Physics at Fettes

News from the Physics Department at Fettes College

[Fettes College robotics team @FettesRobotics]

The Senior robotics team had a productive and enlightening morning at the scrimmage for the First Tech Challenge at the National Robotarium.

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Congratulations to Takuma O! He has been awarded a place at the Senior Physics Challenge Summer School, hosted by the University of Cambridge, for being one of the 20 top solvers of challenge questions on Isaac Physics.

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We were delighted to celebrate Fraser C's achievement in being chosen to represent GB at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad at the awards ceremony at the Royal Society!

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Final year IB Physics students doing final revision before their exams today and tomorrow. 2 years of hard work. Papers 1&3 today and Paper 2 tomorrow. Go well and deliver all you know. @Fettes_College #calmunderpressure

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T-minus 5 for the 2 @Fettes_College teams who went down to Strathaven Airfield for the first round of the Esero sponsored CanSat Competition. A fantastic learning experience, getting to launch their modules in rockets.

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Dr Ricks took teams ‘CanSat Challenger’ and ‘Floor-it’ from @Fettes_College to compete in the CanSat technology competition. Teams must produce a module to collect data from a rocket and provide continuous telemetry back to a ground station.

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Fraser C is one of the top 24 students in the Astronomy Olympiad this year. He has been selected to attend the Astro Training Camp where they will select the students who will be representing the UK in the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Brazil!

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Following an exceptional ‘Top Gold’ ranking for Fraser C @Fettes_College in the 1st round of the British Physics Olympiad (top 6% of all entries)… he’s only gone and done it again with a second ‘Top Gold’ ranking in the British Astronomy Olympiad. 2 round 2s beckon!

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Good luck to Fergus P, Clemmie P, Alice N, Megan D, Willa H and Angus F who are travelling to Birmingham tomorrow afternoon with Mr Davies to compete in the British Indoor Rowing Championships.

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@FC_Expeditions @Fettes_College Monkey’s Face?

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U6 Higher Level IB class calculating the wavelength of red laser light using a range of diffraction/interference methods. 628 nanometres sounds good to me. #physicsatfettes

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Robotics club's next challenge awaits: the 2016 First Lego League Robot Game!

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Physics lessons are really starting to take off!

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Electromagnetism with 4th form and a chance to get some toys out for revision. #handsonscience

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Iron filings and magnets ..that never gets old. One of the nicest things to hear in a physics class “whoa.. that’s so cool!”

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Real life lessons, with happy pupils, exploring and learning new ideas using real equipment. Lovely to be back in class.

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Astronomy club is officially up and running!

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Robotics club posing before the start of their first race: robots that turn to a random direction each time their button is pressed. The finish line is behind them 😁 @Fettes_College @FettesPrep

[Richard Davies @Richard81437383]

It says something when I was drawn to the @PhysicsatFettes dept by the sound of excited chatter at the robotics club. Every child in the room engaged.

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Felix Alexander collected the Schools Physicist of the Year award this evening. It's well deserved!