Schools event... The London Materials society is organising its 6th Annual Schools Event during June 2008. The event is aimed at school children from the age of 14 years and upwards and is designed to allow teachers and school children to cover aspects of the science/technology school curriculum and to interact with materials experts from London based Universities. In 2002, the event’s first year, pupils began their day at the Science Museum, where Dr Sue Mossman and her team guided them through the Challenge of Materials Exhibit at the Science Museum.  The group of more than 70 school children and their teachers then moved onto the Royal Society where students were introduced to members of the London Materials departments.  The departments gave presentations on ceramics, polymers and biomedical applications for materials, and students were able to explore possibilities at the ‘Materials in Action’ Exhibit. Since then a similar programme has been put together each year where pupils spend the morning at the Science Museum and the afternoon at Imperial College London. Last years event was hosted at the Wallace Collection. Among its many treasures it houses one of the finest collections of French eighteenth century pictures, porcelain and furniture, seventeenth-century paintings and a superb armoury. The Wallace Collection is situated in the West End of London, just off Oxford Street. At the School's Event pupils and teachers also have an opportunity to meet and talk to members of the Materials Departments of various London based universities. If you would like your school to participate in the Annual Schools Event please contact Dr. Priya Pavan (priya.pavan@gmail.com) on +44 (0) 7765 250469