Wee Science

10/04/2026

✨Wee scientists needed!✨
🔎Looking for wee scientists aged 17-19 months 🔎 You and your child can help us understand how children learn new words by taking part in a 30-min study in our lab at the University of Edinburgh. Please follow this link to register your interest: https://forms.gle/67sE5A5oPRAD8cnK9 or email us directly at [email protected]
We look forward to welcoming you and your child to our lab!

09/04/2026

Calling All Young Scientists!

We’re looking for English-speaking children (ages 4-12) to help us understand how children use words in a new language!

What is the study about? Children will play a short laptop-based game with a cartoon character, learning and producing new words for novel alien plants!

📍 Where? Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD

⏳ How long? About 15 minutes

📅 When? At a time that works for you!

Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/g4mCbU7Rrp

If you have any questions, email [email protected]

23/03/2026

We’re looking for wee scientists aged 7-9 months! We are running a study to help us understand how children learn language. Please follow this link to register your interest: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=sAafLmkWiUWHiRCgaTTcYap9-4E2yKJMpunLjH6suR5UNExJT0FDMUFZQTlIRk5NM1QxNFFBVlczMi4u

[If the link above does not work, please email us at [email protected]]

Location: Dugald Stewart Building (3 Charles Street)
Duration: 30 minutes
Reward for participation: £10 Amazon voucher

09/03/2026

We’re looking for English-speaking 5-6 year olds to take part in a short and fun game to help us understand how children learn novel words.

📍Where? On Zoom!
⏳How long? Around 15 minutes
📅When? At a time that works for you!

If you’re interested, please sign up here: https://forms.gle/XXRZsT7J3M6tkpch8

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

04/03/2026

Mandarin-speaking wee scientists needed ｜招募 9–11 岁普通话小科学家🌟🌟

爱丁堡大学正在招募 9–11 岁、会说普通话的孩子 参加一项语言研究。

在本研究中，您的孩子将完成两个简单、有趣的游戏：第一个游戏里，孩子需要给动物角色编故事；第二个游戏里，孩子将听到和这些动物角色有关的故事，并和视线捕捉摄像头进行互动。

完成实验后，孩子将获得20英镑的现金奖励！

了解详情或报名，请扫描海报上的二维码或点击链接
https://forms.gle/UsWURDGv42R83oHeA
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The University of Edinburgh are recruiting Mandarin-speaking children aged 9–11 to take part in a language study.

In this study, your child will take part in two simple and fun games: in the first game, your child will create stories for animal characters; in the second game, your child will listen to stories about these animal characters and interact with an eye-tracking camera.

After completing the experiment, your child will receive a £20 cash reward!

To learn more or sign up, please scan the QR code on the poster or follow the link https://forms.gle/UsWURDGv42R83oHeA
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact Shuya Chen via email ([email protected]) or Wechat (Hermina_C).

24/02/2026

Wee scientists aged 9-11 needed! 🌱🌱🌱

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are recruiting children aged 9–11 to take part in a short language study.

In this study, your child will play a fun “stare-and-click” game on a laptop. The session lasts approximately 5–10 minutes.

To learn more or sign up, please scan the QR code on the poster or follow this link: https://forms.gle/dQQS1kf5gwmDxZPi8
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact Shuya Chen ([email protected]).

06/02/2026

Mandarin-speaking wee scientists needed ｜招募 9–11 岁普通话小科学家🌟🌟

爱丁堡大学正在招募 9–11 岁、会说普通话的孩子 参加一项语言研究。

在本研究中，您的孩子将完成两项简单、有趣的任务：第一项任务中，孩子将根据提供的角色进行故事讲述；第二项任务中，孩子将聆听与这些角色相关的故事，并根据听到的内容做出选择。

了解详情或报名，请扫描海报上的二维码或点击链接
https://forms.gle/UsWURDGv42R83oHeA
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The University of Edinburgh are recruiting Mandarin-speaking children aged 9–11 to take part in a language study.

In this study, your child will complete two tasks. In the first task, your child will be asked to tell a story using the characters provided. In the second task, your child will listen to stories involving these characters and make choices based on what they hear.

To learn more or sign up, please scan the QR code on the poster or follow the link https://forms.gle/UsWURDGv42R83oHeA
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact Shuya Chen via email ([email protected]) or Wechat (Hermina_C).

06/01/2026

✨New Year = new wee scientists needed!✨
🔎Looking for wee scientists aged 17-19 months 🔎 You and your child can help us understand how children learn new words by taking part in a 30-min study in our lab at the University of Edinburgh. Please follow this link to register your interest: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/cgcGL0rkhz or email us directly at [email protected]
We look forward to welcoming you and your child to our lab!

Child Scientists Wanted! Welcome to Wee Science! We are a group of researchers at the University of Edinburgh who study how babies and children learn to think and talk. We are always looking for families and schools to take part in our fun studies. Here, you can find out more about our research, and...

05/01/2026

We're looking for 8-12-month-old wee scientists to participate in a study on how babies begin to learn words!

Location: Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street
Time commitment: 15-20 mins
Compensation: £10

What we'll ask you to do:
- Come into the Dugald Stewart Building one time before March 1st with your baby
- Sit with your baby while we play some sounds and record a short video to see where your baby is looking
- The study is non-invasive and you can opt out any time before March 10th

Follow the link below to sign up!
bit.ly/infantwordlearning

Please feel free to email Alice Munro ([email protected]) with any questions. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far!

This is the sign-up form for the infant word learning study run by Alice Munro at the University of Edinburgh. If you want to get in contact directly or have specific questions, feel free to email [email protected]. Thank you very much to all participants for your help, you're making a big dif...

17/11/2025

We’re looking for wee scientists aged 7-9 months! We are running a study to help us understand how children learn language. Please follow this link to register your interest: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=sAafLmkWiUWHiRCgaTTcYap9-4E2yKJMpunLjH6suR5UNExJT0FDMUFZQTlIRk5NM1QxNFFBVlczMi4u&route=shorturl

Location: Dugald Stewart Building (3 Charles Street)
Duration: 30 minutes
Reward for participation: £10 Amazon voucher

Child Scientists Wanted! Welcome to Wee Science! We are a group of researchers at the University of Edinburgh who study how babies and children learn to think and talk. We are always looking for families and schools to take part in our fun studies. Here, you can find out more about our research, and...

14/08/2025

🔬 Calling All Young Scientists!
We’re looking for English-speaking children (ages 4 and 5 years old, also 8 and 9 years old) to help us understand how children use a new icon-based language!
What is the study about?
Children will play a communication game with a cartoon character, using pictures and symbols to create and understand messages!
📍 Where? Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD
⏳ How long? About 20 minutes
📅 When? At a time that works for you!
Sign up here https://forms.office.com/e/G9fHGQ193L
If you have any questions, email [email protected]