We had a fantastic day at the KZN Regional Eskom Science Expo and gave out hundreds of SuperScientists cards. We tried to limit them to three each to make them stretch but it was tough. We met so many passionate learners who had made all sorts of different projects - from measuring the effect on plant growth with different coloured lights to building a wave harnessing electricity generator. It was such a great day and so nice to see all of the interest in what we are doing from learners and teachers alike.
Our latest SuperScientist is Dr Lufuno Netshitavhadulu, a wildlife veterinarian at the Kruger National Park. Lufuno’s character joined other SuperScientists we’ve created at the gala evening celebrating the Khetha Story Project, a programme to develop wildlife conservation journalism. Lufuno’s character and profile were funded by the Khetha Project. Thanks to their funding we will also be sending 100 posters of Lufuno and other conservation champions to schools surrounding the Kruger park.
We’ve set up a digital store so that you can download our comic, colouring pages, and, soon, more. You can download them for free or contribute a bit and help us make the next thing and reach more young people.
Thanks for coming to our site on the buzz of our animation trailer! We have a lot of different things that can be downloaded and printed for free. They are currently in a Dropbox link, please dig in. If you’re looking for some great colouring pages, here’s a direct link to them. Colour them in and share with us!
First superhero characters, then a comic, and now an animation! It’s really a dream come true. The rest of the pilot will be coming out this year. We’re working to get it picked up and become a full series. What do you think?
Meet the three main SuperScientist characters for our animation! We can’t wait to share some of the story and behind the scenes images of how an animation comes together. Until then, here are animation versions of Rocktor, Bones and GeoTime. We are making the project with The Hidden Hand Studios out of Joburg. If you know Primal, Blood of a Fellow, Naledi, Kizazi Moto - You Give Me Heart, then you’ve seen some of their stunning work. Thanks very much to the National Film and Video Foundation for funding this project.
Our exhibit launched at Maropeng on the 20th of January, it was brilliant. Four of the scientists visited - Bones, GeoTime, Insight and Cosimc Dawn,, Clyde Beech, our artist was there, the funders from The Canadian High Commission and GENUS were there and at one point a visiting class of learners mobbed the scientists and Clyde for their autographs. That was almost two months ago and we’ll soon pass the 10,000 visitor mark! The feedback from leaners has been wonderful, almost half of them have filled out coloured cards with their superpower dreams, drawings, and real world concerns. The exhibit runs at Maropeng until June and will travel from there.
The exhibit was seen by at least 50,000 visitors while at Maropeng and then moved on to the Sci Bono Discovery Centre, the largest science centre in South Africa for sure. The response from learners was delightful, drawings, and hopes and dreams written out on hundreds, 700, colourful cards.
We’re launching our museum exhibit on January 20th, 2023 at Maropeng The Cradle of Humankind! We’ve been working on the exhibit for the past five months with Clyde Beech and Totem Media after receiving funding from the Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives. The exhibit will feature these awesome 7 scientists and explore how they became the scientists they are today. The funding paid for the exhibit as well as the printing of 3,000 copies of our comic which will be distributed at the exhibit and are already reaching young people in South Africa and beyond. We can’t wait to see the pictures of young people with our life size characters and learn about these impressive scientists who were once kids like them.
