This week in Science

This week has seen the welcomed return of the Tower School scientist following the Christmas break. It has been so lovely to hear the amazing stories of all the things that the students have got up to, from visiting Disneyland Paris to feeding a crocodile…

Lantern are continuing to enjoy their practical experiences with making milk move. The class enjoyed experimenting with different milks to see if the milk moved more. Scientist of the week goes to Lantern Class for working well together and having fun. Well done to Nurture Class. Question of the week ‘would heating the milk up make the milk move faster?’

Citadel developed their understanding of the Earth’s early atmosphere and how different it is to now. The class worked really well in their lessons and are now able to recall the word equation for photosynthesis and respiration. Question of the week ‘Could humans have lived on the Earth when the dinosaurs reigned?’

Steeple have started their new topic of photosynthesis this term. The class are looking forward to seeing how light intensity impacts on the rate of photosynthesis. Well done to Steeple. Scientist of the week goes to Steeple for doing their best. Question of the week ‘can plants still photosynthesis in the dark?

Lighthouse are looking at communicable and non-communicable diseases. The class have been looking at why COVID spread the way that it did. Well done to Lighthouse. Question of the week ‘should we try to cure all diseases?’

Obelisk looked at classification and why scientists put things into groups. Well done to Obelisk. Question of the week ‘why do scientist like to classify things?’

Martello and Spire explored the ground-breaking work of Alexander Flemming, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain. The class learned how Flemming’s discovery of penicillin was further developed by Florey and Chain and is now one of the most important medicines used to fight infections. Well done to Martello and Spire. Question of the week ‘if we kill of one disease will another one just develop?’

Fun fact: No number before 1000 contains the letter A