Science & Health

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SCIENCE INTERPRETATION

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Science and Humanities

Using activities to help structure arguments, e.g. debates, presentation exercises and interviews, we will examine impartially the burning issues in science today. The course will focus on assisted death, genetic screening, nuclear power and nano technology, through a simulated court case, a play concerning a family with breast cancer and a debate. The subjects will be topical, raising current media issues but may also include: animal testing, genetic modification, global warming, genetic screening, human cloning and the use of embryonic stem cells. It can be emotive stuff, but the content will stimulate our best thinkers.

Course Cost: £769.00

Suitable for: Years 9, 10, 11

Location: General workroom, library, IT room, access to IT suite is an advantage

Student numbers: 30

Course length: One school day

Skills: Formulating, analysing and weighing arguments, research, presentation, communication

Learning Outcome: Issues behind assisted death, opportunities for gene therapy, principles and practical possibilities, including the future potential of genetic screening, assessment of nuclear power compared with other forms of energy, nano technology, various opportunities, advantages and threats.

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Sweet Science

Save Britain from Chocoholics Anonymous. This is the fun side of chemistry. Find out how your taste buds work. Experiment, invent and eat the results!

All About Flight

All About Flight

Packed with activities - an exploration of flight from hot air balloons to rockets. Make paper fly with fire. Why birds, bees and planes stay in the air.

The Rude Science of the Human Body

The Rude Science of the Human Body

Fun with really yucky science, slime and pongs galore. Measure the sliminess of snot and the stickiness of ear wax!

When Art Meets Science

When Art Meets Science

Fun activities in photography, architecture and the science behind art - shows how the two come together.

Bubble Trouble

What’s the best bubble solution - find out by experiment, measure the actual thickness of a bubble film and find out how foam can remember a shape.

Murder in the Monastery

Murder in the Monastery

Who killed the Abbot and why? Can you hide things from the church inquisitor? Includes Medieval English and history as well as the 'science' of the day.

The Riddle of the Mummy’s Curse

The Riddle of the Mummy’s Curse

Investigate ancient Egyptian artefacts, unwrap mummy parts and question a high priest to discover who killed the Pharaoh. Why does the curse go on today?

Famine - Who Lives?

Famine - Who Lives?

This is a tough one. Can you make the right decisions in time to save lives in a simulated famine relief camp? Plus eat a famine lunch.

Legend of the Legion

Legend of the Legion

Use Roman clues to find a captured tribal princess. Translate wax tablets and talk to a soothsayer to find your way around Roman Britain.

The Trouble with Science - is Ethics

The Trouble with Science - is Ethics

Wrestle with some of today's big issues - assisted death, genetic screening, nuclear power and nano technology.

Jungle Jim's Treasure Trail

Jungle Jim's Treasure Trail

Invent machines and use scientific principles to help Jim across hazards to find the treasure.

Monsters and Planets

Monsters and Planets

Invent your planet, create your monster, tell the story and film it - in animation. A cross curriculum course.

Spaced Out

Plot a course for Mars. You must plan a trip for a group of humans to Mars and sustain life there for six months, but what if something goes wrong?

Dr Evil's Revenge

Dr Evil's Revenge

Dr Evil threatens to blow up Parliament. Our spies, in teams, use forensic clues to compete in the race to discover who he is and where he is hiding.

A Day with Leo

Leonardo Da Vinci – genius and master of all trades. Build Leonardo’s cannon. Why didn’t his machines work? Why was he criticised by the Pope?

The Secret Formula

The Secret Formula

Forensic science in action (two presenters), with a crime scene. Visit the scene of crime and use real forensic tests to discover the culprit.

Dig in a Day - simulated archaeological dig

Dig in a Day - simulated archaeological dig

Simulated archaeological dig (two presenters) just like Time Team, dig up buried skeletons with artefacts and find out about ancient Britain.

In Business

This is a science based Dragons Den. You must make the case to support a new discovery, but beware, morality and ethics may get in the way.

The Set Up

Designing for stage and screen. This course looks at the different requirements imposed by these different approaches.

Modern Epidemics

Modern Epidemics

Use our bugs to find out how easy it is to contaminate your classmates. Trace a food poisoning outbreak through a community.

Bog Standard Science - lavatorial explorations

Bog Standard Science - lavatorial explorations

The journey of a burger from mouth to sea - simulate a sewage works, build a bog and investigate the digestive system.

Alien Planet

A new planet is discovered in the solar system. Is it a threat to Earth? Does it support alien life?

Watching the Weather

Watching the Weather

Interpret satellite images, local and national data to make up a forecast, then present it like a weather person.

Rainbow Island Disaster

Rainbow Island Disaster

Prevent a potential ecological disaster when an oil spill threatens the beautiful tropical Rainbow Island. Deal with the situation as it unravels. Please apply for an individual quotation, related to number of students.

Fun with Genes (Modern Genetics)

Fun with Genes (Modern Genetics)

Explore the most important thing about you - your DNA. Make a DNA model and answer some difficult ethical and moral questions about new genetic technologies.

Plagues, Pestilence & Food Scares

Plagues, Pestilence & Food Scares

Public health science - measure the health status of populations and look at modern issues in promoting the health of the nation.

Global Warming - Are we losing our cool?

Global Warming - Are we losing our cool?

Is the Earth really getting warmer – here’s the evidence. Measure your own carbon footprint (you may get a surprise) and see what you can do about it.

Dino Hunt

A palaeontologist discovers a new fossil and claims it is a new species of dinosaur, but is it?

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Claire Ewen, Plumstead Manor Secondary school for Girls.