Science week at RPS

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Science week at RPS
13 - 22 March
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Science Week at Roundwood

• National Science Engineering Week shines the
  spotlight each March on how science, technology,
  engineering and maths relate to everyday lives.
• It helps to inspire the next generation of
  scientists with fun and participative activities.
  
• We have some things we hope you will enjoy and
  get involved in.

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Science Week Activities Nationally

• http//www.britishscienceassociation.org/british-s
  cience-week
• The theme for this years school poster
  competition is
• Science on your doorstep.
• Science happens all around Britain and this year
  the school competition asks students to look
  around them and produce a poster about any aspect
  of science that happens in or around where they
  live.
• Visit the Science Museum
• http//www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/calend
  ar.aspx?date082f032f2014

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Science Week at Roundwood

• 1./ Interesting science related facts and videos
  in form time.
• 2./ House Science quiz.
• 3./ Science club activity every lunchtime.
• 4./ Year 9 talk, Professor Ron Douglas on a
  lecture called 'Visions of the deep.
• 5./ Experiment at home Coke and Mentos
  competition
• 6./ Great Science Bake off
• 7./ Almost total eclipse Friday 20th
• March (period1)

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Science Week Competitions

• RSC Mentos and Coca cola challenge
• Investigate at home, record your ingredients,
  video your experiment and save on to shared area
  at school by Friday 20th March.
• We will assess the best and recreate the
  experiment at school.
• https//www.youtube.com/watch?viS2vG1o7Op4
• http//www.rsc.org/images/The_Mentos_explosion_tcm
  18-194232.pdf

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Science Week Competitions

• Great Scientific Bake off
• Bake a science themed cake KS3 and KS4/5 house
  competition
• Bring into school for judging on Friday 20th March