go to Latitude Festival! The SAW Trust paired up with University of East Anglia researchers from Professor Matt Hutchings group to create an exciting interactive stand for children at Latitude festival to learn about microorganisms, different places... Read more >>
SAW and the weather balloon project We have been working with Gavin Paterson from the Yellobric charity who are dedicated to improving opportunities for children and teachers in schools across sub-Saharan Africa. In a project involving UK and African schools teaching children... Read more >>
Free Workshop for Artists *SAW Trust Free Workshop for Artists * 13 September 2016 Dove Street Studio, Norwich Artists are invited to sign up for a free, science-inspired art workshop led by local artist Chris Hann from 9am... Read more >>
Teachers workshop for Lunchbox Science 2016 projects Read more >>
SAW training workshop at the University of Edinburgh Read more >>
Teacher Training Workshop - 6th May 2016 at Norfolk Showground In 2015 we ran a series of projects that are collectively called Lunchbox Science in partnership with the national organisation Farming and Countryside Education (FACE).The projects used the SAW model of practical science, creative writing and visual... Read more >>
Leafcutter Ants SAW Exhibition at the Open Venue A SAW Project took place at Mile Cross Primary School in December on the theme of Leafcutter Ants and antibiotics. Dr Matt Hutchings from the University of East Anglia and two of his... Read more >>
Chinese teachers visit UK In December 2015 a group of Chinese teachers from our collaborative base in Shanghai visited the UK to see how the SAW programme works here. Headteacher, Gong Min (centre) from Wunan Kindergarten with teachers... Read more >>
SAW Space Workshop for Teachers SAW Space Workshop for teachers SAW ran a special teacher training workshop at the Norwich Research Park today using ‘Space’ as the theme to celebrate the news that Tim Peake will be the first British astronaut... Read more >>
Norwich Research Park launches new image library Check it out here. Scientific research generates a wealth of intriguing images that capture the interest of people of all ages and from all backgrounds. Images can provide a non-threatening starting point for building a... Read more >>
Lunchbox Science Project a big success! During the summer term we worked with Norfolk Primary schools on a new range of SAW projects called Lunchbox Science. Each of the eight projects focused on one ingredient from a typical lunchbox... Read more >>
Plant hunters and botanical drawing Pupils from Sheringham Primary School had a unique chance to learn about the lives of the early plant hunters and to see drawings of the specimens they discovered on a visit to... Read more >>
SAW at the Welborne Arts Festival The Welborne Arts Festival provides two days of art exhibitions, music, literature, performance and demonstrations in the heart of rural Norfolk. This year’s theme was ‘Art meets Science’. We designed and delivered three new... Read more >>
New Lunchbox Science Projects A new collaboration between Farming & Countryside Education (FACE) and the SAW Trust will create 8 new projects for schools in 2015 that look at the links between science and agriculture. FACElogo 300dpi... Read more >>