ScienceAtTowers

Science at Towers School (Official). This feed is an insight into the fascinating world of Science and our amazing team (no endorsements).

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Today, year 10 investigated how light intensity affects the rate of photosynthesis 🌿💡They collected some great data and made us #ProudToBeTowers

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Our GCSE Biologists used iodine solution to compare the starch content in ripe and unripe bananas today 🍌🔬

The blue/black colour on the unripe banana slide indicates the presence of starch. As bananas ripen, enzymes break the starch down into sugars.

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The weather has not been on our side this week, but the Visual Arts department have worked hard this week to get the installation back to a sea of red poppies ready for tomorrow, along with a lovely added tribute from our prefects #WeWillRememberThem  #proudtobetowers

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It was brilliant to see so many new and returning students at Ecology & Wildlife Club today! We started off the new school year with some pond dipping 🔍

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Seeing students observe cells under a microscope for the first time is just incredible 🤯 Here we have some cheek cells 🔬

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The Towers School community is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our longest serving Monarch, after a life of service to the nation and to the Commonwealth.

We send our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family at this very sad time.

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The Science department are so excited to welcome @TowersSchool students into our incredible new labs! Take a look…

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Another fantastic year! Happy summer holidays everyone. Enjoy ☀️

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A tasty lesson today 🌙

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What a brilliant Celebration Evening at @TowersSchool! It was an absolute joy to see students so proud to show off all of their fantastic work! #ProudToBeTowers

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Looking to learn more about @NASAWebb?

Our experts are taking questions live—share yours with #UnfoldTheUniverse and we may answer it on air! https://t.co/Gqzo89mm6E

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A massive congratulations to Eva-May and Haydn - Winners of the Big STEM Challenge 2022 🏆🏆 #ProudToBeTowers

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@STEMLearningUK

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Brilliant Girls in STEM workshop today looking at blood smears and the science behind gliders 🔬

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@LisaPegg86 Good luck! You’ve got this 👟

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Getting a sneak peek around our new labs 👩‍🔬

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Plants really are fascinating! We loved your resource focusing on Trichomes! 🌿 @SAPS_News

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Today is the international 'Fascination of Plants Day'.

Throughout the course of the day, we will be sharing and retweeting what we think is truly fascinating.

To start, here are some images from our image collection.

https://t.co/VPBf126UYE

#FoPD22 #PlantDay #PlantScience

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Ecology club were out across the school site today with their quadrats. We used this sampling technique to compare the abundance of daisies across two different locations 🌿 #ProudToBeTowers

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Today the A-Level chemists have been setting up electrochemical cells to measure the voltage produced in a redox reaction. This is how batteries work⚡️

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The Science department are finally on twitter #ProudToBeTowers @TowersSchool