Educake Top Scorers
Well done to everyone who completed their home learning this week. The top scores for each year group are:
Year 9: Dante H, Mariam U, Noah L, Shaiza N and Ella G.
Year 10: Khadijah P, Safa T and Thomas B.
STEM club
This week in the STEM club, pupils investigated super-saturated sugar water! Using hot water, beakers and copious amounts of sugar, teams mixed with vigour to ascertain how much sugar they could keep adding until it would dissolve no more. Such a high concentration of sugar in water is referred to as “super saturated”. After achieving this state, pupils inserted wooden sticks with different shapes. The idea being, sugar crystals will form around the wooden sticks, creating sugary shapes! Next week pupils will be producing a milky plastic material!!
Science Career of the Week
This week’s career is ‘Electrical Engineer’. Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipment, such as electric motors, radar and navigation systems, communications systems, or power generation equipment. Information about experience opportunities, providers, entry requirements and much more can be found here: Science career of the Week.
Please speak to Mr. Burke, who will provide you with more information about this, or any other, science career.
Space News
Our understanding of black holes is being challenged by growing evidence that these cosmic anomalies can exist outside the centres of massive galaxies. Recent observations and computer simulations have revealed the presence of unusually large black holes in the hearts of dwarf galaxies. Previously dismissed as flukes, these peculiar black holes could provide valuable insights into the early stages of our universe. Scientists speculate that studying these cosmic oddballs in the nearby universe might reveal clues about the universe’s infancy and shed light on the enigmatic process of galaxy evolution. Exploring these unconventional black holes may unlock the secrets of the cosmos’ origins.
Mr. Fowlds – Science Enrichment Coordinator
