Brilliant rubbish science- creating global communities of young scientists
Brilliant science proJects using rubbish
Join our global collaboration of schools and individuals solving real problems using scientific design thinking. Help create food, water and health security using only rubbish and your problem solving ability. Take part in our live online lessons or a self paced online course.
Developing Brilliant Rubbish Scientists
Where is the evidence?
We are possibly living in the greatest time of disinformation. What is real and what is fake?
We teach our young scientists how to be sceptical, how to look for evidence and to know what good evidence looks like.
We believe that knowledge is crucial and applying that knowledge to unfamiliar tasks in a supported and structured way allows our students to become resilient problem solvers, equipped for the challenges of the 21st century. They will need these skills.
Global collaboration
Rubbish Science workshops have been delivered all over the world to some of the richest and poorest. What is clear is not the differences, between us, but the similarities.
Our aim is to build bridges between these communities. To carry out activities at the same time and share ideas.
As our activities do not require eqiuipment to be bought, it provides a level playing field. The only limits are imagination.
Please join us to help make this happen
Rethinking Rubbish
When we see rubbish we see a resource
A plastic bag is a potential fishing line or net. An area of wall space can host a vertical bottle garden. A plastic bottle a crisp packet and a few sticks and we can provide warm sterile water as a hand wash station.
We are facing a global crisisand Rubbish Science can help produce a degree of water, food and health security.
Its NOT THE DESTINATION, it’s the Learning journey
All our activities are easy to do, but hard to do well. They can be done by anyone and will push them to the limits of their ability. Unlike most school science, Rubbish Science activities have multiple variables and no one can predict the exact outcome. We are often dealing with novice scientists, but what they create and learn can be astounding. .
Who we are
OUR PROGRAMS
We run programs for governments, schools, homeschoolers, corporate challenges and individuals. We support some of the most vulnerable communities
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ABOUT US
Registering as a CIC and also Part of the charity Operation Orphan. We connect some of the poorest and richest people to do collaborative projects where everyone has access to the same equipment – Rubbish/trash
GET INVOLVED
Please join us and be part of our Rubbish Science community. We also welcome sponsors to enable us to expand our reach.
GET INVOLVED
Online live lessons and own pace courses
Live lessons thrOugh outschool
Live lessons are scheduled through our account at Outschool. You can contact us for your own bespoke sessions. Click on the link
own pace online courses
We run online courses through Teachable that allow you to study at your own pace, Click on the link below to see what we offer as well as our e-book.
Sponsor our enablers
We are funding Rubbish Science trainers in Kenya and Sierra Leone in order to develop scientific literacy within vulnerable communities. Please contribute to this using the link below
Example projects – Bird Feeder
How might you make the best bird feeder from a plastic bottle? What size, colour, food or design works best? No one knows so it’s up to you to find out using our design thinking structured method. What do we need to know? How might we find out? what ideas do we have? Which might be the best? Real science involves exploring with multiple variables. It is messy, but so is life!
inclusivity – Ladder of Role models
Cartoon scientists are stereotypical crazy old white males in white coats. Kids cannot relate to these and often feel science is ‘not for people like me’ We run unconscious bias training and programs where we train older students from underrepresented groups to be train younger students to deliver workshops for even younger ones. Thus setting up a ladder of role models and encouraging all to think science is accessible. Contact us if you want to know more.
a brilliant young Rubbish scientist
This novice scientist, a Rohingya refugee, took part in one of our workshops. She decided a funnel fly trap would fill with water so built one with a side entry. She found flies were not going in it so she hung bait in front of the entrance (using fishing line from a plastic bag ) This brought flies in, but they then escaped, so she lined the trap with glue.
We need to connect these brilliant minds to ensure we do not lose them and this is our mission. Undoubtedly the World is at a point of environmental catastrophe. Our young people are the ones who may be able to save us all, but we must give them the opportunity to develop their thinking and problem-solving strategies. By connecting them doing joint projects we are helping to build understanding and collaboration regardless of who you are or where you come from.
SO FAR WE HAVE done
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COUNTRIES
112
PEOPLE TRAINED
3839
STUDENTS ENGAGED
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