Science Week – 12th – 21st March 2010

Gosfield School have been celebrating National Science and Engineering week in a grand style.

The theme for 2010 was “Earth” and every part of the school has been celebrating our amazing planet in exciting and innovative ways.

Prep School

A whole day of Science took place on Monday 19^th March.  The younger students were looking at shadows and how they changed during the day, as well as forces, the school’s habitats and falling teddy bears!

Senior School

Every curriculum area in the senior school got involved with Science during the week and the students participated in some creative and diverse lessons:

Maths

Calculating the distance between the Earth and the Moon, and then making scale drawings.

MFL

Describing habitats and weather phenomena on Earth in French and Spanish.

Geography

Testing pollution levels in the school pond by measuring what lives in it.

Art

Creating posters containing information about endangered species, as part of the national Endanger Rangers competition.

English

Composing sonnets inspired by the world around us.

Science

Investigating a meteor landing in the school grounds; measuring the biodiversity of the school habitats as a celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity; investigating rocks and our unstable planet.

A year 8 trip to the science museum.