The Tassomai team has been busy putting together a #GCSESurvivalGuide for parents with the help of subject specialists, education experts and mental health campaigners. To download the guide for #FREE visit our website: tassomai.com/gcse-survival-…

#DidYouKnow English polymath Robert Hooke was the first person to use the term ‘cell’ to describe the building blocks of all living organisms? He had observed what he called 'pores... much like a Honey-comb' through his compound microscope. Discover more: bit.ly/3AIuHQk

It's been used in astronauts’ suits, guitar strings and surgery but #DidYouKnow that some of the first products to use nylon caused riots that went on for almost a year? Discover more about the history of nylon in this blog from the archives: bit.ly/3CJOEak

Year 9 enjoyed identifying muscle tissue, tendons, ligaments, cartilage and bone in their recent chicken leg dissection. 🍗🔬 They also used the chicken leg to demostrate and explain how a hinge joint works!💪 Armthorpe Academy #Ambition #Pride

Introducing our Head Girl and Head Boy for 2021-22. Well done Millie and Harvey, both the absolute embodiment of our school values. We can’t wait to hear you speak with Mrs Robbins to prospective new families at our Open Evening next Thurs 💙🌈

Exploring the structure of the atom ⚛️? Our Rutherford scattering sim allows an interactive approach to the discovery of the nucleus, and the shortcomings of the plum pudding model! Get your scatter on! #STEM #chemistry #remotelearning #edtech phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations…

We have provided all of year 11 at Armthorpe Academy with Tassomai this week! The leader board is already competitive, with Liam G answering over 1000 questions in the first 2 days! 👏🧪🧬🧲👏. Find out more here - tassomai.com/how-tassomai-w… #Ambition #Pride

Thank you for coming to meet us at the Armthorpe Academy open evening. Hope you enjoyed all of the experiments! Can't wait for you to join us in September. Big shout out to all our student leaders, you did yourselves proud! 👏🧲🧬🧪 #pride #responsibility

Armthorpe Academy Year 10 showed a lot of resilience and pride in the technical enzyme required practical. Great job 👏 🧪🦠 #resilience #pride #STEMeducation

Armthorpe Academy Year 11 managed to find a variety of species, on the school field, in October! A fantastic result for their field studies required practical 👏 🌿#pride #ambition

Our first ever inflatable reward activity was a huge success today. It was lovely to celebrate and have fun with our students whose behaviour for learning choices this half term have epitomised our school values. Happy half term all. Stay safe, see you on Monday 1st Nov 🌈💙

Another group of year 7 observed the Artemia Salina today. They've grown so much! 🔬🐉#ambition

Our solar system is in a bubble called the heliosphere, which separates us from the rest of the galaxy and some of its harsh space radiation. The heliosphere is created by another source of radiation: the Sun. Learn more about the heliosphere: go.nasa.gov/30NdSXF

Feeling bubbly? 💫 Scanned from top to bottom, color is mapped to pitch in this sonification of the Bubble Nebula. The bright blue of the bubble can be heard as higher pitches, and the red and orange regions as lower pitches. More: go.nasa.gov/3xkiznI #NebulaNovember

What happens when you dunk a jelly baby in molten potassium chlorate? We just had to know. 🍬 The exothermic reaction with the sugar produces a loud whistling sound, lots of smoke and a flame tinged with violet from the potassium — and a delicious aroma of caramel.