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The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is celebrating science in 2010. From the highly-praised Wonders of the Solar System with Professor Brian Cox to Bang Goes the Theory and other science tv and radio programmes, along with a revamped website. Not to mention the wealth of content available in our growing Learning Zone clips library (now over 6,000 video and audio snippets from ´óÏó´«Ã½ programmes by the way). There are many things to see and hear on tv, radio and online (or indeed, iPlayer) from the comfort of your chair, sofa or bed (or indeed, sofabed). Do have a look, and do share more.

So what's out there to experience? Looking out the window from where I'm typing, the gets busloads of schoolkids in through the doors, and has relatives in , and . And speaking of the capital, the has had another successful year, featuring the Bang Goes the Theory Roadshow and L.A.B workshops. Getting hands-on and being encouraged to be inquisitive creates a good mindset to discover a world of wonder - in a world where you may think you're meant to know it all already.

Encouraging young people into careers in science and engineering is the goal of the through their scheme, run in all four of those science centre cities. go4SET is an environmentally themed science engineering and technology initiative joining S2 pupils and projects directly with industry. This year the Glasgow based challenge had the theme of 'Waste Management':

Sewing the seeds in school may well create a spark, from the wow-factor to the this-could-get-me-a-job-factor. Enthusing and energising about amazing natural scientific wonders and man-made feats of engineering can only help the interest in the realisation and basic understanding of how things work. There seems to be an ideal grounding for some Curriculum for Excellence projects in there somewhere, from science and religion to art and design, via the scientists, technologists and tv presenters throughout the years.