British Science Week 2015 takes place 13 – 22 March.

Science on the Spot

As part of British Science Week, there will be a Science on the Spot session in the Library on Wednesday 18th March from 12.45pm – 1.35pm. Pupils and staff are invited to come along and try their hand at some quick, but impressive Science tricks.

 

Competition in School

To celebrate British Science week the Science faculty are running a competition. Pupils are asked to identify general lab equipment from anagrams and close up pictures. A winner will be selected from the correct entries and awarded a mystery prize! Each entry gains a participation house point.

Copies of the competition have been given to each tutor teacher. Additional copies are available from the library. Entries should be handed in to the library by the end of Friday 20th March. A winner will be announced on Monday 23rd March.

 

Solar Eclipse

On Friday the 20th March there is a Solar Eclipse, Aberdeen has been voted one of the best places to see it from with up to 98% of the sun being covered. The eclipse will begin just after 8.30am with the peak occurring around 9.40am and the eclipse finishing around 10.45am. For safe ways to view the solar eclipse please see the following website  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131102-solar-eclipse-safe-viewing-science-sun-space/

The eclipse will also be lived streamed via the following http://live.slooh.com/

 

Events around AberdeenThere are a number of events taking place across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/engage/content-images/BritishScienceWeek2015webs.pdf