woodchurch science

the world’s most powerful physics experiment is ready to be powered up…today. there’s been a lot of interest in this over the last few weeks (not surprising really), and some scientists have been receiving death threats about the potential dangers, but now it’s almost ready to go and now 30 years after the idea was born scientists at cern are ready for the big switch on. the bbc has a good guide here, and if you thought particle physics was not something that you could ever rap about then this one has been doing the rounds for a week or so…

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here’s a link to some free software that lets you travel the universe on your computer in three dimensions. unlike most planetarium software, celestia doesn’t confine you to the surface of the earth. you can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. very quick and easy to use…

here’s a load of revision resources for 7l (solar system and beyond). there are 16 resources available plus a load of projectable classroom activities for teachers to use.

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apparently i would last 1 minute and 29 seconds. what about you? click here and find out!

here’s a link to the guardian’s tech page which in this episode discusses smart materials and nanotechnology applications. good for a listen while you’re doing something else. you can even download it for your mp3 player.

10 year 9 pupils from woodchurch took part in this activity day at the discovery clc on 7th july 08. pupils were involved in three activities: a robot challenge, self-righting buoys and renewable energy driven cars. we came away with 2 trophies won in the robot challenge activity by lisa hill and jenny noonan. pupils were up against stiff competition from 5 other wirral schools; oldershaw, upton hall, birkenhead, south wirral and wirral grammar school for girls. well done to all who took part. team photo below.

there are four main theories: spin theory, capture theory, double planet theory and large impact theory. do some research using these links.

for 8C4
produce a powerpoint presentation, word document or publisher document about these important pioneers in the world of vaccination and immunology.
use these links to help with your research
lady mary wortley montague information
lady mary wortley montague images
edward jenner information
edward jenner images
there is also some information in the y8 textbook pages 30-31