Thornleigh Science

Our Year 11 students were very lucky today to attend ‘Science Live’ in Manchester today & got to see @ProfRWinston too!!! They were impeccable in representing the school. Thank you to Miss Bach & Ms Gordon for accompanying! 🧬🧪⚗️

Oh it’s the most wonderful time of year…thank you to our amazing staff & student leaders for putting on Science club today 🫶🏼 The students made Christmas ornaments using the silver mirror chemical reaction, made some snow and did Christmas chromatography! ☃️🎄🧪

Following on from this morning…some more fantastic animal and plant cell modelling from Mrs Melling’s 7KSc3b class…she had no spare sweets for lunch! 🙃👎🏻🌱🐾🍬

Mrs Melling’s 7a/Sc1a completing some excellent modelling today, making animal and plant cells - using sweets obviously! #biologyrules 🫶🏼🌱🐾

Next up…the first Science club of the season…thank you so much to our amazing technicians, Miss Bach, Miss McGuinness and our Science leaders - amazing to see such a great turn out this afternoon 🫶🏼

It’s been a busy day in Science today…first up…10K4 with Miss Ward carrying out some heart dissections timed perfectly in prep for the festive season…❤️🎃❤️

Calling all science ghosts and ghouls…Science club this week has a ‘Spooky Science Spectacular’ theme Thurs 26th Oct - 3.10-4pm Room 61 Any Year 7 or 8 student is welcome Scare you there….👻🎃👻🎃👻

Dr Smethurst’s Year 12 Applied Science class showing us their titration skills today 🥼#veryimpressed 👌🏻

Dr Smethursts Year 12 doing a revision card sort as preparation for their PPE

Miss Bach and her Y13 identifying transition metal complexes with test-tube reactions.

8c2 investigating chemical reactions with Miss Hancock this morning.

Miss Melling's 8c3 class appropriately dressed for a snow making investigation today!

Well done to all the students who took part in the Christmas themed Science club yesterday! Making test-tube decorations using a silver mirror reaction! Thank you to the teachers and technicians involved. Merry Christmas everyone!

Here is Jayden explaining how air resistance changes direction depending on the direction of the object.

Year 7 have been working hard with Mr Hughes learning about gas exchange! Here they are describing the process.

7k6 have been investigating diffusion with Mrs Melling

Miss Ward's 11a6 extracting DNA from a strawberry.

Miss Ward's Year 7 classes changing the state of matter and investigating density.

Year 8 have had a packed week of practical work this week learning about forces. Hooke's law and friction.

Year 7 have been enjoying learning all about the particle model this week.