Goldsmiths’ 2013

Liquid biofuel production using microorganisms Professor Rod Scott, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Bath University http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/contacts/academics/rod_scott/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Baths_(Bath) The Great Bath — the entire structure above the level of the pillar bases is a later construction. Bath was charged with responsibility for the hot springs in a Royal Charter of 1591 granted by Elizabeth I. This […]

Goldsmiths’ 2013

Watts New with Clean Energy Materials: Batteries included Professor Saiful Islam, Department of Chemistry, Bath University http://www.bath.ac.uk/chemistry/contacts/academics/saiful_islam/ http://people.bath.ac.uk/msi20/ http://people.bath.ac.uk/msi20/inaugural/ The lecture and slides can be found by clicking the link below: http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCEvents/Education/MCDSchools/Watts.asp The challenge for the future is to make it low carbon. What are the green alternatives to fossil fuels? There is no single solution. […]

Goldsmiths’ 2013

Hydrogen: Number One Element, Number One Fuel Dr. Tim Mays, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath http://www.bath.ac.uk/chem-eng/people/mays/index.html http://people.bath.ac.uk/cestjm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro_Harlem_Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland (20 April 1939) is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She has said that sustainable development is development that meets […]

Goldsmiths’ 2013

Build your own solar cell Aim: To make and test a solar cell using a common product as the dye In order to do this experiment properly you do need to get some specialist materials. You can buy a whole kit or buy the parts separately. You also need a beaker big enough to soak […]

Goldsmiths’ 2013

Solar Energy Dr Petra Cameron http://www.bath.ac.uk/chemistry/contacts/academics/petra_cameron/ http://people.bath.ac.uk/chppjc/ Sustainable energy is necessary because of climate change and the need for alternative energy sources as we are running out of fossil fuels. The lecture looked at photovoltaic essentials and first, second and third generation solar cells. There is no doubt that greenhouse gases created by humans causes […]

Goldsmiths’ 2013

Science for Society Course on Sustainable Energy University of Bath 21st to 26th July http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/ http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/charity-education/education/science-for-society-courses/ http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/charity-education/education/science-for-society-courses/sustainable-energy/ Based in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath, this course provided teachers with an insight into the science behind the issues of energy and the environment and current scientific approaches to solving these problems. The […]

Physics Update Course Summer 2013

Visiting the National Space Centre http://www.spacecentre.co.uk/ http://www.spacecentre.co.uk/tour/the-exhibition The above right picture is of a pressure suit. Space, skydiving and Red Bull – the Physics behind the Stratos Skydive Anu Ojha Director (National Space Academy), National Space Centre http://nationalspaceacademy.org/ http://baspace.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/red-bull-stratos-high-altitude-stunt-or.html http://nationalspaceacademy.org/news/139-academy-director-discusses-red-bull-stratos-jump http://www.redbullstratos.com/ http://www.redbullstratos.com/science/scientific-data-review/ http://www.esero.org.uk/news/space-jumper On the 14th October 2012 a global audience held its breath […]

Physics Update Course Summer 2013

Ideas for Astronomy in A Level Physics Hayley Flood of the National Space Academy http://nationalspaceacademy.org/ To get across the idea of the relative size of the Earth and Moon use a basketball for Earth and a tennis ball for the Moon. The distance between the Earth and the Moon is 9.5 times the circumference of […]

Physics Update Course Summer 2013

Teach Meet 1) A review of physics education by Dr David Boyce, Wreake Valley Academy KS1 KS2 – The skills develop here are more important than what is actually learnt. KS3 – Physics learning becomes important but towards the end of the year puberty and other factors cause a drop off of interest in the […]

Physics Update Course Summer 2013

Medical imaging – The science of seeing inside your body Dr Michael Wilson, University of Birmingham Find out how physicists build machines that do what our eyes cannot – see inside the human body. This lecture revealed how: Over the past hundred years physicists have developed increasingly sophisticated techniques to see inside the body; These […]