Sharples Science

Official Twitter Page of the Science Department at Sharples School, Bolton. Follow for updates about what we're getting up to!

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Amazing news for female scientists and pioneers on international women's day.
#WomenInScience #internationalwomensday2021
BBC News - Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell: Portrait honour for 'trailblazing' NI scientist
https://t.co/baFoTADEdz

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Today year 10 have been using https://t.co/wCIes2hgOr to sketch pictures of the steps of the greenhouse effect. These are some of the best! Next lesson we are going to put the steps together as a group to make sure everyone understands!

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Some great work on food webs from one of our year 10s. Well done Mohammed!

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Seeing some amazing medical tech from @TheHGPig - using an iPhone to study the eye! So many different medical career options.

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How do you choose which animal to spend conservation money on, to also benefit others in the environment? Really thought provoking questions from @PunkBiologist!

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Now time for a talk by @PunkBiologist about conservation - making GCSE Biology relevant using her experiences in the wild! #GCSEScienceinActipn

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Learning about how beat boxers create their sounds! Fascinating stuff that we’d not considered before! #GCSEScienceinAction

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First session of #GCSEScienceInAction with year 10. Learning about galaxies with @drbecky_ !

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Mr. Fowlds made some elephants toothpaste, much to the dismay of our technician Mark! Here he is, cleaning up the remains. #SharplesOpenEvening

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Mr. McCann set the rest of the methane bubbles on fire 🔥 #SharplesOpenEvening

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We also saw Hydrogen being set on fire with Miss Dudley 🎈🔥 #SharplesOpenEvening

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Mr. McCann having his hand set on fire by Amirah using methane bubbles🔥🔥 #ScienceOpenEvening

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Mr Harding and Isaac showed the effects of static electricity using the van der graaf earlier! #SharplesOpenEvening

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Miss Oliver and Miss Booth doing another fantastic liquid nitrogen show! Smashing marshmallows with a hammer, frying an egg and making icepops in no time at all. ❄️🧊🧑‍🔬

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Join us this evening for the live science show, streaming this evening from one of our labs. Liquid nitrogen, the van der graaf generator, methane bubbles and so much more! 🧑‍🔬

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Miss Oliver and Miss Booth doing another fantastic liquid nitrogen show! Smashing marshmallows with a hammer, frying an egg and making icepops in no time at all. ❄️🧊🧑‍🔬

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The prep for the science show

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Join us this evening for the live science show, streaming this evening from one of our labs. Liquid nitrogen, the van der graaf generator, methane bubbles and so much more! 🧑‍🔬

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Join us for our virtual open evening 4-7 this Thursday with Sharples science doing a live zoom room, with experiments and our yearly science show! 🧑🔬

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Brilliant final talk from Tim Underwood about oesophageal cancer treatment. Fascinating research and advances being made, with some wonderful footage of a real operation!