On Friday 12th March we went to ThinkTank, Millenium Point to the ‘How Science Works’ Event. We heard from experts in Science who came to take part in the activities, to support National Science and Engineering Week. The Y8 and Y9 students and teacher Mrs Davies, joined many other local secondary schools and the wider scientific community. The pupils were provided with practical, relevant and engaging science workshops run by “real scientists” and shown the purpose of KS3 science and how it can open career pathways in science. Students took part in 4 of the workshops during the day, with many hands-on experiments and discussion time as pupils became engaged in the topics being introduced.
Workshops for 2010 included the BBC, NHS diagnostics, wind turbine design, N-power, zoo captive breeding programmes, Severn-Trent water treatment, WM Police Forensics, Rollercoaster design, hydrogen fuel research, park rangers, sensors and data capture and many others. Each workshop was designed to illustrate how the principles and concepts from Key Stage 3 Science relate to real life science.
Want something to do that’s really good fun before the Christmas festivities begin……..well you can at the Sportwise Christmas Camp. 
