Scientists of the Month
Congratulations to the winners of March’s Scientist of the Month. Well done for all your hard work. The winners were:
Year 7: Ho Kwan C, Oscar A
Year 8: Muhammad V, Safiyyah I
Year 9: Taran J, Abdul Hanan S
Year 10: Joseph W, Zaynah M
All nominees can be found here: Scientist of the Month nominees.
Educake Top Scorers
Well done to everyone who completed their home learning this week. The top scores for each year group are:
Year 9: Khalil L, Nimra M, Maham M, Alizah A, Florida A, Safiyyah A, Muqaddas N, Isa H, Finn W, Kyle Y, Khadijah Y, Jasmine K and Aayma Z.
Year 10: Josh M, Zenab A, Matthew B, Ethan E, Marcus V, Hadia K.
STEM club
This week in the STEM club pupils were making bath bombs (pictured above left)! Mixing bicarbonate of soda, citric acid, baby oil and some coloured dye, pupils created their own unique bomb! This illustrated the commercial importance of the chemical sciences, with there being a huge industry for health products. Pupils now have the knowledge to produce personalised presents in the future!
Astronomy club
The Astronomy club students were creating model spacecraft (pictured above right) to experiment with the diverse designs that could facilitate a spacecraft’s launch through horizontal takeoff.
Space News
Astronomers have long been puzzled by the origin of two massive bubbles of gas extending above and below the Milky Way’s centre known as Fermi bubbles. Recent observations of excess positrons zipping past Earth have suggested that the bubbles were formed from a stream of electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons, which were emitted by the supermassive black hole at the galactic centre. The initial burst launched most of the particles along jets aimed perpendicular to the galaxy’s disk, causing the emission of different wavelengths of light as they interacted with other galactic matter. The new discovery sheds light on the formation of these fascinating features of our galaxy.
Chester Zoo competition for Year 9
Two more outstanding examples of animal fact-files are Isobelle W’s comprehensive compilation on the Red Panda (click here) and Vivian M’s detailed report on the Aye-Aye (click here).
Mr. Fowlds – Science Enrichment Coordinator
