This evening I saw some of Autumnwatch on the BBC. This is not my natural territory; too much rescuing foxes and squirrels for my liking. But something seems to have changed. Is there a whiff of real science here? Are they being a little more pragmatic and a little less sentimental? It certainly seems so. I […]
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Archive | October, 2009
Urban Heat Islands
October 28, 2009 
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I have heard it said as one of the reasons that people dismiss Global Warming as a serious threat, that the temperature measurements are made on the outskirts of expanding towns and cities. These Urban Heat Islands (or UHIs) have grown over time and so the temperature readings have increased as a result. The picture […]
Read moreQuis es pennipotenti? Nos iustus operor ignoro!
October 28, 2009 25 Comments
[This is a very old post but has recently had an update courtesy of HP.] Mysteries are fun but sadly I am going to ruin one now. The ‘tag line’ for our blog, which explains what marketing types might call our core values, is ‘Quis es pennipotenti? Nos iustus operor ignoro!’ It is the most […]
Read moreThe Dragon Eco-Conference…
October 26, 2009 2 Comments
We were invited to a Year 6 (Third Year) eco-conference at The Dragon on Thursday 15th of October. The conference was part of the Eco-Schools initiative set up in response to the Government’s call that all schools should be sustainable by 2020. The other schools present, many from the local community, have environmental groups running projects. […]
Read more2N Embark On Some Chemistry…
October 16, 2009 0 Comments
This afternoon 2N were introduced to some of the basic chemistry apparatus. The boys learned how to use Bunsens safely!
Read more3F Investigate Electrical Conductors…
October 16, 2009 0 Comments
After being introduced to basic electrical equipment, the boys built a simple circuit with a bulb in. They then ‘broke’ the circuit and tested the see whether various objects around the lab (including my computer) could conduct electricity to recomplete the circuit…..
Read more2B Get To Grips With Bunsens…
October 13, 2009 0 Comments
Today 2B had an introduction to Chemistry; they learned how to use various pieces of chemical apparatus safely in the lab.
Read moreStatic Charges…
October 12, 2009 0 Comments
I want to be an astronaut when I grow up. I don’t think I need to add anything to the above. Awesome!
Read moreSave The Humans…
October 12, 2009 0 Comments
I wanted to write about President Obama’s Nobel Prize or perhaps the shocking predictions of the British economy but thankfully I found something more cheerful to discuss. Now, this may be old news to you since it occurred back in July but I had not heard it before. The story is as follows… Yang Yun […]
Read more2P Investigate Their Pulse Rates…
October 9, 2009 0 Comments
Today we investigated how our pulse rates changed when we did different levels of exercise: resting, walking and then running up stairs! Having found the carotid artery in the neck, we took 3 repeats for each level of exercise and then calculated averages…. We assumed that dizziness from walking in cirlces wouldn’t affect the reliability […]
Read moreMoon Crash…
October 8, 2009 0 Comments
Am I the only one to have missed that there is a major event happening in space on Friday 9th October at about midday? NASA is crashing a space craft into a crater at the pole of the moon. Four minutes later they are flying another vehicle through the plume of dust and debris that […]
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