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Archive for the ‘KS3’ Category

Huge Congratulations

Posted by agssci on February 28, 2009

 Yipeee!! Huge congratulations all year 10 pupils on thier fanatsic Module results – and particularly to helen Wickins and Tom Adams who have scored 100% in all 6 unit tests! What an achievement. HUGE HUGE congratulations too to David Edey who has been sleected to represent the UK in the British Chemistry Olympiad Team – a year early! Wow – David we are So proud of you – and finally to Ella Martenson who has successfully secured a place on the prestigeous UNIQ summer school at Oxford University this year – A brilliant achievement – well done all.

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June’s Molecule of the Month

Posted by agssci on April 8, 2008

   Nylon- the link between stockings, toothbrushes and parachutes – named after New York and London   Find out more about it here.

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This was the week …. when?

Posted by agssci on January 21, 2008

   This was the week when ….
 
Edward Jenner innoculated the 8 year old son of his gardener, James Phillips, with the cowpox virus to see if it would protect against subsequent exposure to smallpox  - to find out more about Jenner follow this link

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What’s on TV this week?

Posted by agssci on October 11, 2007

tv  Science on TV – well – Brainiac is back – yipeee – what else is on?

Extreme Ice

Nat Geo Wild HD 544, Sunday 20th June 13:00 to 14:00
Documentary following acclaimed ice photographer James Balog as he joins scientists on a risky mission to capture glaciers and ice sheets breaking apart due to climate change.

 

STEM

Information TV 166, Monday 21st June 13:30 to 14:00
Take a closer look to see how Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) enrichment programmes are making an impact in schools in Northern Ireland.

 

Museum of Life

BBC 1 London 101, Tuesday 22nd June 2:15 to 3:15
Digging Up the Past. Episode 2.
Jimmy Doherty and the team go behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum to find out about the discovery of a new dinosaur, the latest thinking on the personality of a T Rex, and what scientists are learning from a human skull over a hundred thousand years old. (Repeat)

 

Seconds From Disaster

National Geographic 526, Wednesday 23rd June 19:00 to 20:00
Asian Tsunami.
The 2004 tsunami was the most devastating natural disaster of our time. What contributed to the magnitude of the killer wave, and how can a similar tragedy be prevented?

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