Profile
Christopher Phillips
Good luck Carys :)
My CV
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Education:
Trinity School
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Qualifications:
The Open University
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Work History:
Thinktank Science Museum
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Current Job:
Astronomy educator and science communication professional
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My Typical Day:
My day normally goes like this.. Amazing space stuff in the morning, teaching students in the afternoon and then chilling on the beach when I’m finished. 🙂
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To be honest, my day is always different and that’s what I love about science!
One day I could be working with the telescopes up at 14,000ft where the temperature is below freezing and there is hardly any oxygen!
The next day I could be meeting with astronauts, astronomers or government officials – this is cool because I get to hear about new space missions, new discoveries and whether President Obama is coming to visit us! 🙂
There will be somedays when I will have travel out to schools with a portable planetarium or some other cool activity and do some astronomy education – teaching students all about the cool stuff right above our heads.
Then there will be other days when I wil be creating awesome 3D computer graphics of amazing things in our universe like black holes, exploding stars, alien planets, galaxies and asteroids. The best thing about this is that the visuals I create are made with REAL scientific data. Then we get to see them in our planetarium which is a huge 3D screen shaped like a dome – we have to wear really cool 3D glasses to see our science come to life.. just like Avatar, it’s proper wicked! -
What I'd do with the prize money:
I am writing a book about the night sky and things in space to be given out free to schools in warzones like Afghanistan. I would use the money to have as many copies of the book printed as possible.
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My Interview
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Were you ever in trouble at school?
Believe! All the time, I was shocking in class. Not a bad boy, just a pain in the neck and easily distracted by girls.
Who is your favourite singer or band?
To be honest i have tons in all types of music.. but right now I’m loving my drum and bass so DJ Stunna and the bassdrive.com crew are well up there!
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
1. Money – so I can build planetaria in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2. A house in Singapore. 3. Happy times for all!
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