Springburn Science

Sharing news, updates and pupil work from the Science department in Springburn Academy!

[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

Great turnout for today's lunchtime STEM club! Some spooky Halloween themed Oobleck was the order of the day 🎃🧪

For anyone interested get yourself along to room 142 (Mr Coyle's classroom) every Wednesday at lunchtime.

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[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

Excellent teamwork skills shown by 1.9 & 1.1 during our cell modelling task⭐️@springburnacad

[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

2.4 Science planned and carried out an experiment to test if a leaf had photosynthesised today.

Great teamwork, communication and problem solving skills on display!

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[Miss Wilson | Biology @misswilson_bio]

Excellent trip to Elation Gym last week for team ‘Health’ in our S1 IDL block 🙌🏻 Lots of Sport Science in action (my 2 favourite things!) 🫁🏋🏻‍♀️ @SpringburnPE @Springburn_sci

[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

Great for to work with our local butchers here in Springburn who sourced hearts for us! S4 pupils enjoyed this hands on experience ahead of their exam leave📖

[Miss Wilson | Biology @misswilson_bio]

Big thank you to A Weir, our local butcher, for sourcing hearts for us 🙌🏻 lots of problem solving & some great teamwork shown by S4 during dissections🫀

[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

Our Senior Phase Biologists enjoyed a day out at Edinburgh Zoo yesterday.

Thank you to @rzss for hosting and delivering interesting and thought-provoking lessons for our N5 and Higher pupils.

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[Miss Wilson | Biology @misswilson_bio]

Last ‘Super Scientist of the Week’ of this term! Split between two worthy winners 🏆 lovely to hand out some Shout Outs today ✨ #successforall @springburnacad @Springburn_sci

[Miss Wilson | Biology @misswilson_bio]

1.8 enjoyed a festive twist on our States of Matter topic today investigating solubility using candy canes 🍬🦌

[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

2.1 looking at factors affecting solubility with candy canes with Mrs Friel🎄

[Miss Wilson | Biology @misswilson_bio]

2.8 enjoying a festive twist on our Chemical Reactions topic with ‘Melting Christmas Trees’🎄& ‘Invisible Ink’ 🎁

[Springburn Academy @springburnacad]

So proud. Massive thanks to Ms Reid @SpringburnPE and a huge congratulations to all our amazing young people. Well deserved #successforall

[Springburn Academy @springburnacad]

An exciting day yesterday thanks to a visit from the Sweaty Betty Foundation to deliver 50 Sports Hijabs to support our pupils! Proud of how confident our young people were engaging with @FoundationBetty @SpringburnPE

[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

Scan the QR code to learn more about engineering directly from those who work or study in the field! @UofGfemeng

[Miss Wilson | Biology @misswilson_bio]

Our BGE class requested some ‘Spooky Science’ for this week👩🏻‍🔬 Lots of fun with flying ghosts 👻, colour changing potions 🧪, gummy mummies 💀, elephant’s toothpaste pumpkin & a dexterity task making some munchkin pumpkin decorations 🎃

[Mr Coyle @MrCoyle_Bio]

3D Biologists consolidated their understanding of natural selection with a moth camouflage challenge today.

Thank you to @mrmartinbio for the moth cutter!

If you spot a moth in the science corridor let me know and I'll take it down. Last one standing wins!

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[Mr Coyle @MrCoyle_Bio]

Our Higher Biologists investigating the effect of substrate concentration on enzyme activity. 🧪🥏

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[Mr Coyle @MrCoyle_Bio]

A fun Friday in the lab.

S3 biologists consolidated their learning of natural selection by taking part in a "beak battle ladder"

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[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

A fantastic day of PCR labs, further education pathways and ethical debates at @UofGlasgow for our Higher Biologists @springburnacad. 🧬🧪

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[Mr Coyle @MrCoyle_Bio]

Some fantastic plant dissections from S3 biologists today as we consolidated our understanding of plant reproduction 🌸🌷🐝

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[Springburn Science @Springburn_sci]

Happy summer holidays! We will see you all in August ☀️