EI STFC Power of Light animation - introducing Big Questions and Diamond Light Source

<p>The &lsquo;Power of Light&rsquo; project brings together research scientists, higher institution educators and research fellows, teachers, and STEM ambassadors to co-create engaging and accessible resources. The Power of Light project creates opportunities for classrooms and community settings to investigate examples of scientists&rsquo; current innovative research that is taking place in UK&rsquo;s national synchrotron science facility at Diamond Light Source.&nbsp;</p> <p>This co-created animation&nbsp;identifies examples of Big Questions, introduces the synchrotron, and the value of exploring very small elements in our world to inform our thikning about Big Questions. During pilot sessions&nbsp;in both classroom and community settings, the animation has been successfully&nbsp;engaging curious minds and introducing areas of scientific research&nbsp;that can be explored further through&nbsp;the Power of Light &#39;zines&#39;. This resource encourages a dialogue about the value of working in multidisciplinary ways to build&nbsp;and use knowledge in epistemically insightful ways.</p> <p>The particle accelerator at Diamond enables scientists to investigate the complexity of relationships in the structures of &lsquo;things&rsquo; by investigating how atoms behave. The scientists we have been working with explain that they enter an area of research with a defined question that scientific methods and the facilities at Diamond can help them investigate. During their scientific research into a precise question further, and often unexpected, lines of enquiry can be disclosed. The Power of Light project confirms that learning about science (and how building scientific knowledge &lsquo;works&rsquo;) takes us on a journey of discovery about being human and the nature of the world around us.</p>