Scientific Adventures and Events of 2013: A Poetic Review!

At the start of 2013 I wrote a 'poetic review' of the previous year's highlights... now I've decided to make it an annual tradition! 

Having limited myself to one verse per month, there are several events which I had to miss out - Cheltenham Science Festival with the BBC was a highlight of 2013, as was my first corporate entertainment booking at Welbeck Abbey Brewery. Reaching 100 likes on the Facebook page was another milestone, and of course there were birthday parties, school visits, and the charity fundraiser when we celebrated a 'practice Christmas' in September!

It's been a cracker of a year, and 2014 promises to be even more special with several bookings already in the diary including my first gig as an entertainer at a wedding reception!

So, here it is, my edited highlights of 2013 in verse... Happy New Year!

The year started off with a poem,

A review of the twelve months just gone.

A record of all the places I’d been,

And all the fun science I’d done.

In February I learned new skills,

While improving my profile on-line.

With a STEM directories listing,

And an attempt at website design.

It was off to the Lincolnshire Showground

For a SoundLincs event in March,

While at college we did some dissection

Of a sheep’s lungs and heart.

In April, an opportunity

For my profile to be seen

By local schools and businesses

Thanks to Term Talk magazine.

May was manic at college

With coursework flooding in

As teaching sessions drew to a close

So the marking could begin.

In June I delivered some training

For teachers from primary schools

To prove science can be creative,

And that painting with plants is cool.

 

July brought us festival season.

The first “Funny as Folk” was a hit!

I entertained hundreds of people

With my science busking kit.

More CBBC fun in August

The Edinburgh fringe was the best!

Doing lots of exciting new demo’s

With Fran, John, Nate and the rest.

September saw a massive change.

My college days were done.

No more Biology lecturing.

A new phase had begun.

 

October was busy with Pumpkin Days

And an Expo for Molly’sGuide

And a visit to my old sixth form

To inspire about jobs that I’d tried.

Lots of trips to Theddlethorpe sand dunes

Meant November was a blast.

The kids learned all about plants and bugs,

And the folklore of the past.

So here’s to the end of another year,

One that’s been packed full of fun.

Let’s hope for more science and wonder

On our next orbit round the Sun!