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GCSE Science Live!

On Monday 27th January 65 Year 10 students attended the GCSE Science Live! event in Birmingham's Symphony Hall. Throughout the day five different scientists gave interesting and engaging talks about their research, and examiner Stewart Chenery presented two sessions on how to prepare for and answer the varied types of question on the GCSE Science exam papers.

1: Doctor Eleonora D’Elia's talk about material science

2: Professor Andrea Sella's talk about patterns in beetroots

3: Professor Robert Winston's talk about fertility

4: Professor Suzie Imber's talk about space weather

5: Professor Jim Al-Khalili's talk about time travel

Our students really enjoyed the event and each had an opinion about which talk they enjoyed the most:

Harry and Zac - Our favourite scientist at Science Live was the time travel man because it was cool to find out a bit about blackholes. Time travelling could revolutionise the technology industry and help cure world illnesses.

Tillie - I liked the talk about the materials as I found it really interesting that the colour of the butterfly depended on the structure of its wings!

Alicia - My favourite scientist was the one who talked about how space weather causes the northern lights because I found it really engaging with the images she showed and also I learnt new information about it.

Miss Kennedy would like to thank the students who attended the trip for conducting themselves so well and representing the school with pride.