Alcester Grammar Science Dept

Year 13 observation exercise

agssci — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:12:39 +0000

Can’t fnd anything HUGELY suitable on the web – but try out these links to You tube vidoes which might help a little – recommned the 1st one – rest up to you. Good luck with your observation this week – Remember to state the obvious, and you DON’T work for Dulux paint charts so if it’s green it’s green! No hint of forest leaves etc.

Links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjBjwQF276A&feature=related

Chemical tests

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ky5K_Yoa-c&feature=related

Precipitates:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNj0PcSag1k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RmVwz2fNGc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMaJ9i_pMKs&feature=related

Solubility songs: no really – check them out …. Probably of no use at all to you but might help you sleep!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJoKQ3ULCVs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvCBL1h_gCc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf9wzB_fUkQ&feature=related

Yass / IGGY / Uniq…..

agssci — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:13:39 +0000

Thanks to our local OU rep. Dawn for her support with our OU courses and good luck if you are beginning yours (after the exams remember!).

Huge Congratulations

agssci — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:59:19 +0000

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.

June’s Molecule of the Month

agssci — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:09:35 +0000

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

This was the week …. when?

agssci — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:49:45 +0000

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

What’s on TV this week?

agssci — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:48:36 +0000

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?