Particle physics masterclass for Year 12 at Rutherford Appleton Labs [email protected] Great tour, workshops and talks celebrating 10 years since discovering Higgs Boson. lisa howell Downend School Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Students in the #Netherlands built this #solar-powered camper van. It can travel up to 740km a day - while powering a laptop, TV and coffee-maker. We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal

6th FORM OPEN EVENING Is being held on Thursday 20th October. To book a place please follow the link below. eventbrite.co.uk/e/downend-and-…

Tomorrow, an incredibly rare, once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event is happening! Jupiter will be its closest to Earth since 1963! Along with opposition, it’ll be SO bright, you’ll be able to see its bands and some moons just with binoculars! This won’t happen again until 2129!

The tallest lighthouse STEM challenge accepted at science club today. Lots of problem fixing and teamwork skills as well as fun! Downend School lisa howell

Celebrating the brilliance of William Kamkwamba at #Downendscienceclub. #BlackHistoryMonthUK. Fantastic fun designing wacky wind turbines. lisa howell Downend School

James West was the inspiration for science club as part of #BlackHistoryMonthUK. We made microphones using plastic cups and graphite. Such an amazing feeling when you see and hear a recording of your voice. Downend School lisa howell

Science club took up the Ditch the Dirt challenge from #PracticalAction today. After a discussion about the problems in obtaining clean water in some countries and fog catchers in Peru, we created filter system. Lots of mess with sand and muddy water ensued. lisa howell

This week we hosted the finalists for the School Science Prize 🥳 - an opportunity for Key Stage 3 students to show their enthusiasm for science.📚 The 15 finalists were invited to celebrate at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to give presentations on why they love #science. 💙🧡🔭

So proud of Joshua Downend School for winning first prize in the School science Prize Rutherford Appleton Laboratory for his essay: Why I love science. He has so much enthusiasm for science and environment. Can’t wait to see what amazing things he will do in the future. 🔬🧬🧪 lisa howell

This #MarvinAndMiloFriday build your own straw water gun 👉spark.iop.org/straw-water-gun #TeachPhysics

Science club members have been working hard over the last month to develop their designs for the sustainable transport challenge #STEMambassadors. Thanks to Christian from Thales Group for showing us various materials and explaining their comparative properties. Downend School

Making then testing solar cells using blackberry juice. Thanks to help from our senior technician in science for organising and teaching #downendscienceclub. All part of our sustainable transportchallenge STEM Ambassador Partner S W England Downend School

A great day for #Downendscienceclub at Bath University with STEM ambassadors for the Sustainability Transport Challenge. Thankyou STEM Ambassador Partner S W England. Our teams explored sustainable ideas: human hamster wheel, solar panels, sponge tyres, hydro &pedal power.

We are currently recruiting for casual exam invigilators, for more information and details on how to apply can be found on Eteach (link below). eteach.com/job/casual-exa…

We have our first collection of pens and glue sticks to go for recycling. Quite a haul! Thanks to J in science club for emptying all the recycling boxes in the science block.

Lots of fun and ingenuity designing cable runs for the Practical Action Squashed Tomato Challenge at science club. 🍅 Practical Action

#Downendscienceclub enjoyed being creative growing crystal gardens. Using the Royal Society of Chemistry education resource edu.rsc.org