The History Of The Atom Part 2

Aristotle and Roger Joseph Boscovich by Pameer Saeed 13O Aristotle Aristotle was born around 360 BCE in Stagira (north Greece). He was the son of Nichomachus who was the court physician to the Macedonian royal family. He was first trained in medicine, and in 367 he was sent to Athens to study philosophy with Plato. […]

The History Of The Atom Part 1

Leucippus and Democritus By Wing Chung Hau 13B Leucippus (c. 480 – c. 420 B.C.) and Democritus, his student (460-370 B.C.) were philosophers who were the first to be credited with coming up with an Atomic Theory. This was a theory that said that the world was made up of atoms. The word “atom” […]

Visiting the Cavendish Museum

Year 13 2013 trip to the Cavendish Museum The year 13 students are preparing to give one of our year 9 classes a lesson on the history of the atom so to help them we visited the Cavendish Museum to see some of the apparatus used by famous scientists in the field of Particle Physics. […]

Visit to the Science Museum

An audience with Professor Peter Higgs The Guardian hosted a live Q&A with Professor Peter Higgs at the Science Museum, London. Peter Higgs is the Nobel Prize winning physicist Peter Higgs answers questions from young physicists in this hour-long session Q&A session. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/higgs/peter-higgs http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/higgs/ #smCollider http://www.theguardian.com/uk ‎ http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk Rooks Heath Physics A level students […]

Royal Institution

The Science of fireworks Year eight students were very lucky to be able to visit the Royal Institution and watch a wonderful lecture on fireworks. Fireworks consultant, author and former Oxford chemist Dr Tom Smith explained the basic chemistry and construction of fireworks, and their use in modern fireworks displays. The talk included spectacular demonstrations […]

Biology Field Trip to Nettlecombe

http://www.field-studies-council.org/centres/nettlecombecourt.aspx Nettlecombe Court lies in a secluded valley at the eastern edge of Exmoor National Park. The house is a striking example of a Tudor and Georgian country mansion set within its own grounds. The Centre has excellent access to the Somerset coast as well as Exmoor National Park and The Quantocks Area of Outstanding […]

Royal Institution lecture

Reported by Alfie Mussett (13Y) and Pameer Saeed (13O) Edited by Mrs Hare Before we grapple with superconductivity, we need to know what ordinary conductivity is. The basic facts about electricity An atom is made up of a nucleus containing protons and neutrons with electrons orbiting the outside. As the electrons get further from the […]

Royal Institution Lecture

Latest News from the LHC Professor Tara Shears http://hep.ph.liv.ac.uk/~tara/ Reported by Alfie Mussett (13Y) and Pameer Saeed (13O) Edited by Mrs Hare The above picture shows the professor behind the famous desk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDUw7iiejNQ The big questions we want the LHC to answer include “What is matter made of“ and “What was the universe like in […]

The Royal Institution

By Pameer Saeed (13O) and Alfie Mussett (13Y) We visited the The Royal Institution in October 2013 to attend lectures given by physicists about their recent work. http://www.rigb.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Institution The Royal Institution was founded in March 1799 with the aim of introducing new technologies and teaching science to the general public. The first meeting took […]

Goldsmiths’ 2013

Practical – Hydrogen Fuel Cell Fuel cells are relevant to the AQA, OCR and Edexcel chemistry curricula, but also bridge environmental issues in other subjects such as physics, biology and geography. AQA unit 5, understand the electrode reactions of a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell and appreciate that a fuel cell does not need to be electrically […]