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Our latest Science Debate Kit, funded by the Institute of Physics, The Royal Institution, and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, asks the question:

Should our town centre be for self-driving cars only?

Covering relevant topics such as technology, physics, economics, and more; this Debate Kit helps students explore the societal, ethical, and factual issues around AI technology. The Kit includes eight characters with different viewpoints to encourage a balanced discussion around the question.
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Our latest science Debate Kit, funded by the Royal Institution and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, asks the question: 

Covering relevant topics such as biological sex, gender and societal expectations, this Debate Kit helps students explore what gender means to them and others. The Kit includes eight characters with different viewpoints to encourage a balanced discussion around the question, which many schools already find themselves asking.

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Our latest science Debate Kit, funded by the Royal Institution and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, asks the question: 

Should mobile phones always be listening?

Students explore the privacy implications and benefits of our phone microphones “listening in”. 8 characters with different viewpoints encourage a balanced discussion about this technology.

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The first copies of our latest Science Debate Kit have this afternoon touched down at I’m a Scientist HQ, and will shortly be winging their way to schools all over the UK and Ireland.

The kit asks the question: Should we send a human mission to Mars? Getting students to consider the technical, physiological, social, and ethical issues around human space exploration.

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Our latest science debate kit funded by The Institution of Engineering and Technology, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The Physiological Society, and the UK Space Agency, asks the question:

Should we send a human mission to Mars?

The kit provides all you need to get your students discussing the technical, physiological, social and ethical issues around human space exploration.

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