A 15-year-old schoolgirl who helped run a science experiment about Blackawton Bees has been invited to address an audience in Philadelphia.

Amy O'Toole has been given a 20-minute slot at the Inter­national Society for Technology in Education conference at the end of June.

She will speak about the bee project and also how to inspire girls, in particular, into science

The speech will contain references to Amy's own experience, as well as her views on how creativity can enhance learning.

Amy will also be presenting the Blackawton Bee Project, which is about how 25 pupils from the village primary school became the world's youngest published scientists.

Three year's ago, when she was 12 years old, Amy became the youngest person to address a TedGlobal conference.

She was part of a presentation given in Edinburgh on the Black­awton Bees Project, inspired by Beau Lotto, neuroscientist and founder of Lottolab, a hybrid art studio and science lab.

It led to the publication of the first ever peer-reviewed scientific paper written by schoolchildren.

Although she had never been interested in science before the project, Amy now intends to study the human mind and body.

Amy, who goes to Kingsbridge Community College, will be accompanied on the all-expenses-paid trip on Saturday, June 27, by her mum, Karen.

Karen said: 'This is obviously a fantastic opportunity for Amy and we are very proud of her.

'She has the support of myself, her dad Philip and her sisters Jess, Charlotte and Molly – who all attended Blackawton Primary School.

'I now work there as a teaching assistant, so the school continues to play a huge part in all our lives.'

For more than three decades the ISTE conference and Expo has been the premier forum in which to learn, exchange ideas and survey the field of education technology.

The event attracts upwards of 18,000 delegates and industry representatives, including teachers, technology co-ordinators, administrators, library media specialists, teacher educators and policy makers.