18th July 2018

SERIOUS ABOUT SCIENCE
STRIKES AGAIN!
In the last few weeks our SAS group has been
enjoying two very different types of
experiments. For one session, pupils had the
opportunity to dissect heart and eyeballs - not
to everyone's taste but it seemed to go down
quite well with those who came along. Students
followed two instructional videos to make sure
they would discover everything the parts had to
offer and to help them identify the structure and
function of all they came across. Did you know
that the lens from an eyeball, when peered
through, actually make everything in front of it
appear upside down? That's precisely what our
students found out for themselves and then we
talked about why this happens in our bodies.
For another session, students were given the
task of designing and making their very own
thermos flask. This was then judged by our
special guest, Miss Vernon, who gave points
based on appearance and efficiency when it
came to keeping hot liquids hot after the flasks
had been filled with boiling water. Pupils found
that thermos flasks had shiny surfaces on the
inside to reflect heat back into the flask from
the liquid and also some very useful layers of
insulation around the outside to reduce the
amount of heat lost through conduction.
Next week for our final session we have the
company Animals In Tuition coming in to let
us hold and learn about a range of different
creatures and their habitats - and of course we
are looking forward to more SAS next year!
Mr Walker