Aureus School Science Department

Y9 complete their first Biology ‘required practical’. How to use microscopes to view cells. They saw more than just cells! @AQAScience #microscopy

Take a look at what we've been getting up to in the science department this term!!

Year 9 got to practice several new techniques during a titration this week! #Science #chemistry @AureusSchool

Y10’s had an amazing visit from Battle the bugs of Oxford University. Students had a high quality talk on drug development and had a hands on experience with state of the art lab equipment! How fantastic! #battlethebugs @IneosOxford @UniofOxford @HSMOxford @AureusSchool

Y8 and Y9 had a fantastic session with House of Fun. They build windmills using Lego but then investigated how to increase turbine speed using gears. Excellent fun! #iBrick #houseoffunUK @AureusSchool

Year 8 made their own onion cell slides today and were able to identify the parts of the cell when viewing with microscopes! @AureusSchool #science #biology

Well done to our year 10s who took part in @STEMLearningUK camp last week! They attended interactive sessions in chemistry, computing and physics, culminating in a biology trip to @VertexPharma @AureusSchool #STEM #Science

A group of Y8’s spent a fantastic day at Harwell Campus during the open week. There were amazing hands on activities as well as experiencing the mobile Planetarium and the science fair. The students had a fantastic time. Thank you. @HarwellCampus @RAL_Space_STFC @AureusSchool

Y9 were took part in a hands on session with Abbott Labs. Using equipment to test the level of sugar in different foods and how those is is important for people with diabetes. @AbbottNews @AureusSchool #diabetes

Y10 were treated to an excellent talk from a Chemical Architect at Evotec, on designing medical drugs. All relevant to GCSE Biology. @AQAScience @Evotec @AureusSchool

Y10 Investigate whether a chemical reaction is Endothermic or Exothermic. Great results everyone😁 #GCSEChemistry #Endothermic #Exothermic

Massive congratulations to Jamie, Sanjeev, Sophie, and Ruby for achieving their Bronze Crest Award! You all put fantastic effort into your projects! @AureusSchool @CRESTAwards #science

Good luck to our year 11s who will be starting their exams this week!! #Exams #GCSE #GCSEs

Year 10’s investigated plant Tropisms. The phototropism results could not have been more perfectly grown! Awesome results🌱. Could you say what the light condition was for each dish? @AQA #GCSEBiology #phototropism #separatescienceGCSE

Warning: Explosive chemistry ahead!! 💥 Watch our video of the thermite reaction! @AureusSchool @RoySocChem #science #chemistry #STEM #STEMeducation

Year 8 have continued learning about metals. In todays practical, they tried out displacement reactions! @AureusSchool #science #chemistry

Year 8 learnt about the reaction between metals and oxygen today. They were able to make observations during a practical! @AureusSchool #Science #chemistry

Science Robot Competition winners! A hotly contested competition saw teams code their bots to spell a word and navigate through a track. Fantastic results. Winners with their prize. Well done Y10 @AureusSchool #AppBuddlets