Brambletye wins the Bede's Galactic Challenge

Team Columbus were first up when presenting the space port proposals. The President, VP and Directors presented their case followed by the whole team answering questions. 

Then the other two teams made their presentation and the judges deliberated and gave their views and finally the Brambletye/Marlborough House team were declared the winners

Well done Brambletye and thank you Bede's 

Good start to Bede's Galactic Challenge

Good start to Bede's Galactic Challenge

Bede's welcomed us with bacon butties and drinks 

before an introductory talk and then the three companies got down to business. The Brambletye team are working with students from Marlborough House in Columbus Aviation. 

First they had to vote for a company president, Vice President for Marketingand three directors to take charge of different areas of the design brief. They divided these roles between the two schools. 

Then a quick pep talk from the CEO, a sixth form pupil from the Bede's member of the U.K. Space design competition team, the directors get their teams designing. 

The teams are working really well together. 

The president calls s meeting with her directors

And relays progress to the marketing team

All is very busy here at Bede's 

6S get microscopic?

 6S have started using microscopes this term.

After examining the print on photographs 

they are now using microscopic rulers to measure the field of view 

 on all of the different microscopes

this will give them an idea how big the samples are that they look at.

Those that finished quickly used the iBook to learn more about cells.

If you want to download the iBook at home use this link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l5nkzdhu6p4lkz7/Microscope%20ibook.ibooks?dl=0

First "download" then "open in ibooks" but it will only work on

apple devices with ibooks (a free app) installed.

Forensic time for 7C

Extracting DNA from an onion is not too tricky an experiment and 7N pupils worked in pairs to do this today.

They recorded their activity by taking photos using the iPads

Grinding onion in salt water and filtering the suspension was the first task.

They needed to capture every part of the process

So they can make a cartoon strip of the experiment afterwards.

The last stage required careful pouring. 

Precision work

Results were compared

The DNA is the thin white layer in the middle

Year 8 holiday work

Year 8 - You sat some important exams, this term. These papers may have identified a few weaknesses and rusty areas. If you need to brush up on any topics do use the resources here: http://bramblesci.blogspot.co.uk/p/science-at-brambletye.html
on the Science blog page to help.
Make sure you have a good rest, give lots of lovely presents and are helpful around the house.
IRP

Year 7 are on fire!

One Year 7 Science class have finished their work for the term and spent our last lesson looking at hydrocarbons. We first revisited the conditions required for combustion and then looked into hydrocarbons. Our first experiment involved testing our prediction that water and carbon dioxide would be produced when a hydrocarbon combusts. 

Then we did one of our favourite experiments - the methane mamba! We are able to capture the methane in bubbles which we can set alight in the palm of our hands.

They represented all they had learnt in the form of a poster.

Last expt of term

Year 7 calculated the density of oxygen in the lab today.