BSPP Outreach
We aim to promote knowledge and excitement about plant pathology to primary and secondary schools, sixth form colleges, universities and the general public. We’re currently developing education resources and planning outreach events. Get in touch with the BSPP outreach team or follow us on Twitter or Facebook.
You can view all our GCSE and A-level Curriculum resources here
You can view some ideas for careers in Plant Pathology here
Do you want to help develop resources and run BSPP outreach activities? You can join our slack workspace and we will update you when Outreach events are happening.
Any videos we have linked to BSPP Outreach can be found by clicking here.
Some of the Outreach Events we have done previously are below…
Previous BSPP Outreach Events
Outreach stand at UK Plant Science Conference
Dundee, 16 to 17 Apr 2013
Leafy Murder Mystery for the Fascination of Plants day
Bristol, 17 to 18 May 2013
Stand at Bristol Festival of Nature
Bristol, 14 to 16 Jun 2013
Plant Doctor activity will be at the BBC One Show Summer Festival
Beach lawn, Beach road, Weston-super-Mare., 06 to 07 Aug 2013
Proving there’s no rest for the wicked; the BSPP outreach team has been asked to demonstrate the Plant Doctor activity at another event! This time we’ll be heading to the seaside for the BBC One Show Summer Festival, taking place in Weston-super-Mare on the 6th and 7th August.
BSPP Outreach goes to the Big Bang Fair!
NEC, Birmingham, West Midlands B40 1NT, 13 to 16 Mar 2014
On March 13th – 16th BSPP Outreach will be showcasing a new Plant Doctor stand at the Big Bang Fair: the UK’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for young people in the UK.
Plant Doctors go to Edinburgh International Science Festival
Royal Botanic Garden, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, 12 to 13 Apr 2014
Following hot on the heels of the Big Bang Fair; on the 12th and 13th April the BSPP outreach team will be heading north to run the Plant Doctor stand at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
Plant Doctors will be at Hethersett VC Junior School, Norwich
Norwich, 13 Jun 2014
On the 13th June, BSPP Outreach will be heading to Hethersett VC Junior School near Norwich to run our outreach activities with 60 year 6 schoolchildren.
The Plant Doctor stand will be in York at Inspirations 2014!
Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, York., 26 Jun 2014
The BSPP Outreach Roadshow will be heading north to the Inspirations 2014 event on June 26th. The team will be showcasing the Plant Doctor activities at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, York.
BSPP Outreach heads to The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School
Hawkhills Dr, Easingwold, North Yorkshire YO61 3EG, 01 to 03 Jul 2014
On 1st – 3rd July BSPP Outreach will be visiting the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School to run a session on plant pathology and careers with undergraduate Biology students.
Damaging and Deadly I
University of Bristol, 14 Sep 2015
Teachers and their students from Bristol and beyond joined delegates at the BSPP Presidential Meeting for a new outreach activity in September 2015.
Damaging and Deadly II
St. Hugh’s, Oxford, 12 Sep 2016
A mini-conference, in parallel to the Presidential Meeting, for high-school science teachers and their students. More details to follow
