Educake
Congratulations and well done to all students for completing their Educake Home Learning this term. Sharples students have answered an incredible 289,948 questions. This practice is a great way for students to quickly improve their knowledge and understanding of science topics. Keep it up!
Jodrell Bank Trip
On Thursday, Year 10 and 11 students enjoyed a trip to Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire. Students were able to explore the museum exhibits, before talks on topics such as the history of astronomy and the evolution of stars. Students then visited the enormous radio telescope, which receives radio signals from neutron stars, which are some of the strangest objects in space, and cannot be seen using visible light telescopes. One student was even turned into a neutron star!
STEM club
This term pupils have completed a number of different activities such as:
- designing planetariums
- building a rollercoaster
- creating a density column
- designing a new species
- creating a towering inferno
- making rockets
Next term pupils will start by creating their own slime!
Congratulations to all members who maintained such high participation levels and enthusiasm throughout the term!
Smithills Farm Trip
On a very cold Wednesday 14th December Miss Booth took Year 10 and 11 animal care students to Smithills Farm. Whilst there we met different animals at pets corner, including baby rabbits, donkeys and chicks, we fed the calves, were shown how to clip goats hooves, shown how the milking process works and met all the reptiles at the farm. This trip provides very important coursework evidence and the pupils did Sharples proud.
Space News
Astronomers have used a method called radial velocity to discover two Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby stars. The radial velocity method for discovering exoplanets is a topic that Astronomy students have recently studied. The planets have also been discovered to be orbiting in the habitable zone or ‘Goldilocks’ zone, where the temperature is just right for liquid water to be found. Discoveries like these, raise the hopes of finding life on other planets.
Mr. Fowlds – Science Enrichment Coordinator
