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Training Partnership, a leading provider of GCSE inspirational and informative study days, hosted a GCSE Science in Action event at University College London, on Friday 13 November.

Thirty two of our eager Year 10 Science students attended the day with Mr Ahmed, Miss Hearle and Miss Mullings alongside 16 other schools across London.

'Bath and beyond'

The day started at 11am with the first session led by Dr Helen Czerski called ‘Bubbles; The Bath and Beyond’. It showed the science of what bubbles do in everyday life and what their importance is. She included cutting-edge research about bubbles formed by breaking waves in the ocean and the difference they make to the weather and climate.

Second on stage was Professor Dr Sheila Kanani from the Royal Astronomical Society. She gave a flying tour of our Solar System and the exciting journey through our planets with exhilarating demos and photographs never seen before.

High altitude survival

After the lunch break, students recharged their batteries ready for a thrilling presentation from Mr Greg Foot, Science Presenter for the BBC and Blue Peter. He spoke about the Science of High Altitude Survival. He explained what happens to your body when you push it to the top of the world at the Mount Everest base camp, including first-hand experience and knowledge from his trip there in 2014. He wore his expedition kit (pictured above) to show us how he kept warm and displayed stunning videos from his best and worst times at 5,380m above sea level.

Students were then taken on a tour of Nature’s robots by Dr Mark Lorch. This involved the process of protein folding and how molecular machines in our bodies self-assemble. One of our lucky students in Year 10, Elizabeth Barber was chosen to go on stage and navigate through a Minecraft created by Lorch, designed to search and learn about amino acids and their structures. Well done Beth for your fantastic efforts and bravery for going on stage in front of over 500 students!

Fantastic Physics

Finally the day ended with an amusing insight into ‘Fantastic Physics’ by Dr Ian Dunne (pictured left) who our students had named the ‘Crazy Scientist’ by the end! From the forces of gravity that can bend light and time to the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum we take for granted, it truly was fantastic physics that his journey took us through!

Well done to every student who attended the interactive and engaging day and thanks to the expert researchers who proved to us how the modern world impacts Science in so many more ways than we realise.

What students said

Esther Okelola   

“I loved learning about altitude and that the higher up a mountain you go, the thinner the air and colder the temperature. This means that changes occur in the body so that it can cope better with the shortage of oxygen.”

Rasheedat Adebayo

“I learnt that you can bend light and time with the force of gravity.”

Shah Jahan

“My favourite thing was learning about ice and I found out that pure ice is actually blue, not white!”

Victoria Hearle

House Co-ordinator