Published this November, a book of science haiku by Camden School for Girls!

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We are incredibly excited to announce that this November we will be publishing Sciku: The Wonder of Science – in Haiku!, written entirely by students at Camden School for Girls.

The 400 haiku will cover science themes from gravity to photosynthesis, from Einstein’s E=mc² to Marie Curie’s discovery of radium, just like this example:

Gravity
An attractive force
Between all objects with mass
Just like you and me

Elizabeth Kitcatt, Headteacher of Camden School for Girls, says ‘This is such an exciting opportunity for the girls to work on an incredibly creative cross-curricular project. I know they’ll have fun rising to the challenge and it’s a fantastic way for them to contribute towards building the school’s next generation science labs’.

Simon Flynn, author of The Science Magpie and chemistry teacher at the school, says: ‘It’s wonderful to see the girls embracing the joy and wonder of science so enthusiastically and in such an inspirational way. Too many people still believe that girls don’t enjoy science and that science and literature don’t mix. It’s particularly pleasing to see the girls cheerfully engaged in actively disproving these two widely held misconceptions’.

All royalties from sales of the book will go towards modernising the school’s science laboratories.

Sciku will be published on 6th November and will be the perfect science gift this Christmas. It will be available everywhere books are sold and as an eBook.

View the announcement over on Book Brunch and read more about the book here. Follow Simon Flynn on Twitter @science_magpie.